Butler-Conti Dodge

Richard,
Sorry to say I don't recall any black 340 Dusters. I had a Sherwood Green 71 340 Duster with a 4 speed. There were a couple of Sassy Grass Green examples, a couple red, a couple orange and at least one yellow and one light metallic blue. Lafayette doesn't really have it's own police force. Policing has always been done by the Contra Costa Sheriff's Department. Back in the day until about 35-40 years ago the entire Lafayette, Moraga, Orinda area was routinely covered by no more than two sheriff's deputies at any one time driving 440 equipped Dodge Polaras. It wasn't possible for them to be everywhere at once, it just seemed that way. They were particularly adept at sniffing out the exact moment when a beer keg was tapped by any teenage partiers. Back then the serious street racing took place on Friday and Saturday nights on Ygnacio Valley Road from the Oak Grove Road intersection in the East bound lanes. There was no serious racing in Lafayette just some minor hell raising.