dmoore
NO IT'S NOT RESTORED
How many of you have an original 72 Duster340 with the factory deck lid spoiler cutouts? Please provide your vehicles SPD has shown on the fender tag. The deck lid below has an SPD of 820. One of the last built.
My 1971 Duster is totally original being a 2 owner car and Im number 2 and it has no spine on deck lid
I was thinking 72 is when the deck lids changed? I could be wrong tho.
I believe to have read somewhere, that this innovation was necessary because of 'structural weakness' and therefore deformation of the trunk lid when closing...but I'm not sure about this explanation.
The SPD of the vehicle is 820 being one of the last 72 Duster340 cars to roll off the line. I thought it strange that this late build 72 would have cutouts for the rear spoiler option...very strange.
Another interesting item is the lack of the seat belt warning light on the dash just below the headlight switch. This indicator was found on a couple of my earlier 72's with SPD'S of Jan & March.
what are the first 10 digits of the vin on this 820 spd duster?
Correct on the reason for the spine. The spine appeared during the 1971 model year. Early cars had the non spine decklid.
The way I'm reading your post, if the SPD is 820 isn't that 820 of 1971 and not 72? My 72 Demon SPD is 823 of 71 :scratch:
Also, my car doesn't have the seat belt warning light on the dash. I'm not sure when that was added from the factory, but it was later in the model year...
My 71 Duster 340 trunk lid (no spine) has cut-outs, my 72 Demon 340 trunk lid (with spine) has no cut outs.
Both cars are 'untouched'....
The spine came in 1972 first, I believe to have read somewhere, that this innovation was necessary because of 'structural weakness' and therefore deformation of the trunk lid when closing...but I'm not sure about this explanation.