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Since she was President of the Gateway Miata Club at the time, Betty had a good relationship with the Mazda Regional Manager. On March 6, 1998, he invited us to attend the Mazda sales preview of the M2, normally reserved for the sales force of the Mazda dealers in the region, at a hotel in St Louis. When we arrived they had 6 to drive and a 99 and 97 in the Banquet Room for the folks to compare.
Nevada Red was the 99 in the Banquet Room and St Louis was the last stop of the preview. The next day, he was delivered to a dealership 2 miles from our home in St. Louis. I drove my Mariner Blue '91 that I'd put 110,000 miles on into the dealer and drove Red out on March 7, 1998. After research on CARFAX checking all the lower VINs, to the best of my knowledge (with a few exceptions in Canada) I've discovered it is the lowest VIN (0094) M2 on the roads of the US today.
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Mods below are linked to source and include...
2001 Special Edition taillights
Custom painted Pearl Red with Pearl White Racing Stripes and.....
Jackson
Racing Supercharger at 5PSI w/Ignition
Timing Controller, red
silicon hoses,
a double
pod w/Boost gauge & air/fuel mixture gauge
Flyin'
Miata Dual NA exhaust
Hard
Dog Polished Stainless Steel Hardbar
Mazda Polished Stainless Steel Door Sills
Brainstorm front & rear sub
braces
MetroMotorsports
dual chrome hoodlifts
Brainstorm short shifter
Koni
adjustable shocks
Jackson Racing Lowering Springs
Bomex
Aero wing
Voodoo
Pearl shift knob w/chrome trim ring
Clear
side lenses all around
Brainstorm
tan leather console cushion
Crazy
Red Italian Air Horns
Hydraulic
hood lifts
Refurb
Red HT (w/stripes) from a '90 w/tinted window & headliner
Rear soft top window
tint
Duetto
trunk lid pouch
Mazda
side sills
Kosei
K1 Racing 16 " white wheels
Buck's
Design Forward Diamond grille
Brainstorm
Tan leather shift boot
Flyin'
Miata Red 8.5mm Magnacor wires
NGK
cool plugs
Robbins
heavy vinyl tan boot
IL
Motorsports White Gauges
Brainstorm
Chrome Classic Fuel Filler
Brainstorm
Chrome Needle Buttons
& an extra added attraction was the Okuyama
V Brace.
I won in a contest on Miata-related website, courtesy of Leni Metro
of MetroMotorsports.Com.
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