1969 Air Grabber Inlet Screen Color...

[xs29j8Bullitt]

There is a discussion on Moparts about the color(s) that Air Grabber inlet screens were when they left the factory. Red (or Orange-Red) was certainly one of the colors, but it seems very probable (IMO) that cars in the first few months of production had the screens painted black...

Here is the link to the thread:

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=5832887&an=0&page=0#Post5832887

If you have back-in-the-day pictures and info on the SPD (Scheduled Production Day), Assembly Plant, and whether the car came with hood stripes (V21 option)... please post the information.

Here are two St Louis Assembly Plant cars that I have data for:

1969 Hemi Road Runner SPD A15 (October 15, 1968) with V21 hood stripes - black screens
1969 Hemi Road Runner SPD 121 (January 21, 1969) without hood stripes - red screens

Anyone research this puzzle before?...

Allen

 

[69 Runner]

Interesting question Allen. "Agent J" looks to have red ones ones, and it's a Lynch Road car. It had hood stripes, and is a red car.

 

[69hemibeep]

Anyone research this puzzle before?...

Allen[/QUOTE]

No but I'm right in the middle of this one LOL

 

[xs29j8Bullitt]

Some pictures of St Louis built A4 colored RR with stripes, SPD "A15" taken in the mid to late 70s...

 

[xs29j8Bullitt]

B7 colored RR with SPD of "121", St Louis built without stripes...

 

[xs29j8Bullitt]

Interesting question Allen. "Agent J" looks to have red ones ones, and it's a Lynch Road car. It had hood stripes, and is a red car.

Thanks Tem... Do you know the SPD of your Hemi RR?

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

All non-functional Air Grabbers hoods had Black screens that I have seen and all functional Air Grabber cars I have seen had the Orangish-Red ones.

 

[xs29j8Bullitt]

All non-functional Air Grabbers hoods had Black screens that I have seen and all functional Air Grabber cars I have seen had the Orangish-Red ones.

The A4 Hemi RR that I have owned since 1976 had an Airgrabber. The faded factory painted screens were black... without a trace of red in 1976.

 

[69HEMICORONETR/TCONV]

The A4 Hemi RR that I have owned since 1976 had an Airgrabber. The faded factory painted screens were black... without a trace of red in 1976.

I wouldn't doubt it,.......Chrysler built cars they said they never built,.... and did all kinds of crazy **** with mixing and matching options and colors that they said they never done.

 

[moparstuart]

my car that i have owned since 84 has red and the v-21 option

bob is in the middle LOL

http://69roadrunner.net/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2734

 

[xs29j8Bullitt]

my car that i have owned since 84 has red and the v-21 option

bob is in the middle LOL

Thanks for the link....I guess..... Obviously a lot of Subject Matter Experts over there! ;)

 

[Meep-Meep]

I have seen red or red-orange colored screens on the air grabber cars only. The non air grabber cars did not have screens but rather a solid pot metal finned filler plate.

I painted my screens on my original R4 / N96 / V21 RR while I had R4 paint in the gun for the engine compartment. 10-24 and out :grin:

 

[moparstuart]

Thanks for the link....I guess..... Obviously a lot of Subject Matter Experts over there! ;)

allen please dont cut me out of the will , I still love you :grin::grin:

 

[xs29j8Bullitt]

A way-back-in-the-day picture of Joe Oldham with a 1969 Hemi Road Runner during magazine tests...with black screens

 

[moparsteve636]

I had 69RR,all original,found in old garage,been setting nearly 30 yrs.got it from orig.owner!it had black screens,non airgrabber It was built in St.Louis,Mo.

 

[moparstuart]

I had 69RR,all original,found in old garage,been setting nearly 30 yrs.got it from orig.owner!it had black screens,non airgrabber It was built in St.Louis,Mo.

we are talking air grabber cars only here

 

[calantpe]

Screen colors

From what I know all N96 cars with V21 hood stripes should have reddish orange screen inserts.

All N96 cars with out hood stripes (V21) would have black screen inserts.

Any non N96 car will have solid black inserts

But then again there are thoise few odballs that came down the assembly line.

 

[Rippin]

Mine are reddish orange too. At first I thought the possibility of black ones might have been car color Related or whether car had performance paint treatment or not. This thread seems to leave it still an open question. Definetly have not seen many black air grabber screens myself.

 

[moparstuart]

if there are some factory black ones out their , they are pretty rare . Never say never with Ma mopar .