Playmate Plymouth in colour code ‘999’

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Anyone can paint their car in an unusual colour, but when the colour code fits the historical data it will be a lot more desirable to some. Colour codes can form quite an advantage, especially when they were made to special order. You might even like to know that some American car manufacturers used ‘999’ paint codes for such orders between 1961 and 1978. Only when dealerships, or purchasing agents specifically wanted them, paid for them and placed a special order they were made. The 999 code was actually used on the car’s vehicle identification plate, making so called ‘999 cars’ now wanted. 

Notable is a fleet of Chrysler New Yorkers in bright yellow, Plymouth Belvederes in orange and Road Runners in silver. Then there were also the Playmate cars, notably pink in colour. There have been limited runs of Mustangs and of the Plymouth Barracuda seen here. How many of these were painted in a ‘999’ pink hue is uncertain, but the one seen above must have been the first of them.

The girl joining is Lisa Baker, who took the Playmate of the Year title in 1966 and was given the car. After that Plymouth decided to have a small production run of pink Barracudas and called them ‘Plymouth Playmate Barracudas’, selling them at $2,860 in 1967. When you find one nowadays, do check that VIN tag for the number 999 when you're interested though!

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