Back to life - MG Midget

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After 22 years of it sitting around in garages, I'm finally making progress on my good old MG Midget. It was the second car I ever owned, the first being a £50 mini called Bogie. I always intended to sort it out but other cars, career, children and bad health kept pushing the Midget down the priority list.

I've peaked in my career, my daughter is more interested in listening to Little Mix than spending time with Daddy and I've sorted out my dodgy back so the Midget is finally making progress.

Bodywork is solid, the paintwork needs a little tidying, front and rear suspension and brakes are rebuilt. I've replaced the loom as well as brake & fuel lines. Engine has been rebuilt. I've still to do interior, new roof, rebuild carbs and work out what to do about rubber bumpers as well as a big list of snagging.

Anyway, to the point. Any suggestions for seats ? The kits for reconditioning the old ones are expensive, even in vinyl. I'm thinking about possibility of retro bucket seats but not sure which ones. I'm not bothered about originality. Anyone got pictures of what they've fitted ?

Cheers

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I wouldn't have such problems 5ft8 and 70kg. Pure untensed muscle of course.

Those seats look nice. Do you mind saying how much ? And do they fit on with the standard belts rather than harnesses ?

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Thanks, I'll keep an eye open for those.

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Frexit said:

I think that as you havn't upgraded the perforance I would go for a more standard looking seat and keep an eye out on ebay for some , but in my humble opinion buckets look like a fat exhaust on a Corsa

The performance has been upgraded but nothing major. The standard style seats don't offer enough support hence looking for alternatives. The seats above or MX5 ones don't look out of place to my eye, certainly not fat exhausts on a Corsa - but hey, we're all different.

The paint is not correct for the year, the bumpers are coming off and I'm changing the indicators for mgb ones so it's never going to be a welcome sight for purists.

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SamR380 said:

22 years of 'I'll get around to it'. Top man-points and congrats on getting back on it.

Cheers ! New exhaust fitted last night - that was a bugger. This weekend, I'm going to try & get it running to keep my motivation levels up

As for seats, I've got my eyes on some cheap MX5 ones at the moment. If they don't work out then there were some retro buckets put into a Mini Cooper on CAR SOS that looked pretty good.

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Engine started and running this weekend! Took longer than I thought due to carb issues but it's going now. It ran a bit hot so I need to check cooling system but don't think it's a big issue.

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AdrianR said:

Mine is making negative progress. Engine and gearbox removed to free up clutch, brakes all in bits as well. No progress in finding anyone locally interested in painting it though.

Have you tried asking on a regional forum ? I'm not in your area but there are similar requests in the South Coast forum which usually come up trumps

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mgtony said:

Gifdy, whilst browsing Ebay keeping an eye out for leather seats for my B, I came across these, complete with runners and ready to go. Might be of interest to you:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/leather-car-seats/172549...

Thanks -they look ideal ! The missus has thrown a curve ball though. She suggested a tan interior. Still mulling that over ....