I'm trying to remember what the color of the hood scoop vent covers or screens are supposed to be on the '69 Road Runner hood. Is it different with the V21 Black performance hood treatment? Is it different with air grabber? I've seen Black, Red and Orange. Which is correct?

Orange?

Black?

Airgrabber screens are redish orange
Non Airgrabber is black..

Red?

So...is this correct then? Are you SURE the inserts shouldn't be painted a Red/Orange?

Only air grabber screens were the redish orange. All non air grabber inserts were black even with the hood stripes. Yes that pic is correct.

Looks like a lot of speculation here? Here's my take on it from my experience. All metal inserts are black, all air grabber screens on hoods with the black hood stripes are red and air grabber screens on body color painted hoods are black. There is some possibility that later production air grabber cars all had the red screens but I never verified that. I had a Hemi RM27J car with out the black stripes and the original screens were black. It was a Nov 68 SPD. I painted them red because I liked the look of the red screens better on the Y2 hood. I bought a set of replacement screens new from the dealer in 69 to replace my metal inserts and they came red in the box. I don't know if I could have ordered a different p/n to get black but I don't think so. I have a set of T3 383 scoops with the original screens under my bench and the screens are black. I do not know what SPD for that car. I hsd a frat brother with the a new RM23H and the ralley hood treatment with air grabber in 69 and the screens were red. The factory promotional literature shows red screens on an air grabber car with the black hood treatment. Definitely no red metal (non- airgrabber) inserts of any kind are original. The solid metal inserts are always black.

The screens were redish orange. the solid inserts were black. Didn't matter what color the car was or if it had hood stripes. My first Road Runner was a 69 i bought in 73. Copper bronze with black hood stripes. It was an air grabber car. Screens were redish orange. Non air grabber cars did not have screens they had a solid insert with ribs.They are all black. Yes the redish inserts do look better but are not correct on non air grabber cars.

This comes up every now and then, heres the last thread... https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/show...rue#Post4830203

Agreed except aie grabber screens on air grabber cars with no black hood treatment are black. The red screens I mentioned that I bought new from the dealer in1969 were to put in place of my black metal inserts on a non- airfrabber hood. I did it for the looks and to let out heat from my engine compartment. They came red with little red retainer angles but all the original painted hoods with air grabber that I know of came with black screens. There is some sentiment that all later production cars with sir geabbers came with red screens whether they had the hood treatment or not. I don't think there is any proof but I don't know for sure?

It is very possible that very early build cars had black screens. I have never seen one in person. Every air grabber car i've owned since my first in 72 or 73 had red screens with or with out hood stripes. Perhaps only those from one plant had black screens???? Mopar did do some strange things back then.

I have a later January build date and the screens were red orange no hood treatment

I always thought the air grabber grilles were redish orange regardless of hood stripes. I ordered the air grabber option on my first car back in the Spring of 1969 on my road runner and they were redish orange but I did get the hood stripes. The "Carb Air" knob under the dash was orange and I swear the "orange" was the theme for the fresh air systems on ALL of the Mopars back then. I think there was even an ad or brochure statement making note of the orange grilles on the fresh air system. Are there other fresh air systems for Mopar that used the color orange for decals or info or was it just on the B-bodies in '69/'70?


MikeR

any difference when it was a 383 or hemi
one red one orange ??