1. I believe midgets did come with a steel wheel, hubcap combo similar to the Sprites in the sixties, as I recall the hubcaps were plain, no lettering at all, much rarer than the AH items these days, maybe more of the MGs (very slightly higher priced than the Sprites) came gussied up with options like wire wheels, while the Sprites were more likely to be the strippers?
2. My brother bought a 63 Sprite with snows on the back and the early quarter elliptic rear suspension, to call the dry road handling squirrely would be an extreme understatement.