although it has a fender tag that indicates "special paint" and "special order," the main tag lists the paint's FM3 code. That's unusual because special-paint factory cars usually have the 999 code.
Wednesday, December 10, 2025
the only FM3 1970 Fury III known to exist was at the 2025 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals
although it has a fender tag that indicates "special paint" and "special order," the main tag lists the paint's FM3 code. That's unusual because special-paint factory cars usually have the 999 code.
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It's a pisser.
ReplyDeleteI was curious as to what this color was called in the sales brochures of the time and found it labeled "Panther Pink, "Moulin Rouge" and "Penta Magenta" when applied to different model lines and years. There may be more but I'd had a mouthful by then and stopped searching.
ReplyDeletehell, my bad, I'm a Mopar guy, and knew the code, and the names, and was just posting along without realizing I should put the name. The 1970 "hi-impact" colors were eye catching, and the names, were just fun as hell. Here's a bunch more https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/search?q=paint+names
Deletehere's more on just the FM3 https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/04/pink-mopars-only-pink-musclecar.html
DeleteFord called their green "Anti Establish-mint"
Deleteand their red "Counter-Revolutuionary Red"
Kevin commented about the names of colors that they passed on: Nine colors that were rejected,
"Catch Me Copper", "Unforseeable Fuicha", "Statutory Grape", "Gang Green", "Well Red", "Cost Of Living Rose",
"Fisher Body Rust", "Hi Ho Silver", "Frank Lloyd White".
Panther Pink was the name for paint code FM3 on Dodge muscle cars, Plymouth called it Moulin Rouge
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