I have had a few RR's and looked at a lot if them over the kast 42 years. I don't know the build dates of the 69's I have iwned but they were all red. I think it would be safe to get the red one. Nobody would question it. My 69 barracuda is red also. I never saw an orange 383 pie tin on a 69 car until they came out with orange repros that started showing up on 69's?