Miata Mailing List: February 1996, Message #29
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   From: Richard Dekker 
Subject: Re: Collectors Item
   Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 19:36:30 -0500

Jack, I concure wholeheartedly with your statement about Mariner Blue 
cars.  As I own the first Mariner Blue car in Edmonton, I think it's 
worth something.

Regards,

Richard Dekker, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Founder & President, Wild Rose Chapter - Miata Club of America

1990 MX-5 Miata - Mariner Blue with double white stripes
1991 B-2200 - required due to aforementioned car's lack of trunk space
1973 RX-3 PRO rally car - lonely now that we're building a RX-7


On Thu, 1 Feb 1996 a.mccombs3@genie.geis.com wrote:

> Dominic P. asks which, if any, Miatae models will be especially valuable in
> years to come.  Ultimately, only one will be head and shoulders above the
> others - the 90A mariner blues, of course.  '90 was the first model year,
> and the A has all the goodies most people wanted at that time.  The plain
> jane cars will not appreciate appreciably (?), and the true enthusiasts
> won't care for the high zoot cd player and all that stuff, just as the most
> valuable cars from the '60s are the highest performance versions of
> performance cars.  And of course, mariner blue is no longer offered.  Many
> people are hoarding BRG, yellow, and silver cars, but currently, a mariner
> blue is not considered anything special - so people are repainting them in
> different colors, and not salvaging them when they go off to the wrecking
> yard or whatever.  Thus, ultimately they will become quite rare and more
> valuable than any of the other Miatas.
>                                       --Jack M. & (90A mariner blue) KANSEI--
> 
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