[WANTED] 70-72 Valiant/Duster hood
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What year car do you have . 69, 70, 71 , 72 look the same but they have different inner frames.
Michael James Adams
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71 valiant exact, but from what I’ve seen asking for years that interchange
69 and 70 are the same as one another .
71 has hood pin access holes and hood scoop holes already cut into the inner.
72 takes a different hinge due to the mounting holes having nutserts mounted stationary for the hinge bolts and limits hood adjustment, So that year will need 72 to 76 hinges.
Now the first thing you will need to determine is what hinge you have. Some early 72's have 71 hinges.
I searched and luckily found a 71 Dart hood style hinges on a 72 car . The hood had the holes for both twin scoops and snorkel scoop with the 71 hinges. I bought the whole car for the hood so I would have the correct hinges for a 71 car for use with a 72 scoop.
Here is a picture of the hinge difference. 72-76 have a larger hole and a change in the hinge stamping. so you can see the difference without removing the hood.
Hope this gives you a heads up on a hood choice.
71 has hood pin access holes and hood scoop holes already cut into the inner.
72 takes a different hinge due to the mounting holes having nutserts mounted stationary for the hinge bolts and limits hood adjustment, So that year will need 72 to 76 hinges.
Now the first thing you will need to determine is what hinge you have. Some early 72's have 71 hinges.
I searched and luckily found a 71 Dart hood style hinges on a 72 car . The hood had the holes for both twin scoops and snorkel scoop with the 71 hinges. I bought the whole car for the hood so I would have the correct hinges for a 71 car for use with a 72 scoop.
Here is a picture of the hinge difference. 72-76 have a larger hole and a change in the hinge stamping. so you can see the difference without removing the hood.
Hope this gives you a heads up on a hood choice.
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