Mystichrome for All! RTR Revives Rare Shade via Paint-to-Sample Program
During the 2010s, RTR (Ready To Rock) Vehicles made a name for itself in the aftermarket space by crafting custom Ford Mustangs, trucks, and SUVs with OEM-quality parts and a signature, unmistakable style. While RTR vehicles can be ordered from selected Ford dealers, the company suggests it isn’t providing a service but “a bespoke adventure that begins at the RTR Lab in Concord, North Carolina.”
Fair enough, as RTR’s new Paint-To-Sample program (PTS) takes a page from the likes of high end automakers like Porsche, and it may elevate the Mustang ownership experience in a similar manner.
To its credit, RTR dug deep into the history of the Mustang to give the PTS program some mystique from Ford’s long-silent Special Vehicle Team (SVT). RTR chose Mystichrome: A color-changing paint job for the 2004 Mustang SVT Cobra.
This unique paint job was initially limited to 1010 units back in 2004, but it isn’t necessarily exclusive to customers who order an RTR vehicle. Anyone can order the shade via PPG Paint Code 903070. Odds are it won’t be cheap, and the process to apply it shall make it rather exclusive. But if this level of flash isn’t to a prospective owner’s taste, other options are available in RTR’s “extended color palette.”
By the time you read this, RTR will be ready to apply its custom color options to a new Mustang. The colors are an extra $8995, while Mystichrome is one of two “premium” paint options that retail for $15,995. If you want the full PTS treatment, that’s an additional $5000.
Additionally, RTR sends all interested parties a “custom-painted speed shape for approval” before they begin painting their Mustang RTR. The company’s efforts prove that America’s first and only pony car has been elevated to levels normally reserved for the likes of Porsche. RTR’s tight integration with Ford adds extra cachet and credibility, and ensures your RTR Mustang will stand out from the crowd—if that’s what you really want.
A young Bill Ford ( William Henry Clay Ford ) was given a Mustang when the color changing paint process was still in it’s infancy. He was told not to take it anywhere cold, went skiing. Peeled like a grape.
This sounds like exactly the kind of urban legend that should have some documentation that would make or an interesting read. Hopefully you can cite a reliable source and supply some good nighttime reading entertainment. Otherwise, it also sounds a lot like those jokes that insert real names so they sound real, rather than just as a joke.
He must have been a very young Bill Ford because I used Dupont Mystic paint in the mid 90s with no problems, other than price.
I used color changing paint on a motorcycle a few years ago and it visually worked because of the small “canvas” size. I have seen a few cars done with this paint and in my opinion, for what it’s worth, I think it is far too gaudey and garish. I guess for some if you want to stand way out in a crowd it will do that, but it’s not for me.
Is this the same paint they put on Thunderbirds back in the ’90s?
I really disliked that shade, it came across as a muddy brown with purple tones.
Aside from that..$15k for paint on a $60k car? Adding 25% of the cars value so some kid in a Honda can hit you.
We know Porsche fans have more money than sense, but Mustang buyers?
I’d thought they’d have more sense.
It’s not the same. IIRC, this is the same paint that is used in U.S. currency for counterfeit prevention. It’s very hard to come by and painters must account for all of the paint they use with the U.S. Secret Service. While it still may not be everyone’s taste, it is much more vibrant and color-changing than that purple-brown mess you are talking about. 🙂
Urban Bamboozle is the most hilarious paint color name! It’s cool to see Signal Green as an option, I always liked that color. MustangFanClub on Instagram has a ’19 GT in that color and it looks awesome. It’ll be interesting to see how the S650 body lines pair with Mystichrome in real life pictures and not just the rendering. There is a Cobra with Mysticrhome I see around my town on occasion and it’s always a head-turner.
It’s complex and hard to do. Also hard to match or touch up. NOT a good idea for a street driven car.
Now an option to get colors. Guess white, black, and silver are getting long in the tooth.
Look at any paint chart from the mid ’50’s up to the ’70’s. Lots of great colors- and interiors to match!
Speaking of match, when that multi-color chameleon paint was introduced, the first thing I thought was “bet it can’t be matched at the body shop”.
It’s an interesting color to see in person on a Cobra. I do like the purplish and green tints it produces.
Does this paint have the radioactive chemicals in it ? Oooo!!! Or does it glow in the dark?
…. Or wrap your vehicle with a chameleon effect vinyl film. Cost effective, downtime is a few days, protects the paint and easy to remove later.
Can’t wait to see one leaving a car show doing burners and crashing. Give it time
Tim – I didn’t read it, I saw it in an interview with ‘Bill’ sometime ago. Where and on what I can’t recall. The Mustang show car, a factory model with a repaint and, had already made it’s rounds. Kinda of destined to be put away in storage and collect dust and cobwebs until. The funny thing about it was that he laughed about it . A “the folly of youth” story. I remember it because I imagined what it would be like to find a snow covered Mustang with paint looking like Fritos and having to explain. But I guess no harm, no foul when your name is on the corporate headquarters.
Looks like Plum Crazy to me
Looked awful when it came out years ago, looks awful today.