Beeware that's the first I've heard of your car, very very nice!! If you have any more pics of it please post them. I've only heard of one real 71 black v24 duster before yours and it was the one Allen restored and painted a different color. When I first saw your car I was thinking it was one that was on Jacks Auto catalog and the orange decals were changed over to white but then I quickly remember that one had a vinyl top and it was not a real v24 car.
Black is by far my favorite on 71 duster v24 cars

Couple of pics of how it sits now. Still dont have the engine in it but hopefully soon. Hoping to run with Scatpack Tom at the purestocks this year. Thanks Paul

Just did a "what looks best to me now" on the 340 wedge decal. Car is mostly original paint touch up in a few spots. Had to replace the Hood prior owner cut holes and mounted twister scoops and I couldnt live with it. Was a hood pin car also just havent put the holes in it yet. Looking forward to this year!

Your Duster is looking good, really like the red in the decal better.............Paul

Looks awesome Beeware!! Love the bias ply and dog dishes, they really set the look!

Thanks 340 !!! Working on a friends 71 Duster it now has goodyears on it. This one is hoping to run with Scatpacktom also.

Wow, that car is awesome!! I'm looking at a 71 duster 4 speed v24 car f8 green and it has a hood scoop on it as we'll. so many people add them and it'll be one of the first things I'd fix.

Run with me? I'm hoping to run with you!

Regardless it will be so cool to have these two together at the race track.

Was visiting a friend over the weekend and he recently dragged this 71 Duster out of a barn.
The hood paint and decal look to be original to me.
I took some rough measurements of the hood fender edge and hood front edge if these are of interest.

I'd like the measurements. I think these decals were put on like a lot of things back then. I noticed jack instruction decals are usually on an angle and all over the place on the underside trunk lid. It is only my opinion but I think there was an assembly line worker who stood by the left front fender and was instructed to put the decal on an angle, Depending on the shift, who was assigned to work that spot on that day if someone called in sick or was off, etc, determined how the decal went on.

Any way to see more pics of the barn find v24 duster

I Agree that the installation of these decals was not a science on the assembly line and there would be some variances from car to car. Sorry these are not the greatest to go by.
This car was dragged out of a garage over a year ago and has been cleaned up a bit.

Fender tag, EV2 340 4 speed,drum brakes, black deluxe bench seat,AM radio, black side and tail stripe, V24. A pretty original car with a solid body that may have had the lower quarters repaired.

Side of decal.

Thank you for the measurements!

Supposedly in Colorado!

Supposedly in Colorado! 2

Looks restorable, too bad someone already snagged the dash with the VIN tag.

I wonder if that Colorado V24 is a Hamtramck or LA built

speaking of v24s does anyone have a picture of the fender mask line for the black out of an original paint car? my dusters fenders were mia..

Looking at that Colorado car again, Does this show that the cars were painted fully body color and then the Organosol was painted on over the body color?