Miata Mailing List: October 1999, Message #293

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Jeff, Bill, et al,

I never understood where Mazda got the "Mariner" name for the shade 
of blue used in 90 through 93. The color was taken from the 
California license plate backgound (supposedly a corner of one was 
snipped off and sent to Mazda in Japan as a sample). I've always 
called it "California License Plate Blue" and have felt that 
"California Blue" would have been a better name than "Mariner Blue".

I have my plate on w/o any frame and from a distance you can't tell 
where the plate ends and the body begins.



At 3:06 -0400 10/1/99, Jeff Gehrig wrote:
>Surely that would be Mariner, it's the same colour as his outfit, or near
>enough. Of course when I first saw Superman on TV, it was Grey!
>
>Jeff Gehrig
>MX5 Club NSW #169
>'99 Grace Green
>Oz TeamVoodoo
>http://www.mx5.com.au/nsw
>Aussie is pronounced Auzzie
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: billkille <billkille@friend.ly.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@list.miata.net>
>Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 9:45 AM
>Subject: Re: Smurf Blue
>
>
>O.K.!  Which blue is the one I've heard called "Superman Blue"????
>
>Bill Kille, Chestertown, Md.
>93, Tangier Orange,  "The Slut"
>Teams:  DelVal & PACE
>Md. Tag:  DELVAL



Miataly,
Dennis
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