Panther Pink 70 Chargers...pictures?

[Magnumcharger]

I thought this would be an opportunity to post pictures of ever-so-cool Panther Pink 70 Chargers!!
(And maybe fill each other in on the production statistics associated with them).
This is a picture of Patty's (Tim Welborn's wife) Charger R/T, which I believe to be an original Sixpack car.
I scanned this out of a two-page spread in a magazine and photoshopped the shit out of it. Enjoy!

[tan top]

nice looking charger     i seem to recall ........ there might be a web site dedicated to FM3  mopers 

[69Coronet]

The website for FM3 Mopars is
www.pantherpink.com

[tan top]

The website for FM3 Mopars is
www.pantherpink.com

     cool . thanks for the link   ...............   thats good   i didn't imagine it           

[TruckDriver]

 

[Magnumcharger]

That webpage belongs to the most excellent past master of Pink, Brother Nick Taylor.
He does have a goodly amount of Pink Chargers there, but I'm pretty sure we could quickly amass a suitable quantity of similar items here, if we apply ourselves judiciously.

[Charger_Fan]

You guys can have the pepto bizmal  cars, I'll take everything else in that last pic, including the nice big garage.

[RT DAVE]

Another pic of Wellborn's V code.  Was for sale at '04 nats for $115K.  It's supposedly his wife's.

[UFO]

One from 1989

[UFO]

Engine shot

[Goldfinger71]

....Paging Nick,your needed on aisle one!
Nick,
what's up with your pink 71 R/T?Have you worked on it lately

[Charger_Fan]

One from 1989

Is that the same car? I notice a mirror on the passenger door...
The rest looks mostly the same though, maybe they just removed it later?

[RT DAVE]

One from 1989

Is that the same car? I notice a mirror on the passenger door...
The rest looks mostly the same though, maybe they just removed it later?

How 'bout the missing Go-Wing?

[UFO]

The pics I posted are not of Wellborn`s car.I posted an R/T-SE.

[sunroofsuperbird]

Heres a few of a car I had in the early 80s. it was factory pink and thought it would be cool but way to much so I went wild on it after I got it painted. Sold it a few years later and the guy I sold it too wraped it around a tree and it was sold for scrap. So 1 less

[LargerCharger383]

Mine's a '74 i know, and it's black now, but when it was trailered to my house...

[Magnumcharger]

1970 Chargers only on this thread please. Thank you for your cooperation.

[Magnumcharger]

a few more 1970s

[Anders]

This might be a stupid question, but when was this color available.? only in 70? was it a charger only color?

[bull]

This might be a stupid question, but when was this color available.? only in 70? was it a charger only color?

I believe '70 and '71 but I'm not too sure.

[41husk]

It was an option on many models.  Not sure if it was 71 as well but was one of the high impact colors offered starting in 70

[Magnumcharger]

Actually, only offered in 1970, as paint code FM3.
Anything that might have appeared in this color in 1971, would have been coded 999, and likely would have been special ordered.
See here for all the info: www.pantherpink.com
This information is from that site:

The Chrysler Corporation was a major force in the musclecar era from the early 1960s through the early 1970s. Beyond the well known engineering built into the cars, Chrysler came up with innovative and fun ways to add extra excitement to the ownership experience. One of those ways was the addition of special exterior colors that were anything but subtle.
At first these colors were offered on "Spring Special" packages to try and boost sales. In 1968, the special colors for Dodge and Plymouth were Silver and Gold. In 1969, things got twice as exciting. Not only were there special Spring colors but two new special packages for the Super Bee and Road Runner which included the new 440 6-Pack engine, black fiberglass lift-off hood, large black steel wheels with no wheel covers. New colors were introduced to go along with them. Rallye Green, Hemi Orange, Vitamin C Orange and Bahama Yellow. These became known as High Impact Paint (HIP) colors.

In 1970, Mother Mopar let it all hang out and not only introduced many more colors but some wild names to go along with them. Dodge and Plymouth had their own names for the same color. Names like (Dodge/Plymouth) Plum Crazy/In-Violet, Hemi Orange/Tor-Red, Top Banana/Lemon Twist, Go Mango/Vitamin C, Sublime/Limelight, Butterscotch/Bahama Yellow and more. Once again there were Spring Special colors introduced to jazz up an already jazzy color wheel. As in 1969, these colors went along with the introduction of special models, the Dodge Challenger T/A and Plymouth AAR 'Cuda. The colors were Green Go/Sassy Grass and Panther Pink/Moulin Rouge. All HIP colors were extra cost at less than $20.

By 1971, the musclecar craze was being threatened by environmentalists and insurance companies. Chrysler hung on best they could and came out with some even wilder styled cars including the newly restyled Charger, GTX and Road Runner, which came on a new platform. The Challenger and Barracuda were also restyled with new grilles, taillights and stripe options. The Challenger T/A and AAR 'Cuda were dropped. A couple of the 1970 colors were dropped as the color choices were reduced. One of the discontinued colors was Panther Pink/Moulin Rouge. A new HIP color for 1971 was Citron Yella/Curious Yellow. In 1972 there were only two High Impact colors available (Hemi Orange/Tor-Red and Top Banana/Lemon Twist). In 1973, Top Banana/Lemon Twist was the only choice. As quickly as the High Impact colors appeared, they disappeared.

Of course a color called Panther Pink or Moulin Rouge had to be wild and it is. Obviously it is the focus of this web site. There weren't a great number of cars made in this shade and a lot of them later got painted over in other colors. Seems, not everyone was happy with a bright magenta pink used car. At least one car was painted black at a dealership when new because it wouldn't sell. Even though the color was no longer available, some non-1970 cars were special ordered in it. This includes a certain 1971 Dodge Charger R/T, the only one known to have been made in Panther Pink. Having any Dodge or Plymouth that came in this color adds much to the value. Especially if it is on one of the high-performance models.

[Chris G.]

1970 Chargers only on this thread please. Thank you for your cooperation.

I like this guy.