I am putting a RR / GTX hood on my 1969 Satellite & picked up a very clean hood with no inserts a few years ago. Last year at Carlisle I got a very nice pair of inserts that have the grilles in them, not the block off plates. The Satellite is a small block car & I don't have any plans to swap over to a big block so the fresh air duct system isn't on my shopping list. It's just for appearance since the RR / GTX hood looks much better.

My question is, were the standard hoods & the fresh air hoods exactly the same with only the inserts & duct work being added to make it functional?

All these years have gone by & I just never paid attention at any of the car shows.