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(from page 2 of the 1968 Collection)
Here is a car you will not see often. Its an Eastertime Coral 1968 April Color of the Month promotional Sprint Mustang hardtop owned by John of Michigan and was our featured Attitude Of The Week for July 13th, 2008. The Color of the Month was a promotion for the first four months of 1968 where special colors were connected to main holidays for special sales: Black Hills Gold paint for the New Year celebration in January, Passionate Pink for Valentine's day in February, Emerald Green for St. Patrick's day in March, and in this case Eastertime Coral for Easter in April. Imagine an Easter Collection of Colors sale showing Eastertime Coral Mustang next to a Seafoam Green, Meadowlark Yellow, and Diamond Blue 1968 standard factory color Mustangs; and a Passionate Pink Mustang left over from the Valentine's day, February color of the month. The Ford color number for Eastertime Coral was WT9012 (6779DH Dupont, 71617 Ditzler) and was also used for the Rainbow of Colors 1968-69 West coast promotion but called Caribbean Coral. See our 1968 data explorer and the 1968 Special Models page for more information on both of these promotions. We also have a larger 1024x768 pixel wallpaper of this car.
(from page 3 of the 1968 Collection)
This probably a one of a kind Sierra Blue 1968 Rainbow of Colors promotional GT Mustang hardtop. It has a black vinyl roof, aftermarket wheels, black side C stripe, vented hood, fog lamps, metal rocker panel trim, and a 390ci V8 engine. Scott Johnson's family bought this car in the mid 1970's from a local dealer, probably only one other owner. During the 70s the car was repainted to a match of its original factory color. Scott says that everyone thought that this could not have been a factory color since nothing like it is on the 1968 Mustang color charts until he recently ordered a Marti Report which showed the car as one of the Rainbow of Color promotional GT hardtops and it was painted Sierra Blue. The 1968-69 Rainbow of Colors promotion offered 13 special colors, one of them was Sierra Blue. This amazing car was our
Attitude Of The Week for November 23, 2008. See our
Rainbow of Colors special information page for more information on the information we have been able to put together on all 13 colors.
(from page 3 of the 1968 Collection)
Sierra Blue 68 Mustang GT Rainbow of Colors black vinyl roof hardtop, front view showing off its fog lamps and vented hood. This car also has the GT equipment group, 390ci V8 engine, C 6 select shift transmission, 3.00 equa-lock differential, power steering, power disc brakes, air conditioner, full center console, and tinted glass.
(from page 3 of the 1968 Collection)
This car has chrome tipped dual exhaust, GT gas gap, metal rocker panel trim, aftermarket wheels, black side C stripe, and black vinyl roof.
(from page 3 of the 1968 Collection)
Right side view of a Sierra Blue 1968 Mustang GT Rainbow of Colors promotional black vinyl hardtop. All Rainbow of Color promotional cars were built at the San Jose plant and has the special paint code on its door data tag.
(from page 3 of the 1968 Collection)
1968 Sierra Blue Mustang GT Rainbow of Colors black vinyl hardtop, right front view. The door data tag on this car reads 65A hardtop body style, blank color code special paint (Blue, Ford # WT8002, Sierra Blue, a color you can still get today!!!), 23B assembled on the 23rd of February 23 1968, 71 ordered in the Los Angeles area, 0783 special order for 123 Hardtops built for the Rainbow of Colors promotion (all of these where Sierra Blue), E 3.00:1 Equa-Lock rear axle ratio, and U C-6 Select Shift Cruise-O-Matic transmission.
(from page 3 of the 1968 Collection)
A lower front view of this amazing Rainbow of Colors promotional Mustang GT.
(from page 3 of the 1968 Collection)
Left front view of a 1968 Rainbow of Colors promotional Mustang GT hardtop with Sierra Blue exterior paint. This car was originally ordered with the following options: black vinyl roof, GT Equipment Group, C-6 Select Shift Cruise-O-Matic transmission, locking differential, F70x14 wide oval tires, white sidewall nylon tires, center console, power disc brakes, power steering, Selectaire air conditioner, AM radio, and tinted glass.
(from page 4 of the 1968 Collection)
Aftermarket wheels and mud flaps.
