New member with what appears to be a Mexican valiant super bee.

Looks like you got a very cool ride, to include manual console setup.

Yes what you were told sounds legitimate.

Both Duster and Demon equivalent depending on year, we’re sold under the same Dodge Valient Super Bee name. I have seen 2 Duster equivalents in person, but only have seen the Demon equivalent in pics.

Yours has dual scoops and hood mounted Dixco tach, which I interested was factory option.

1970s Mexican Valiant Super Bee
The story behind the Super Bee Valiant is that it was built as Chrysler Mexico’s early-’70s, cost-effective alternative to the brand new generation of Challengers and ‘Cudas that were introduced in 1970. Different from Dodge’s “Super Bee” here on the home soil, the Mexican variant was based on Chrysler’s A-body platform. From ’70-72, the Super Bee Valiant shared the same front and rear with the Duster, but from ’73-’75, the Valiant received the Dodge Dart’s front-end while maintaining the Duster’s rear. The Valiant would be returned to the Duster/Valiant body for the 1976 production year.

Between 1970 and ’74, the Super Bee Valiant was offered with Chrysler’s 318 V8, producing 270bhp, and for ’76, the Super Bee would be offered with a 300-horse version of Chrysler’s 360 V8. Horsepower ratings from Mexico, at that time, were higher than they were here in the U. S., but that’s because Mexico’s anti-pollution laws were not nearly as strict as they were here in America.