HH1978 wrote:Burgundy is known for red wine production. More likely related to the wine's red-purple color I think.
These purpleburst guitars are not that common. Standard "competition burgundy" is just plain metallic blue. (Many have now even faded to green.) There's nothing purple about it.
Sometimes sellers even list these guitars as "blue w/ competition stripe" or even "competition blue" because they don't know any better. But they are officially "competition burgundy", and that's true with or without the purpleburst. Personally this is the first time I've seen/noticed a purpleburst, so I really don't think it has anything to do with the wine. The standard color looks nothing like burgundy wine.
AFAIK Mustangs of this era came in three colors: "competition red", "competition orange" and "competition burgundy", with a little overlap in 1969 of the original "red", "white" and "blue" colors. Those were the official color names. Here's a 1970 color chart, you can see how blue the burgundy color was:
http://www.fendermustangstory.com/gphotos/f70color.jpg" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It is almost the same color as Lake Placid Blue, just a little darker.
I think the name must have come from the vintage automotive world.