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Jack_Long
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Well, I added a Midget to my (now) MG collection. It's a 73, real nice and solid but not currently running after being parked 2 years ago and left under a pile of boxes.
It sort of found me; I wasn't really looking for another MG but a lady saw me washing my B in the driveway last Sunday, stopped and introduced herself, and asked me if I knew anyone who wanted to buy an MG. She didn't even know what model it was. I went and looked at it, checked it out as best I could without it running, and we agreed on a price. I dragged it home Sunday and now the fun begins. The car is real solid, with decent paint that will come back with some color sanding and buffing (As an experiment I wet-sanded the trunk lid last night with some 1500 grit, followed by 3M 3000 grit rubbing compound on a wool pad buffer and 3M Finesse II on a foam buffing pad and it came out great - smooth and shiny with all the orange peel gone). It needs a passenger side sun visor, the seams on the drivers' side seat bottom are separated, and there is about a 3 inch tear in the top that may or may not be repairable.
It has 4 almost-new Sears 155-80 x 13 radials, a brand new stainless exhaust, a decent half tonneau and a full tonneau in great shape. I rooted around in the seller's garage (it was her ex husband's car) and found a box with the original SUs, still on their manifold, with all linkage and the Cooper cans (it currently has a Weber DGV on it). They will probably need new bushings but seem OK otherwise. Does anyone here have experience with a DGV on a Midget? They seem to be polarizing to my MGB friends; some love 'em and some folks say that SUs are the only thing to run.
This is my first Midget although I did help a friend rebuild a wrecked '69 Sprite about half a lifetime ago. I'm looking forward to a new challenge.
If anyone here has a black passenger side visor and driver's seat bottom they'd like to sell, let me know!
It sort of found me; I wasn't really looking for another MG but a lady saw me washing my B in the driveway last Sunday, stopped and introduced herself, and asked me if I knew anyone who wanted to buy an MG. She didn't even know what model it was. I went and looked at it, checked it out as best I could without it running, and we agreed on a price. I dragged it home Sunday and now the fun begins. The car is real solid, with decent paint that will come back with some color sanding and buffing (As an experiment I wet-sanded the trunk lid last night with some 1500 grit, followed by 3M 3000 grit rubbing compound on a wool pad buffer and 3M Finesse II on a foam buffing pad and it came out great - smooth and shiny with all the orange peel gone). It needs a passenger side sun visor, the seams on the drivers' side seat bottom are separated, and there is about a 3 inch tear in the top that may or may not be repairable.
It has 4 almost-new Sears 155-80 x 13 radials, a brand new stainless exhaust, a decent half tonneau and a full tonneau in great shape. I rooted around in the seller's garage (it was her ex husband's car) and found a box with the original SUs, still on their manifold, with all linkage and the Cooper cans (it currently has a Weber DGV on it). They will probably need new bushings but seem OK otherwise. Does anyone here have experience with a DGV on a Midget? They seem to be polarizing to my MGB friends; some love 'em and some folks say that SUs are the only thing to run.
This is my first Midget although I did help a friend rebuild a wrecked '69 Sprite about half a lifetime ago. I'm looking forward to a new challenge.
If anyone here has a black passenger side visor and driver's seat bottom they'd like to sell, let me know!
