Ed Pink has died. He built engines until 2 years ago, though he officially retired in 2008

Pink tore apart the engine of his very first car pretty much as soon as he bought it, and built his last engine just a couple of years ago, at the age of 92. That motor was a Ford 427 SOHC "cammer" V-8, something that Pink built his career on back in the mid-1960s. It ended up getting shipped to Australia

I bet that engine owner KNOWS he's got the last engine built by "The Old Master"

After two years in the U.S. Army serving in the Korean War, Pink returned to Los Angeles and set up his own shop. He built his own dragster, and then started building engines for other racing teams. "Think Pink" became his slogan.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a64611989/ed-pink-engine-builder-obituary/

Panther Pink 70 Super Bee, with lace paint hood... pretty dang rare. Worth 55k? Only to the guy selling it with getting it in running condition, after all, it's only a 383 727 bench seat car

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160256640195330&set=pcb.5239002759555010

Ed Pinks 36, he owned and raced it after WW2, until 1951

Famed engine builder and racer Ed Pink was still a teenager when he bought this Ford coupe in 1948. It was soon chopped five inches, hot rodded with Edelbrock speed equipment, and turned into a racecar. It competed on the California dry lakes, at Bonneville, and at Santa Ana Drags. In 1951, Ed joined the army and the coupe was sold soon afterward.

Hot Rod Magazine just did a good interview with Ed Pink, who has built more than 5000 racing engines

http://www.hotrod.com/feature_stories/1406_take_5_ed_pink/

in 2005 the did this http://www.hotrod.com/techfaq/hrdp_0509_ed_pink_racing_engines/

No other drag racer ever approached such lofty levels of success in so many other arenas; not even archrival Keith Black, who started out in boats and headed Chrysler's Trans-Am effort. In the quarter-mile world of the '60s and '70s, their rivalry was as intense as any in the sport. Lions Drag Strip and Irwindale Raceway fueled the fire by promoting Black-versus-Pink feature events. Both men made regular appearances in newspapers and magazines, including Pete Millar's satire-drenched Drag Cartoons comic book. Moreover, this was one rivalry that was real rather than contrived for the purpose of selling Hot Wheels models or military enlistments. There's never been anything like it, before or since.

Pink insisted to former Drag News editor Dave Wallace, "You had the Mongoose and the Snake, and you had the Greek and the Swamp Rat, but you needed something else. Maybe, if Keith's name wasn't Black and mine wasn't Pink, who knows? Keith did a fine job, and in later years, we became good friends. We used to run ads that said, 'No matter what color your elephant is, they're all Pink on the inside!' You don't see that today. In our day, it was more fun than it is now."

From here and there

via hemipacer.tumbler.com how they made this leave the ground is unknown. via: http://voiture-jaune.tumblr.com/page/178 Duesenburg from hotvveels.tumbler.com Larry Watson's Grapevine from http://voiture-jaune.tumblr.com/page/178 Porsche coffee plantation tractor from http://voiture-jaune.tumblr.com/page/178 from http://voiture-jaune.tumblr.com/page/178

The playmates and their pink cars

Playmate pink

For more playmate pink cars given by Playboy to the annual Playmate of the year: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2006/12/parade-mustang-with-rumble-seat-1-of-4.html

For a dozen more pink playmate cars http://motoriginal.tumblr.com/page/107

Images from http://www.automobilemag.com/features/magazine/1509-the-36-24-35-1968-amc-amx/
http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/
http://www.overdrive.fi/forum/threads/vanhoja-valokuvia-ameriikan-raitilta.267070/page-493#post-3110959

Parade Mustang with rumble seat, 1 of 4

This is just one of four Playboy Pink special builds for parades.


Possibly the same as this listing 1969 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE, V-8, PINK, PRESENTED TO PLAYMATE OF THE YEAR IN 1969 BY HUGH HEFNER, TROPHY WINNER, FRAME OFF RESTORATION, GARAGE KEPT AND COVERED., Vehicle condition: 2, Lot No.: 459, Highest Bid: $12200 - SOLD Ft. Myers, FL - March 20 & 21 1999. No image. http://www.carsonline.com.au/usauctions.html#Myers

Of course, this website and picture states the playmate of the year was given an AMX, "an all pink AMX was given to Playboy's Playmate of the Year, Angela Dorian. She still owns the car, but she seems to like the Rolling Stones, as she since painted it black" http://www.american-motors.de/en/history/60s/

This is the picture link http://www.javelinamx.com/JavHome/articles/pb0568-3.jpg

This car is so unknown that it doesn't even show up or get mentioned on this website devoted to freaking rare mustangs... http://www.limited600mustang.com/specials.html

For a page of pink cars and playmates http://motoriginal.tumblr.com/page/107