(from page 4 of the 1968 Collection)
You can just make out the GT logo on the gas cap.
(from page 4 of the 1968 Collection)
View of the black interior with full center console, air conditioning, and automatic transmission.
(from page 4 of the 1968 Collection)
Dash view of the 1968 Mustang GT. This car has automatic transmission, full center console, and air conditioning.
(from page 5 of the 1968 Collection)
This rare 1968 Madagascar Orange Mustang hardtop from the west coast Rainbow of Colors promotion is owned by Dale Olson of Rohnert Park, California. It was our
Attitude Of The Week for December 28th, 2008. Dale writes,
I got this car in 1990 and finished restoring it in 1996.
It was not show room quality, but it was a very nice car. For the entire time I've had it, I was misreading the data plate and didn't know exactly what the car was. Even few years ago I did search on internet of Orange 68 Mustang, and got nothing. Just within the past few weeks I finally
found out the car was a part of the Rainbow Mustang promotion of 68
and 69. I don't have the original engine in it because when I got the
car someone had put a straight six in it. I also had a 67 mustang with
a 289 4v that was usable so I rebuilt it. Also no longer have the C4
automatic for it. I put in the Ford design 4 speed (RUG-E2), but no
modifications other than bolt-ons. The car only has 23,000
miles on it since restoring it, but due to it sitting outside in the
weather, it needs to be completely restored again (except the
engine, transmission, and rear end). We've included some scanned in photos after its first restoration in 1996, hopefully Dale can get us more in the future. Also take a look at our
Rainbow of Colors special information page to see what we believe all 13 colors from the Rainbow of Colors promotion looked like along with photos of
other Rainbow of Colors cars.
(from page 5 of the 1968 Collection)
Here is a photo of Dale's Madagascar Orange 1968 Rainbow of Colors promotional Mustang hardtop just after he restored it in 1996. All Rainbow of Colors promotional Mustangs were special order built in the San Jose plant, and to this date we have found one's ordered in the Los Angeles, San Jose (also delivering to Honolulu Hawaii), and Salt Lake areas. The promotion offered a Rainbow of Colors such as Madagascar Orange, Whipped Cream, Spanish Gold, Dandelion Yellow, Hot Pink, Caribbean Coral, Forest Green, Sierra Blue, and Moss Green.
(from page 5 of the 1968 Collection)
Here is the interior of Dale's 1968 Rainbow of Colors promotional Mustang hardtop.
(from page 5 of the 1968 Collection)
The door data tag is the key to showing that this is a special ordered car. Let's read it: 65A hardtop body style, blank color code indicating a special color, 2U parchment crinkle vinyl and parchment kiwi vinyl with black interior, 16B assembled on the 16th of February, 72 ordered in the San Jose area under special order number 1187, 5 3.00:1 rear axle ratio, and W C4 automatic transmission. The three things that make this data tag match the Rainbow of Colors promotion are the 8R in the VIN indicating the correct year and factory which built this car, a blank color code indicating that a special factory paint was used, and 721187 showing that this car was special ordered in San Jose.
(from page 6 of the 1968 Collection)
Mike Abajian Jr of Texas owns this beautiful 1968
Rainbow of Colors promotional red orange Mustang hardtop. Mike writes:
I bought this original 'Rainbow of Colors' car on-line about two years ago. The gentleman who restored this car initially intended to part it out. He opted to restore its original Calypso Coral special order paint (known as
Flower Power Orange in '68). Mike's 1968 Mustang was our
Attitude Of The Week for February 1st, 2009.
(from page 6 of the 1968 Collection)
Here is another view of Mike's Calypso Coral (Flower Power Red) 1968 Rainbow of Colors promotional Mustang hardtop. All of these promotional Mustangs were built in the San Jose plant and special ordered on the West Coast. Most were Sprint optioned Mustang hardtops, but there where a few where GTs, fastbacks, or Mach1's.
(from page 6 of the 1968 Collection)
Nice close-up view of the 1968 Calypso Coral exterior paint.
(from page 6 of the 1968 Collection)
Side view of the car showing off the GT wheels, fog lamps, and part of the side C stripe. Apparently the horse behind is not impressed, but we surely are!
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