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I always thought it would fun to have one of those as a somewhat daily driver. Something you could actually drive your friends around in.
 
HeeHEEEE HaaaahaaaaAAAHOOOHOOOO!!!

Dollar a cc!!

Hateful beasties. "Hydrolastic" bladders, anemic performance, Mini wannabee. Great grocery gitt'r in an urban environ but a real PITA to use as a daily.

"Ran when parked"... I'd bid a buck a portal: six bucks.... or at current exchange rates, about two flebs. :wink:

I've known a number of em, never became fond of any. A Fiat 128 wagon would be about as thrilling. :jester:
 
I don't drive mine any longer but when I did, it was a fun little beast.....though, mine's a Sports Sedan with dual carbs so it can at least get out of its own way.
 
Say it like you really mean, Doc! And Tony, wouldn't the one advertised be a twin-carb version? MG 1100s and 1300s in the UK were twin carbed, except for automatics, as distinct from Austin and Morris 1100s.
For a while the 1100 in its various mostly-badge-engineered forms was the best-selling car in the UK. They handled well, were very spacious inside, particularly when you consider their overall dimensions, and on the narrow, congested roads of most UK towns and suburbia were fine. Motorway cruising was another matter, though!
They suffered mostly from dreadful build quality and rusted like mad. I remember buying a 1968 MG 1300 (for its engine only, to put in my wife's Mini) that had been rear-ended and written off. It was 3 years old, but already had significant rust penetration.
 
I soooooooooooooo feel someone should save this, but I've never been able to get excited about the 1100/1300 range, even the MG. I even owned its descendent, the MG Maestro 2.0i, which was plain to look at but a raging barrel of fun to drive. I think it's the weedy little engines, FWD and Hydrolastic under such a dowdy shell... Poor thing never had a chance. And to add insult to injury, the workforce then threw them together, if they bothered to turn up at all.

At least my Maestro could cruise on the motorways, I know, I took it up to Scotland to see my son's submarine arriving. 200+ miles each way, foot down, and I didn't even feel tired. I don't think I'd have attempted that in the older model at the top of this thread.
 
Roger said:
Say it like you really mean, Doc! And Tony, wouldn't the one advertised be a twin-carb version? MG 1100s and 1300s in the UK were twin carbed, except for automatics, as distinct from Austin and Morris 1100s.
For a while the 1100 in its various mostly-badge-engineered forms was the best-selling car in the UK. They handled well, were very spacious inside, particularly when you consider their overall dimensions, and on the narrow, congested roads of most UK towns and suburbia were fine. Motorway cruising was another matter, though!
They suffered mostly from dreadful build quality and rusted like mad. I remember buying a 1968 MG 1300 (for its engine only, to put in my wife's Mini) that had been rear-ended and written off. It was 3 years old, but already had significant rust penetration.
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I've gotten MG1100 parts cars that were single carb....the ones here in the States are either 4-door or 2-door...don't think you guys got the 2-door model...& can't remember if the single carb models were all 4-doors.....in other words, who knows?

Oh, the 1100 & 1300 were MG's bread & butter car - they sold more of them than all their other offerings combined....
 
We did get the 2-door, but only with the 1300 engine, and the 4-door was 1100-only. As far as I know, if it had an MG badge it was always twin-carb. Just to confuse the issue, there was also an Austin 1300GT, which was 4-door, and I think twin-carb...
 
I had an Austin 1100 back in the day. I needed a dirt cheap daily driver and that's what I ended up with; except for it driving daily - it just wasn't reliable enough. Worst car I have ever owned and it used to fill up with water (from below) when it rained.
 
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