I have a cowl on my 71 only because a 6 pack scoop looks terrible on a 3rd gen Charger because it has to sit so far back on the hood.
At first I hated it, but now that it has been on the car awhile it has grown on me.

1971 Plum Crazy Super Bee. 572 World Aluminum block with a Cope 727 & Dana 4.10 out back. 9.88 @ 138 with a 1.35 60 NA. Dialed back to 10.0’s. 4000 lbs with me in it.