Heater Hose Inner Fender Routing - 71 Demon 340

All 340 '68/'69 Barracuda's have the heater hoses routed over the passenger valve cover from the factory and I agree that it's ugly and makes no sense. I've had both new non a/c, a '68 Formula S Barracuda 340 and an A56 '69 cuda 340 and both had that setup. My buddies brand new '69 Formula S 383 had them routed over the passenger inner fender.