Lot details Registration No: HOC686L Chassis No: GAN5131086G Mot Expiry: Oct 2013
The MG Midget of 1961 was essentially a MKII Austin Healey Sprite in a slightly different suit of clothes. The newcomer started life powered by a 948cc BMC 'A' Series engine. The doors were without external handles or locks and the side windows comprised sliding perspex screens. Braking was by drums all-round. 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 via 1098cc to 1275cc. Semi-elliptic rear springs had replaced the original quarter-elliptic ones inherited from the Frogeye Sprite, and the front drum brakes had been replaced with discs. Wind-up windows had been fitted, together with a superior hood.
This Midget is a 1973 MKIII model finished in Red and trimmed in Black. The vendor informs us that it has been regularly serviced and maintained and has benefited from a recently refurbished interior that included reupholstered seats plus new carpets, trim set and hood. It has also been fitted with one new front wing and is now considered by the vendor to have "good" bodywork, paintwork ("though there is some bubbling in the usual areas"), engine and gearbox, "very good" interior trim and "excellent" chromework. 'HOC 686L' is MOT'd into October 2013.
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