Resurrection of the (72) Demon
COOL DEMON ! I've long had a preference of the 1972 Dart / Demon grille , as , to me , it just looks nicer than the 1970 / 1971 ( which is also nice , but not as 'clean' and stylised as the '72 ) . If only the Rallye Dash was still available for '72 ( but , certainly it's MUCH better than the '70 / '71 non-Rallye instrument clustre ! ) .
Years ago -- mid-90's to be exact -- my friend and I found a 1973 Scamp in the local pick-a-part , which had a factory sunroof ! It was the same metal-panelled version that the Dart Sport / Duster got from '73 - '76 .
Thankfully it was without that damned vinyl-covered roof ( yes , California cars DO rust ! Just in a different manner than 'snow belt' or north east vehicles ) , as it was going to replace the rust-free-California-rust-laden roof of his otherwise clean '73 Swinger .
We sawzall'ed the roof at the lower-portions of the "A" and "C" pillars , leaving a lot of meat to work with in order to align the roof-to-body at the factory weld areas . A local body shop did the actual face-off surgery , and finished the job with a liberal application of etching primer / sealer , as my friend and I were going to paint the roof ourselves ; the vinyl top's trim was retained , and the roof was shot in an off-white .
I recognised somewhere in this post , that there was a '69 & earlier small block swap , into a '70 & later car ; the cast iron water pump and the left-side ( driver's side ) radiator hose outlet gave it away .
By the way , "TB3" is , indeed , Petty Blue .
Originally , in 1962 ( henceforth the "T" as the paint code's prefix ) , it was a special order colour , and limited to the south east sections of the U.S. ; it remained that way until 1972 . For 1972 , TB3 was renamed : "Basin Street Blue" for Plymouth , and "Super Blue" for dodge .
My '73 Duster was factory TB3 , a beautiful colour !
