Early vs. Late dusters

  • thanks for the clarification on the inspection :) It's still a cat car regardless.
  • My point is I gave my opinion, directly on point to what the op asked, selecting one of the two choices given. I did not address anyone else and their opinion, until a bunch of pictures came my way addressing me LOL
I got you it's all good, I'm just giving my opinion in response as someone who started out knowing jack about old Mopars and working on cars and having nobody in my family or circle of friends to help me and guide me along the way.

Since it most likely doesn't require emissions testing you can remove the cat (if it isn't already) and modify it to your heart's content. The only people who care about what emissions equipment is on your car are the boneheads at the e-test stations who know nothing except what they read on the computer or in a book based on YMM. Service shops generally don't give a rat's *** on anything pre-1980s unless maybe you specifically ask them to remove the cat, which you can just go home and do yourself with a sawzall and bring it back with a wink and a nod and none will be the wiser.