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[69CoronetRT]

How do they know 1 of 1?

They don't but it makes for good copy.

When you consider the amount of combinations and options that were possible, they, usually, exceed the number of cars actually produced. One of One is no big deal. Except for fleet cars, most cars are one of one. Find two cars ordered exactly alike.

I haven't seen the documentation that FM3 was released for C bodies but if the paint was special ordered, I would expect to find a 999 paint code. This car does code FM3. It does code Y39 with a K VON.

 

[1978 NYB]

Nice find, but not a color I would choose.

I would take a Fury painted in Curious Yellow.

I like this color, but under certain light in photos it can look like Sublime.

it's a color suited for the little guys, not a C

What do you think about this beauty....

 

[patrick66]

As I see in the article this car was actually ordered for a Mary Kaye employee, I remember someone making a joke about it being a Mary Kaye order as this car turned up for the first time last year.

Wrong shade for a Mary Kay car. Plus, Mary Kay has always given GM products (primarily Cadilacs) to their top sales members; and NEVER Ford, Chrysler, or AMC. Maybe someone who worked for MK as an employee ordered one for themselves, but I can assure you that this was not a MK award car. Besides, ALL MK cars go to the award winners for a period of only one year, then they are retrieved by the Mary Kay company, repainted a different color, then resold. Notice you never, ever see a real Mary Kay pink car for sale? That is why.

Nice Fury, though. I'd rock that.

 

[polara71]

They don't but it makes for good copy.

When you consider the amount of combinations and options that were possible, they, usually, exceed the number of cars actually produced. One of One is no big deal. Except for fleet cars, most cars are one of one. Find two cars ordered exactly alike.

I haven't seen the documentation that FM3 was released for C bodies but if the paint was special ordered, I would expect to find a 999 paint code. This car does code FM3. It does code Y39 with a K VON.

What cars came out of Belvedere with a 999 code any on Record Doug? ( was this car built at Belvedere?)

Of course if one wants to break down all the options which has always been my argument with the one of one guys but lets just look at the paint color on the model please.

I can show you two 70 polara convertibles ordered exactly alike ...

 

[69CoronetRT]

What cars came out of Belvedere with a 999 code any on Record Doug? ( was this car built at Belvedere?)

Of course if one wants to break down all the options which has always been my argument with the one of one guys but lets just look at the paint color on the model please.

I can show you two 70 polara convertibles ordered exactly alike ...

Yes, the car was built at Belvedere.

I do not have a large enough sample of 70 Belvedere built cars to answer the 999 question.

RE convertibles. Cool. Were they sequential and/or close in VON numbers? Were they sales bank cars? Promos?

 

[69CoronetRT]

FWIW..here's the tag and window sticker on the Panther Pink Registry: Panther Pink & Moulin Rouge (FM3) Mopars

Notice there is no listing of a charge for the FM3 paint on the widow sticker.

 

[polara71]

Yes, the car was built at Belvedere.

I do not have a large enough sample of 70 Belvedere built cars to answer the 999 question.

RE convertibles. Cool. Were they sequential and/or close in VON numbers? Were they sales bank cars? Promos?

It was somewhat of a trick answer... the Rose Bowl Cars.. Two exactly alike, the 3rd a buddy instead of console. These are not coded with a Y on the tag 41, 43 and 44 are the last numbers in the three VINs, otherwise, all the same.

 

[polara71]

Oh, and yes, two of the three VONs are sequential with the third a couple off

 

[cm23uoc]

Wrong shade for a Mary Kay car. Plus, Mary Kay has always given GM products (primarily Cadilacs) to their top sales members; and NEVER Ford, Chrysler, or AMC. Maybe someone who worked for MK as an employee ordered one for themselves, but I can assure you that this was not a MK award car. Besides, ALL MK cars go to the award winners for a period of only one year, then they are retrieved by the Mary Kay company, repainted a different color, then resold. Notice you never, ever see a real Mary Kay pink car for sale? That is why.

Nice Fury, though. I'd rock that.

Agreed, the article says it was ordered by the husband and mainly to comliment the Cuda ordered for the son in the same hue.

 

[Wildaugust]

What do you think about this beauty....

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You know, if you were to show me a paint sample of that color and tell me it was for a C-Body, I wouldn't have liked it. Seeing it on the Imperial in the pic, I do like it. It looks very nice, IMO.

 

[Fury Pursuit]

View attachment 78950 I thought some fuselage fans would enjoy knowing this was out there. Interesting read as well, it says pink was not really available on the Furys but they pulled some strings to make it happen.

Neat car,...I've been hearing about it for years, and keeping up on the restoration....too bad it's not a V-code,.............just kidding!

 

[65 500]

The color is called "Tiger Orange". The car in that photo was a special edition Charger to commemorate the Bengal Tiger's first year in the AFL. It was originally a Dodge fleet color.

The Cincinnati Bengals, no "tigers". They were sold by Tom Kneer Dodge on Harrison Ave., they must have moved shortly after that because my Dad bought a new '69 Polara from them and the dealership was on Glenway Ave. at the time. Incase anybody cares...

 

[1978 NYB]

The Cincinnati Bengals, no "tigers". They were sold by Tom Kneer Dodge on Harrison Ave., they must have moved shortly after that because my Dad bought a new '69 Polara from them and the dealership was on Glenway Ave. at the time. Incase anybody cares...

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Does your family still have that car?

 

[65 500]

Does your family still have that car?

No, my brother got the car from my Dad in about 1974, give or take a year, and I don't know what he ended up doing with it.

 

[1978 NYB]

No, my brother got the car from my Dad in about 1974, give or take a year, and I don't know what he ended up doing with it.

My Dad had 3 Slab and Fusie wagons...all BB's. I wish I had all or any of them today.

 

[polara71]

My Dad had 3 Slab and Fusie wagons...all BB's. I wish I had all or any of them today.

With or without the original engines?

 

[1978 NYB]

With or without the original engines?

Rust free...I would still buy all 3.