70-76 Demon,Dart sport,Duster Pictorial History

Excellent writeup I really enjoyed reading it. I have done some duster hoodscoop research too and it supports what you are saying. Can you clarify the availability of the twin scoops on a 1971 duster. Were they only available on a twister? Or could you order a 71 340 duster with a blackout hood and scoops? To date, I have not seen a 340 duster with a factory installed scoop (lots of owner installed ones). Back in the 80's (before all the "restorations") the only dusters I saw with the twin scoops were twisters, never a 340. But I am still curious if it was possible to order a 340 duster with scoops?

Also could you comment on the rear wing availabilty on demons and dusters. Sometime in 71 the trunk lid got changed to the center rib type which doesn't allow the factory spoiler to be attached properly. My 2-70 340 dusters (which I still have) had the flat trunk and my 71 340 duster (which is gone) had the rib type trunk. So what is the deal with that.

Also on the discussions of hoodscoops, if you look in the parts manuals for the demons and dart sports with hoods scoops, the hood panel has a different part number than the standard hood. This makes sense as the hoods have the holes cut in them. Another interesting factis that the grommet that fits in the hole is called a rain guard (or something like that - I'd have to look it up again to get the exact wording) So I am thinking it is just to keep water from running through the hole, there was never any intention to seal it to an air cleaner assembly, just my thoughts anyway.