Mustang Club of America

Special Order Paints and Promotions 1968

Promotions 1968:

Color of the Month: "For the first four months of 1968, Ford's Denver Sales District promoted certain colors for certain months. These colors corresponded to holidays in each month. January's color was Black Hills Gold, February (Valentine's Day), Passionate Pink, March Emerald Green(St. Patrick's Day), and April's color was Eastertime Coral for obvious reasons. These "Passionate Pink" cars are sometimes misunderstood to be Playboy Pink or Playmate Pink. It is estimated that only ten of these cars were built. On these cars, as well as other cars with "Color of the Month" colors, the paint code was left blank".


This information from July 1998 Mustang Monthly



Color Name

Ford Number

Passionate Pink -

WT9036

Emerald Green -

WT7819

Eastertime Coral -

WT9012

Black Hills Gold -

WT3822



Special Order Paints:

Rainbow of Colors:
Madagascar Orange - 1187
Whipped Cream -
Caribbean Coral -
Spanish Gold -
Moss Green -
Hot Pink - 1190
Forest Green -
Sierra Blue -
Dandelion Yellow - 1185

We have had several E-mails about Ownership of Mustangs with what is commonly called "Special Order Paint" but to date we have not rec'ved any photos or information as to the Warranty Plate Codes ( Plant,Date built,ect).If you have a Special Order Paint 1968 Mustang let us know,photos are welcome as any details you can add,don't forget the Warranty Plate Code if any.


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Here an E-mail we rec'ved (April 2004) from Tony

I have 68 Mustang GT coupe, according to the broadcast sheet, found under the driver's seat in 2001, the bottom line reads: PAINT M32 3060 Silver Pearl. While I was stripping the car down for a complete restoration I was able to match the paint, somewhat, to the original, but I did go to a basecoat/clear coat system so the color is off a bit. I also found a paint code off a 67 T-bird that was Silver Pearl, but no numbers match anything and the paint colors were very close, according to the local paint shop they feel they were the same, as mixes very and after 30+ years.

I will send one pic for you to view, as the car is almost complete.

Tony

looking for information on a Special Order Paint "Sierra Blue" one of the "Color of the Month" colors offered from Ford at the San Jose dealership it was sold from. added 2-14-06



Via email were now have some excellent photos of a Passionate Pink Febuary Promo.(July 2006)