Miata Mailing List: July 1993, Message #8
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   From: sebruun@ihlpe.att.com
Subject: Re: pink and striped paint jobs
   Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1993 12:51:38 -0400


Mike Carlton  says:

> ...there can't be very many pink miatas in California (can there?).

and I answer:

God, I hope not, in California or anywhere else for that matter...

Mike quotes me:

> Sounds *almost* as if you're describing my car.  It's blue with two 7"
> *silver* stripes 1" apart running down the center of the car, front to
> back, and I'm often told how much it looks like a miniature version of
> a 60s-style Cobra (which is exactly what I had in mind).  The color of
> the stripes matches the centers of my Panasports, and I have magnetics
> (race number and class letters) which match as well.  The car is truly
> beautiful on race mornings, if I do say so myself!  I chose the silver
> (in case you're wondering) because I like the look of Scott Goodyear's
> Indy Car -- which is just about the same shade of blue -- so much.
>
> Did you see the striped blue one anywhere near Chicago?  If so, it was
> probably me.
>
> - Steve Bruun

and then continues:

> Sounds cool.  The one I saw was the same scheme, but they really were
> white stripes and I saw it in Los Angeles area, so there must be
> someone else out there with your idea.

> Are your numbers dark on a white oval?  That would be the exact 60's look
> I'm thinking of.

I answer:

I went back and read your original message and realized that you were
talking about cars you'd seen in California (Venice, no less...).  I've
had the stripes painted on my car for almost three years now -- we just
celebrated our fourth anniversary in the middle of June -- and although
striped Miatas are somewhat more common now, mine was the first I know
of and still may be the only silver-on-blue.  While a lot of folks have
asked why I didn't go with white instead, most have been complimentary
about the way it turned out.

With respect to the numbers, I thought about using black Helvetica on
white meatballs like the Cobras did, but that would only *really* work
if I ran either 98 or 99 (the factory team's traditional numbers).  My
number is 22 (or occassionally 212), though, so I chose to go with the
silver "eurostyle" numerals and class letters to match the rest of the
car.

By the way, I solved the issue of whether to continue the stripes over
the windshield header by painting the header gloss black.  I like it a
lot better than leaving it body color, and it makes the car look quite
a bit lower as well.

- Steve Bruun