~Tami~

The terms “Playboy Pink” and “Playmate Pink” are used to differentiate the paint colors that ford offered from 1965-1968 that were never formally listed or named in the paint charts. The Playboy color was 1967-1968, and was much closer to Pepto Bismol pink, like you said.

You are right that Dusk Rose was only used in 1967, at least officially. There are 1967 dusk rose cars that were not given paint codes, however. These cars can be easily confused without a Marti Report to verify the paint code properly.

So, with the 1965-1966 pink (playmate), there is a lot of dispute regarding the legitimate color. Because I have one stripped down to original paint at the moment, I am working to show the original paint decisively. Bear in mind that the paint for special order colors was acrylic, tended to fade, and original paint cars look ligter now then when they came out of the factory. There have also been several inaccurate restorations of 1965/1966 cars. Joyce Epperson did a great resto on her 1966, but her paint is lighter than dusk rose, and that may be due to the fact that her car was rescued from years of neglect in a junkyard and she did not have a great source to match a paint sample to.

There were also 3 cars painted in unique “Tussy Pink” lipstick shades, I don’t know that they have ever been found, but I know of a few people that have painted to try and match those shades.

The question that needs to be asked is did Ford mix a special acrylic enamel paint for their ’65/’66 Mustangs that was never in any paint books, or did they use their 1950′s acrylic enamel dusk rose without publishing the name until mid-1967? My suspicion is the latter, having worked on 1950′s dusk rose cars in addition to this 1965 pink mustang.