I found this on Ebay..not sure I agree because it has a different paint job that it should be worth $35k
1990 Mazda Miata: One-of-a-Kind Factory Color Test Car - Sunkist Orange
Truly one of a kind! This is one of the original Mazda Miata “Color Cars” that were pulled by Mazda from the Miata assembly line in 1990 to be painted alternate paint colors at full-scale, as a marketing study for potential production. Viewing was held at the courtyard of Mazda North America HQ in southern California. There were six Miata color cars in all. The colors were:
• Raspberry Metallic
• Medium Blue
• Yellow Metallic
• Teal Green Metallic
• Light Green Metallic
• Orange ("Sunkist" - this car)
On the window sticker, in the block "Color of Your New Mazda" it says "Various Test Colors". All six color cars have an "X" for the color code, and the special color status is also noted on the original window sticker (which I have, along with many other records).
These six special cars were removed from the assembly line and painted at the factory. The cars were painted completely so that the color is under the hood, inside the trunk and under the carpets. They were not painted some other color first. They were returned to the assembly line for completion and then shipped to the Mazda design studio in Irvine, California for viewing. Sunkist (the orange car) spent some 14 months at the Design Center and accumulated about 1,400 miles. When they were finished with the cars, the Design Center offered them for sale to employees, and most were bought by employees or their friends. Sunkist is an A-package car (power steering, leather-wrapped steering wheel, AM-FM cassette radio) with air conditioning.
As noted, Sunkist is the only orange car, probably the most famous of the bunch, and perhaps the most interesting of the six different test colors. The paint is bright-orange, non-metallic, and pretty close to Lamborghini Miura orange from the late ‘60s or early ‘70s.
History-wise, Sunkist was crunched hard in the front end while in the hands of its second owner. After a period of some neglect, it was painstakingly restored by the fellow my wife and I bought it from. As a result of the great care taken with the restoration, it looks, runs, and drives like a low-mileage NA Miata, without rattles, shakes, or electrical gremlins. The job was done right, and it’s a much tighter car than the all-original blue 1990 Miata that I drive every day. We have owned and enjoyed Sunkist for the past seven years.
Here are the other colors:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazd...7?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item231eaa09f3#v4-38
1990 Mazda Miata: One-of-a-Kind Factory Color Test Car - Sunkist Orange
Truly one of a kind! This is one of the original Mazda Miata “Color Cars” that were pulled by Mazda from the Miata assembly line in 1990 to be painted alternate paint colors at full-scale, as a marketing study for potential production. Viewing was held at the courtyard of Mazda North America HQ in southern California. There were six Miata color cars in all. The colors were:
• Raspberry Metallic
• Medium Blue
• Yellow Metallic
• Teal Green Metallic
• Light Green Metallic
• Orange ("Sunkist" - this car)
On the window sticker, in the block "Color of Your New Mazda" it says "Various Test Colors". All six color cars have an "X" for the color code, and the special color status is also noted on the original window sticker (which I have, along with many other records).
These six special cars were removed from the assembly line and painted at the factory. The cars were painted completely so that the color is under the hood, inside the trunk and under the carpets. They were not painted some other color first. They were returned to the assembly line for completion and then shipped to the Mazda design studio in Irvine, California for viewing. Sunkist (the orange car) spent some 14 months at the Design Center and accumulated about 1,400 miles. When they were finished with the cars, the Design Center offered them for sale to employees, and most were bought by employees or their friends. Sunkist is an A-package car (power steering, leather-wrapped steering wheel, AM-FM cassette radio) with air conditioning.
As noted, Sunkist is the only orange car, probably the most famous of the bunch, and perhaps the most interesting of the six different test colors. The paint is bright-orange, non-metallic, and pretty close to Lamborghini Miura orange from the late ‘60s or early ‘70s.
History-wise, Sunkist was crunched hard in the front end while in the hands of its second owner. After a period of some neglect, it was painstakingly restored by the fellow my wife and I bought it from. As a result of the great care taken with the restoration, it looks, runs, and drives like a low-mileage NA Miata, without rattles, shakes, or electrical gremlins. The job was done right, and it’s a much tighter car than the all-original blue 1990 Miata that I drive every day. We have owned and enjoyed Sunkist for the past seven years.
Here are the other colors:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazd...7?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item231eaa09f3#v4-38