SO WHAT’S THE DEAL with hot pink Mopars? To get the answer, we checked with Nick Taylor, who runs the pantherpink.com website. Focusing on Panther Pink (Dodge) and Moulin Rouge (Plymouth)—paint code FM3—makes Taylor’s the only site dedicated specifically to a single Mopar vehicle color.
Now, Ma Mopar wasn’t the only car company to field pink cars. But the competition, such as the special-order-only Playmate Pink ’64 Mustang and even Ma’s own ’66 Barracuda, were always of a lighter, more feminine mauve hue than the shocking high-impact, eyeball-twirling shade of FM3, which is a complex tone that’s more of a magenta shade than a true pink. Not all Mopars dealers went along with the program. According to Nick, at least one dealer painted a pink Mope black because it wouldn’t sell.
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Mopar Action (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2022