I don't think its from your car. In our cars we have these weak little gas filled shocks to push the trunk open or dampen the movement, i dunno, either way, they're crap.
But in taurus/sables they have little bars that look kinda like that, and they're bent with tension when the trunk is in the closed position, then they act as a spring to pop it open.
i'm not sure, but that rod kinda looks like one of those....i think its from a different car.
