1974 MG Midget 1275

Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire 0 - 0 Registration No: BFH 606N Chassis No: GAN5148949G MOT: Exempt � Finished on Teal Blue complemented to a Tan interior � Offered with passport to service plus a collection of old MOT certificates � Subject to attention to the braking system in current ownership � Current V5c document When new, the MG Midget was essentially a MkII Austin Healey Sprite in a slightly different suit of clothes. The new Midget started life powered by a 948cc A-Series engine fed by a pair of SU carburettors. 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 1,098cc to 1,275cc. Semi-elliptic rear springs had replaced the original quarter elliptic ones inherited from the Frog Eye Sprite and front drum brakes had been replaced with discs. A total of 226,001 Midgets are understood to have been built between 1961 and 1979, some 100,246 of which were MkIII models. According to the accompanying BMIHT Certificate this UK market Midget was built on 16-17 May 1974, finished in Teal Blue with Autumn Leaf interior, wire wheels and headrests, and dispatched to supplying dealer Wedhams Ltd, Taunton on 17 June 1974. Subject to a restoration in the 1980s and attention to the braking system in the vendor�s ownership, it is offered with a collection of invoices, passport to service and assorted old MoT certificates plus a Swansea V5c.