Yeah I don't really know what they were thinking. The 73/74 Duster's aren't too bad, but the grille changes on the 75/76 Dusters were even worse IMO. And I'm not a fan at all of the "beak" on the Darts and Dart Sports 73+. I'm also not a fan of the plastic "stick on" looking sidemarkers '72+ either, which is why my '74 is getting '68 sidemarkers.
I love Demon's, but here's the problem.
1971 Demon
Fastback Coupe: 69,861
340 Fastback Coupe: 10,098
Total production for 1971 Demons: 79,959
1972 Demon
Fastback Coupe: 39,880
U.S 340 Fastback Coupe: 8,750
Total 1972 Demons: 48,630
So, total Demon production came to 128,589 cars. That's it. And that's ALL of them, /6 cars up to 340's.
So then, look at 1974 Duster's-
Fastback Coupe: 277,409
360 Fastback Coupe: 3,969
Total 1974 Dusters: 281,378
Aaaaaaand now you see the problem. There are literally twice as many 1974 Duster's as there are Demons. All of them, ever, 1971 and 1972. And they made 264,974 1973 Duster's, so now if you just look at '73 and '74 Dusters you're looking at 4.25x as many 73/74 Dusters as Demon's. And that doesn't even include Dart Sports, or the 75 or 76 cars. 1974 was the highest year of production for the Duster.
Which is why I turned my '74 Duster into a '71 Demon tribute. It was cheaper to do that than find a real '71 Demon, and considering I have a rust free car it was probably easier than fixing a '71 Demon too, as all of the Demon's that were anywhere near my price range were in MUCH worse shape than my '74. It's pretty amazing how different the car looks with the Demon front end too, a couple inches of bodywork really changes the lines of the car.
