Demon and Dart Sport Scoop Location

7Demon2,

Thanks for checking on this information. Your local Dodge dealer is certainly more customer-oriented than the one in my area; such a request at my dealer would have been met with a snide laugh and a not-so-nice "get lost, old timer, we don't stock parts for those cars anymore!"

Anyway, back to what you found out. The fact that the 72 parts book lists the "baffle a/scoop water" (I guess that somehow references the fresh air hole gaskets) as being available for a 1972 Demon is not that surprising. I think we all agree that the snorkel hood scoop, with accompanying clean air holes, WILL FIT this model (as your photos above demonstrate). For that matter, the same can be said for any 71-74 (and maybe 75-76) Demon/Duster.

What this still does not answer is whether the combination of snorkel scoop, fresh air holes/grommets and hood black-out stripe were ever offered as a standard new vehicle option, from the factory, on the 72 and 73 Demon/Dart Sport A-bodies.

The fact that the parts numbers are listed in a 72 Parts Book is interesting, but IMHO, not definitive. I still think you need a broadcast sheet option code for this entire package before making a firm conclusion. Unfortunately, the "sport hood package" called out in the factory de-coders does not specifically list what is included with this package.

As you suggested before, it might be good to get Galen Glovier's opinion on this matter. Perhaps he would have access to additional factory specifications.

Since we have the word of at least one original 72 Demon owner that his new car equipped with snorkel scoop and stripe did not have the fresh air holes, plus the word of the Dodge dealer who did my scoop installation back in 1976 that the snorkel scoop was a cosmetic option only, it might be good to get Galen's opinion.

You already indicated that it would have made no sense for Dodge to offer the "holes" as an additional option above and beyond the scoop and stripes themselves. I agree with you. I think it's most probable that the sport hood package was an "all or nothing deal;" either it was scoop and stripe only, or it was all three -- scoop, stripe and fresh air components.

Do you agree?