72 Demon at Barrett-Jackson

72bluNblu said
Uh, ok. Let's compare production numbers for Demon's to '71 and '72 Dusters.

1971 Demon
Fastback Coupe: 69,861
340 Fastback Coupe: 10,098
Total 1971 Demons: 79,959

1972 Demon
Fastback Coupe: 39,880
U.S 340 Fastback Coupe: 8,700
Total 1972 Demons: 48,580

1971 Duster
Fastback Coupe: 173,592
340 Fastback Coupe: 12,886
Total 1971 Dusters: 186,478

1972 Duster
Fastback Coupe: 212,321
340 Fastback Coupe: 15,681
Total 1972 Dusters: 228,002

Seems like they made an extra 106,519 Duster's in '71 compared to Demons. And, in '72 that would be 179,422 more Dusters. That doesn't even figure in '70 Dusters, of which there were 217,192. Oh, let's not forget '73-'76. That's another 701,164 Dusters. So, grand total

1970-1976 Dusters : 1,332,366
1971-1972 Demons : 128,539

They also made 13,796 1970 Challenger R/T's, so, a '71 Demon 340 is actually more rare than a '70 Challenger R/T. But see how those prices work out.

yea, those were entertaining numbers 45 years ago but how many remain out of that. Typically, when yards see a demon they think to save it, but a duster was seen as a "dime a dozen" so they were more likely to hit the crusher early on. So years later, what used to be the norm, is long gone. could be one reason why I set out to find a 73-6 duster and ran into a 72 demon instead. Dusters are not really around anymore like they were even ten years ago, yet people will tend to hold on to demon under the false pre-tense that all demons were muscle cars.

For being so rare, it's funny how a superbird manages to show up at every show, every summer across the country....they also made a crap load of pintos yet when is the last time.....

45 year old stats and numbers don't mean much in the real world today.