1970 Duster Hood Question

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I wanted to ask what year hoods will interchange with the 70 Duster?

I'm thinking 70 and 71 are the same and then 72-74 are the same. I'm looking around for an original hood for when and if I get this 70 Duster 340 clone. I only say "if" because I dont want to jinx it.

I did find a 340 block last night, will update in my 340 Clone thread.

Thanks everyone.
 
70-72 Duster/Scamp hoops are the same. A "facelift" was done in 73 but the fender lights (ones the side) were done in 72.
 
1970Duster said:
70-72 Duster/Scamp hoops are the same. A "facelift" was done in 73 but the fender lights (ones the side) were done in 72.
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Thank you. I think this guy aslo has some hoods I will ask later. I also found a guy on ebay selling A,B,E body cars parts and a few others as well. He is local to me.

I like the scoop so far on the hood from the pics I see but I like to have an original flat hood as well.
 
There are quite a few scoops that could be bolted on the hood, which one is it (post a picture or link). Also, see if its an a Feather Duster hood, this will help reduce the weight of the car (that or buy a fiberglass hood for AAR Fiberglass). If he has the Feather Duster trunk as well, buy that too and save even more weight off the car.
 
1970Duster said:
There are quite a few scoops that could be bolted on the hood, which one is it (post a picture or link). Also, see if its an a Feather Duster hood, this will help reduce the weight of the car (that or buy a fiberglass hood for AAR Fiberglass). If he has the Feather Duster trunk as well, buy that too and save even more weight off the car.
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Thanks didn't know about the feather Duster being leighter. The hood scoop looks like a 69 six pack scoop and its molded into the steel hood and then painted. I dont know how good of a job was done I'm sure it has some problems and I can live with it for now. I just want options to look original and one for the hot rod look.

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1969 valiant hood is also the same as 70 to 72 duster, scamp
 
davescuda said:
1969 valiant hood is also the same as 70 to 72 duster, scamp
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Saves the day on that, totally forgot about the valiant having the same hood!

Also the six pack scoop is a nice looking scoop. If the hood is to beat up you can get that entire hood with scoop from AAR Fiberglass.

For me, I'd go with either a Six pack scoop, dual hood scoop (the ones found on the Twister Dusters) or a Shaker setup only.
 
davescuda said:
1969 valiant hood is also the same as 70 to 72 duster, scamp
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Thanks for that info as well, I need to look at pics of the hood. I like how much is interchangable in the years of the Duster that is very nice for body panels. My Coronet it was a 70 and very hard to find parts.


1970Duster said:
Saves the day on that, totally forgot about the valiant having the same hood!

Also the six pack scoop is a nice looking scoop. If the hood is to beat up you can get that entire hood with scoop from AAR Fiberglass.

For me, I'd go with either a Six pack scoop, dual hood scoop (the ones found on the Twister Dusters) or a Shaker setup only.
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I need to look them up, I never thought about a shaker setup now that would look interesting.

I will still get a flat hood to do a stock looking car but I have a hot rod bug that this car will fill the bill for.

I like the scope on it now it looks really good I think on the car and I also like the T/A style hood scoops.

How is the fit and finish on the fiberglass hoods from AAR?
 
Best fitting fiberglass hoods you'll find for your cars
 
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