Miata Mailing List: October 1999, Message #69

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Being on the Wet Coast, I have never heard the Smurf blue referred to as 
French Racing Blue.  Must be an East Coast thing.  References out this way 
if '90-'93 is Smurf or Mariner and '94 Laguna.


Laura Angus - "Tweedy"
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----Original Message Follows----
From: veenkra@wku.edu
Reply-To: veenkra@wku.edu
To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@list.miata.net>
Subject: Re: Smurf blue (was Vette vs. Miata?)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1999 21:35:10 -0400

Well, in Canadia to the nawth, it is called [with derision] FRENCH
RACING BLUE.

I think that's an Anglo joke.  Like the world's shortest books?????

E.g., Five Centuries of German Humor
	 British Goumet Recipes
	 Famous Italian War Heros

Ron and RedFox '99l
Ron Veenker
Bowling Green, KY



"apsilon" <apsilo-@weitech.com.au> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/miata/?start=73853
 > Jeff,
 >
 > I'm pretty sure it was Fench Blue here. I had it listed as such in a
Mazda
 > catalogue that I no longer have. I could be wrong, it happens
occasionally.
 > I say Laguna because I prefer it.
 >
 > Matt.
 > '94 Laguna Blue Clubman
 > T28BB Turbo Terror
 > MX5 CLUB of NSW #582 Australia
 > http://www.apsilon.com/matt
 >
 >
 >
 > > Frank, Laguna was called Laguna here, don't know about NZ though.
 > >
 > > Jeff Gehrig
 > > MX5 Club NSW #169
 > > '99 Grace Green
 > > Oz TeamVoodoo
 > > http://www.mx5.com.au/nsw
 > > Aussie is pronounced Auzzie
 > >
 > >
 > > ----- Original Message -----
 > > From: Frank Calvillo <frank@intersys.com>
 > > To: Multiple recipients of list <miata@list.miata.net>
 > > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 11:46 PM
 > > Subject: Smurf blue (was Vette vs. Miata?)
 > >
 > >
 > > Lisa E. wrote:
 > > >I spotted a Laguna blue (correct term for the "smurf" blue,
right??)
 > >
 > > Lisa,
 > >
 > > "Smurf" blue is what a lot of people call Mariner Blue. It was
available
 > in
 > > '90-93 in the US, and was not metallic (mica). Here's an example:
 > > www.sunriders.com/miatasofnet/voodoobob.jpg
 > >
 > > Laguna blue is just Laguna Blue, at least in the US. (I think I
read it
 > was
 > > called French Blue, or something like that, in Oz/Nz. Laguna Blue
was a
 > > metallic color available in the US only in 94-95. Here's some nice
 > pictures:
 > > www.mlode.com/~griffin/miatapage.html
 > >
 > > Please correct the above if wrong.
 > > Frank.
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > >
 >
 >



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