I love eBay finds like this one.  It’s like Christmas time; you really have no idea what you’re going to find waiting for you with a car like this!

The owner of the car gives us painfully little information, aside from the fact it’s a rebuild motor, rebuilt transmission, and a “custom” paint job.  We don’t know if it’s the original motor/transmission, we have no idea what the data plate codes are, and while the owner says the interior has been redone, the only photo we can see shows hideous seat covers hiding the original seats and a multi-colored dash padding that looks like it was made from the skin of a pink unicorn.

If that’s not enough to give you heart palpitations, check out the price.  Bidding starts at $10,000, with a Buy-it-now of $18,000.  I’ll admit, it someone offered my $18,000 for a car like that, I’d be eager to sell it, too!  The upside is that from the photos this car looks to have potential.  As long as it’s not a bondo-filled train wreck the interior could be easily corrected and it’s entierly possible the car is one of the original pink mustangs. If it’s got the original motor, transmission and data plate, this might just be worth taking a look at!

Another pink Mustang just went up for sale, this time in San Diego, and it looks to be of the Dusk Rose variety.  The car (a V-8 coupe) has been listed by Beverly Hills Motorcars and according to the add, it appears to be mostly original.  Dusk Rose was the most common of the pink colors, but there were still less than 1,000 produced that year.

The beautiful thing about this car is the claim that it’s original paint and interior.  It’s great to have a fully restored mustang, but they’re only original once.  The car could probably use some cosmetic attention, but the owners say it’s in great running/driving condition, so this vehicle might just make for an attention getting weekend cruiser!

Not only is the website back up and running, so is the restoration of my 1965 pink mustang!  I’ve run out of time to do it myself, and so I’ve sent it to a restoration shop in hopes of getting done in time for the 2011 MCA Grand National Mustang Show in Waldorf, MD.

I ended up having pretty much every single major panel (and doors) replaced.  They’ve been fitted, adjusted, and the car is in the blocking stage right now to get it ready for paint.  Hopefully it will be out of the paint shop by mid-July and ready for re-assembly!

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There’s a pink 1969 Convertible GT Mustang up for sale right now on E-Bay!  According to the owner:

This Pink Mustang is one of ten of a Special Edition: paint color selected by Hugh Hefner himself (paint code 71617). Since only ten were painted in this color in 1969, this authentic Playboy Special Edition is one of the rarest Mustangs ever produced. This beauty is powered by a 351 Windsor V8 MOTOR with 3 speed automatic TRANSMISSION. All original.

He’s got it mostly right here, it seems.  You have to understand, there is no such thing as an “authentic” Playboy Special Edition.  Ford was a rather conservative company in the 1960′s, and they simply didn’t do “special editions” with outside companies, especially companies that made their money peddling porn.

Yes, there were lot’s of special paint cars done for numerous company giveaways, but the idea of “special editions” was reserved for Ford alone (Think “high country special” “twister specials”, or “color of the month”.)

This car is likely to be part of the “Rainbow of Colors” West Coast promotion in 1969.  The paint code 71617 is also known as WT9036, “Playboy Pink”(1967) “Passionate Pink”(1968) or “Hot Pink”(1969).  It’s certainly a rare car, given it’s a convertible, GT, and of course pink, but I would be cautious about claiming there were only 10 of them made in 1969 without a full Marti Report to back that up.

The starting bid is $39,000. At that price, do you think this pink pony is worth adding to the stable?

Pardon the Restoration, We're Working Hard To Get Back Up and Running!

After a very long and unintended hiatus (anyone who has tried to restore a car in the past can understand), PinkMustangs.com is back in all it’s glory!

I’ll be working on the site in the coming weeks, restoring photos and functionality as well as searching for everything related to pink mustangs online.  Please feel free to check back in soon and we should have everything back up and running before you know it!

~Jon – PinkMustangs.com webmaster

Is this the original "playmate pink"?

