# Plum Crazy **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 15, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908 "2015-08-15T18:18:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/1 "2015-08-15T18:18:59Z")
Yes you can… Buy a 2016 Challenger or Charger with purple paint. This is a real bonus for all of you Minnesota Vikings or Baltimore Ravens fans out there, and maybe a few others might like it. Anyone happy with this development? ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/2 "2015-08-15T18:26:06Z")
It’s a great idea because Plum Crazy is one of several Mopar colors including Sublime Green and Hemi Orange that epitomized some Dodge and Plymouth muscle cars back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/3 "2015-08-15T18:58:23Z")
I liked the '70s colors back then and I still like them. We’ve had nothing but white, black, and grey for far too long. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/4 "2015-08-15T20:08:26Z")
**“We’ve had nothing but white, black, and grey for far too long.”** That’s not true with all manufacturers. When my friend bought his Scion last year, he wanted the _Hot Lava_ color, which is a really nice dark bronze-orange color. The saleswoman’s response was…_Yes, you and everyone else!_ Apparently all of the Hot Lava models had been snapped up before he got to the showroom, so he had to settle for silver-gray. And, Subaru has had a bright orange color available on its Cross Trek models for a few years. If you take a close look at my “ID photo”, you will see that my 2011 Outback is Sky Blue Metallic. I just couldn’t stand the thought of another silver-gray car! ---
**Author:** ![jayhawkroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/jayhawkroy/32/33_2.png) [@jayhawkroy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jayhawkroy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 8:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/5 "2015-08-15T20:29:31Z")
I’ll wait and see how many Kansas Staters show up on the turnpike with this option. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/6 "2015-08-15T20:50:32Z")
Whatever happened to nicely done two toned car colors? ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/7 "2015-08-15T21:16:00Z")
Two tone cars have to be sprayed twice. That costs twice as much as spraying the body one, or dipping it once. Actually, it probably costs more than twice as much since the first coat has to dry before it can be taped and the second coat applied. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/8 "2015-08-15T21:29:10Z")
I don’t remember the year or the color name but sometime in the early 60’s, I painted my winter bike that Chrysler purple color. I really liked it. I used my Mom’s Kirby vacuum spray attachment. She wasn’t too crazy about letting me paint with her precious vacuum but it was my first experience with a high volume low pressure sprayer and worked pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/9 "2015-08-15T22:09:49Z")
Back in late 1970…I painted my 57 Chevy Bel-Air “Plum Crazy Purple” at the behest of my girlfriend who is now my wife. Purple is still her favorite color. I guess I’m still her favorite guy because when she says “Jump”…I just ask “How high?” ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2015, 11:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/10 "2015-08-15T23:42:54Z")
Your a quick study @missileman. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/11 "2015-08-16T04:02:54Z")
@jtsanders Ah, hadn’t realized the cost of two toned paint. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/12 "2015-08-16T06:26:05Z")
Note that chromed or stainless side trim, body side molding, etc has pretty much disappeared. That was often used to separate the colors on two-tone cars. It’s cheaper on the production line just to eliminate all of that and give almost everyone the same old bland colors. Around here everything is silver or white it seems. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/13 "2015-08-16T06:52:29Z")
While this car is not mine I had a '69 Superbee in Spring Green identical to it at one time. An eye popper to say the least even at night under the streetlights. [https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.zJpKfYrW4MSuUX8CchNNCQ&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300](https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.zJpKfYrW4MSuUX8CchNNCQ&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300) ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/14 "2015-08-16T06:56:03Z")
It seems plum crazy purple wasn’t available in 2015 but there should be enough purple used cars for those sports fans. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/3/3cd6fbced2f20909401651b40786484d41b72c24.jpg) ![]() ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/15 "2015-08-16T08:23:10Z")
I miss the look of chrome trim. For dent protection in parking lots, I have added molding strips on the doors of all my cars. And I think they all have looked nicer too for having the body side molding. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/16 "2015-08-16T08:24:19Z")
@ok4450. Love that almost irridescent shade of green! ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/17 "2015-08-16T08:32:46Z")
@Marnet. Believe it or not, I bought that green Superbee in 1974 with 40k miles it, just as clean as the one in the picture, and for the princely sum of 450 bucks; and yes it had a clean title and was not stolen. 😄 STILL kind of kicking myself for trading it off. I also had a '68 Roadrunner just like this one in a pretty color called B5 Blue. [https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.yF3Fo2ke7CC8ZVCC01Ca1g&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300](https://sp.yimg.com/ib/th?id=JN.yF3Fo2ke7CC8ZVCC01Ca1g&pid=15.1&P=0&w=300&h=300) Yep, still kicking self over that one too… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/18 "2015-08-16T08:42:23Z")
The blue roadrunner is sharp too, especially with the blue stripe down the middle of the dark hood. A car I used to see often some years ago was an unusual almost Day Glo yellow but unlike Day Glo truly pretty. It was a pale lemon yellow that literally irridesced a lime green from the right angle on sunny days. It darn near sparkled. Had to have been a custom paint job. It was a late 60s or early 70s full sized sport model but don’t recall which. ---
**Author:** ![Marnet](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/marnet/32/41_2.png) [@Marnet](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Marnet)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 8:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/19 "2015-08-16T08:44:19Z")
@ok4450 What make was the Superbee? Edit: Never mind. Wikipedia tells all. Sort of. Says the Superbee was a Dodge. From the photo you posted, it looks to have been mid to late 1960s model? ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908/20 "2015-08-16T09:17:11Z")
The Superbee was a 1969 model. I always wondered what happened to that car and there’s a possibility that I may have run across it about a dozen years ago. I was driving by a small strip mall that has a popular restaurant on one end and saw a pickup with a trailer sitting out along the edge of the street. On the trailer was what I swore was my green 'Bee. I parked by it and got out to look it over and there were several things in my hazy memory that made me think it was my old one. The car had been to the drag races and had low 10 second marks on the windshield so someone would have had to have modified it to go that fast. I sat around for 20 minutes waiting to see if the owner would appear so I could talk to them but finally had to leave because of time constraints and things I had to do. The SuperBee and Roadrunner were essentially the same cars; just different body styles from different divisions of Chrysler. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/plum-crazy/90908.md?page=2)