MG 1100 Cheap

[AngliaGT]

There'an MG 1100 for sale on the Reno,Nevada -
- craigslist,if anyone's looking for one.

- Doug

 

[LLAngus]

Doug, did you get my email? Bruce

 

[tony barnhill]

If the MG1100 is decent, somebody needs to grab it - one of the most fun little cars to drive there is! Goes around corners flat no matter how fast you take them...you can even remove a wheel & drive it on only 3! & because it was basically a 'throwaway' car, there aren't gonna be a lot of them in a few years. Here's mine:

 

[ccougill]

yeah but can you get the suspension recharged if it goes down?

 

[tony barnhill]

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I found a shop in Lawrence, Kansas back in the '80's to clean, repair, & pressurize mine - its never gone down since then...but I do keep my eye out for the machine that's needed to do it & I'll find one someday at an auction somewhere....actually, when I had the 2 MG1100 parts cars, I pressurized one using my air compressor (probably wasn't perfect but it lifted the body high enough for me to get it on as trailer)

 

[rick_ingram]

I have a friend who has the machine needed for the maintanence of the hydralic suspension. He's big into the 1100/1300 and Austin Americas.

 

[jjbunn]

Snort! I remember seeing those things when I was a kid in the UK. They were considered monumentally boring, with the aerodynamics of a brick. But now I see Tony's picture ... in fact they are really quite a nice looking car, and have improved with time.

I wonder which of the many ugly cars we see around today will end up being considered cute and desirable in thirty years?

 

[dklawson]

The MG-1100 and the AA are brothers to my Mini and were my second choices if I didn't find one I liked.

Getting the wet suspension charged up is not a problem. Periodically you'll see the tools surface on eBay and for a while Mini City sold them... perhaps they still do. If not, google for Todd Miller and his ADO16 web site. He's focused more on the AA but I believe his tech section has articles on building your own pump assembly for recharging the hydro suspension.

The real problem is if the hydro bags spring a leak. You're locked into sourcing NOS or good used parts.

 

[DrEntropy]

Snort! I remember seeing those things when I was a kid in the UK. They were considered monumentally boring, with the aerodynamics of a brick. But now I see Tony's picture ... in fact they are really quite a nice looking car, and have improved with time.

I wonder which of the many ugly cars we see around today will end up being considered cute and desirable in thirty years?

I've had similar thoughts about the 1100's. Saw one recently at a show, all shiny-new. It pleasantly surprised me.

Anything built after 1990 will likely be impossible to keep running or find bits for after 30 years. The new cars are too complex and the parts too expensive for it. VERY unlikely a Yaris would make it to thirty and be anything but a storage bin for potting tools...

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[Howard_The_Duck]

Yaris?? Doc, watch your language, women come through here!

 

[DrEntropy]

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[Monark192]

Here is another one in San Diego

Here