First step to restoring my 1974 Duster; Front End rebuild (coilovers needed?)

If you are saying the service manual, the wiring is quite different each year in all years 72--76

Mechanics is likely pretty unchanged

OP is asking about front end parts.

I'm more versed in B body stuff, but sometime between 73 and 74, B body front ends changed from thread in ball joints to press in.
It's kinda hard to tell them apart sometimes, so be sure before you press one out, that's a fast way to ruin a control arm.