For Air Grabber Owners--anyone misinterpret trap door as an aid to cool radiator?

[Dibbons]

I remember back in 1971 my parents purchased (special ordered) a new Roadrunner with airgrabber hood. When we first saw the dealer demonstrator vehicle, the salesman made it a point to explain the air grabber had nothing to do with the engines cooling system/radiator. I was curious if any mopar owners have found bystanders/spectators who may have assumed the airgrabber system is used to cool the engine rather than supply fresh cool air to the carburetor(s)? P.S. The salesman back then offered us a yellow "leftover" Superbird the dealership had not been able to sell, but we were not interested in such an anomaly at the time. Darn, if we only knew!

 

[64BEL]

Back in '83 I drove my '70 GTX out to California. One day I pulled up to a stop light and a guy in the car next to me asked me where I got my Air Grabber hood. When I told him it was factory, he just chuckled and didn't believe me. LOL - looking back, I'm amazed at the wild stuff Chrysler put into production back then. The Superbird (as you mentioned) is right up there on that wild list, too.