1974 MG Midget 1275
No Reserve

Registration No: OTV 559M
Chassis No: GAN51422419
MOT: Exempt

• Finished in attractive 'Citron' yellow and showing 66,000 miles
• Driven locally by specialist on consignment
• A more desirable round arch, chrome bumper Midget
• Offered with history file and current V5c

When new, the MG Midget was essentially a MkII Austin Healey Sprite in a slightly different suit of clothes. The new Midget started life powered by a 948cc A-Series engine fed by a pair of SU carburettors. Matters had greatly improved by the time the MkIII version appeared in 1966, not least in the engine compartment where the motor's capacity had been increased to 1,275cc. Semi-elliptic rear springs had replaced the original quarter elliptic ones inherited from the Frog Eye Sprite and front drum brakes had been replaced with discs. A total of 226,001 Midgets are understood to have been built between 1961 and 1979, some 100,246 of which were MkIII models.

Finished in attractive 'Citron' yellow and showing 66,000 miles evidenced by MOT's we have on file back to 1980 at 35,415 miles and there being no discrepancies between then and the last MOT in 2018 at 62,442 miles. Driven locally by our specialist on consignment and plenty of fun to drive around country lanes. The clutch works well as it should do given the receipt on file for a new item in 2016. A more desirable round arch, chrome bumper Midget and one of the very last examples being registered in 1974. We are not sure where the numbers are from but they are quite charming along with the spot lamps. Offered without reserve with an immense history file dating back to the late 1970's including invoices for work, old MOT's from 1980 to 2005, original service book with services recorded and paint guides from the period showing the colour to be Citron, tonneau cover, hood cover and Swansea V5c.

For more information, please contact:
Oliver Fernyhough-Martin
oliver.fernyhough-martin@handh.co.uk
07483 361000