Steve, it was probably me that stated that the RAV car from Drag Racing Magazine was red with white stripes. I based this on a comment in the article that the car had a 350HO in it before the RAV transplant. The Super Stock Magazine issue had this 69 Firebird 350HO on the cover (in color), and this appears to be the same car as the RAV version. It was red with white stripes, white accents on the hood, lower rear quarter panels, and tail panel. The test of the 350HO car was before the RAV test.
It appears the car was built as a 350HO, not a 400, based on the fact that it did not have the Firebird 400 chrome grille trim surrounds, and the Firebird 400 only Pontiac arrowhead emblem on the front bumper. It appears that the ROYAL lettering on the door changed slightly between these two tests. But the miscellaneous contingency stickers over the rear wheelwells, and a few more on the fenders, are in the exact same positions between the two versions of this car, and the paint job is exactly the same (minus the 400 hood on the RAV test). Therefore, I'm pretty sure these were the same cars.
Personally, I like the 69 Firebird 455HO PMD Engineering Test Car. That was Carousel Red with 455 emblems.