I ordered 8oz of a Ford Fleet color known as WT9301 to test against my car and see if it’s actually the color of the early pink mustangs!  I’ll post the comparison photos as soon as I’m done, but based of of the sample on the top of the can, it’s looking rather promising!

I’ll be testing the sample this week to see if it’s right!

**update**

WT9301 turned out to be far too pale, unfortunately.  After further research we found the paint had actually been batched incorrectly.

A special Thank you to everyone out there that called or emailed me regarding the apparent listing of my vehicle by a dealer located in Pompano Beach, Florida.  For the record, this dealer took what he called a “stock photo” until he could get real pictures of the car up.  I’m not going to get into the issue of him using a copyrighted photo as I am not the copyright holder on that particular image, but I did take issue with images of my car being used in an advertisement for sale.

I contacted the seller, the sites the car was listed on, and the FL Attny. General’s office.  Thankfully, the photos of my car have been removed, and photos of a different car are now up.

My concern was that this may have been a situation where my was at risk of theft.  It seems now that this was really a case of a dealer not thinking anyone would notice the wrong car being posted online.  Either way, you can never be too careful in this day and age.

Link to conversation regarding listing on VMF

I’ve got the top out the mustang, and I’ve packed it away safely for the winter while I work on the body of the Mustang.  Pulling the top out itself was simple, I did it by myself in about an hour.  I was expecting it to be a lot more complicated that it really was!

Notice the original paint vs. the mis-colored respray

Here’s an image of what the original “playmate pink” on a ford mustang looked like.  This photo was taken during the current dismantling and restoration of my 1965 convertible.

There’s always a lot of debate about the “proper” color for the earliest pink mustangs.  Because I was fortunate that my trunk interior had never been re-sprayed and I found a considerable amount of original paint under the dash, I was able to test a wide variety of color possibilities.

I tested every color imaginable, and even had a spectral analyzer take a crack at it.  In the end, the color known as WT9301 was a nearly perfect match, as you can see in the photo below.

A variety of 60's paint color chips, courtesy of mustangattitude.com

WT9301 Tested as a 2-stage paint against the original factory paint.

The Pink Mustang Waiting for it's new garage

Having a love for old cars carries with it an inherent problem:  Where do you keep them all?  For the odd junker or parts car, indoor storage may not be a necessity, but for an antique that’s in decent shape it’s a different story altogether.
Unfortunately, I purchased the Mustang without a garage space waiting at home.  I was simply out of space, and until I found more, I was forced to let the car sit in the driveway, tarped and rather neglected.  The immense rush of self-guilt that came from not having a proper garage space for the old car served as excellent motivation, and within a week of purchasing the car I started construction on a new single car garage.

I priced out pre-built garages, and compared with what it would cost me to hire a couple guys and buy all the materials myself.  As it turned out, the cost to have one delivered was with about $150 of what it would cost me to build it myself, but the delivered garage would have no windows and would be 60 square feet smaller than what I would build on my own.  In addition, the flooring of the delivered garage would be lumber, whereas if I built it myself the slab would be concrete.

We poured a concrete slab instead of wood flooring

The construction itself was incredibly quick.  It took about 6 hours to dig out the foundation and pour the concrete.  We built a slight ramp into the slab at the garage door, and decided to go with a 9′wx7′h garage door which ran $138 from Lowes.

The framing for the garage took about 8 hours, and then another 8 hours was spent finishing out the roof and walls.  For siding I decided to use a smart siding instead of T1-11.  It was my first experience with the material and I can’t say enough good things about it.  For starters, it was roughly $9 cheaper per sheet, it has a hard primed exterior surface, and it takes paint much better than t1-11 does.  If you’re looking to build a cheap shed or garage, check that stuff out!

The garage walls went up fast!

Putting up a garage like this was remarkably easy.  I didn’t purchase any construction plans, all the construction was done from memory, right down (or up) to the roof rafters.  I still need to build parts shelves in the garage and put up some finishing trim, but as far as storing the car is concerned, the mustang has a pretty new garage to rest in, safe and sound!