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MG Midget Mk III

MG Midget Mk III

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Lot number 122
Hammer value £8,000
Description MG Midget Mk III
Registration EDU 712K
Year 1972
Colour White
Engine size 1,275 cc
Chassis No. GAN511586
Engine No. RKM1126E53105

The last in the line of MG Midgets actually started life as a re-badged Austin Healey Sprite. A development of the famous “Frogeye”, the Sprite used a unitary body with double wishbone suspension at the front and 1/4 elliptic springs at the rear.

The first cars had rudimentary sliding side screens and were quite primitive. As time went on, improvements such as winding windows, semi elliptic rear springs, engine capacity increases from 948cc, through 1098cc to the 1275cc A-Series engine from the Mini Cooper S were introduced. By the time the Mk III was launched in 1966 with a proper folding hood, the car had evolved significantly. This lasted until 1974 when major revisions were undertaken including the rubber bumpers and the 1500cc engine from the Spitfire – things were never quite the same after that.

This stunning 1972 ‘round arch’ chrome bumper Midget was given the complete treatment between 2003 and 2006. This consisted of a brand new body shell (which now cost £7,790), new glass, a replacement interior and comprehensively overhauled mechanics. To say that the owner went overboard would be an understatement, the car emerging in virtually ‘as new’ condition.

Painted in period Glacier white, it was given a set of Minilite-style wheels, Motolita steering wheel, new chrome and a boot rack, the detailed restoration even going as far as fitting a discrete 12v socket for a Sat Nav.

It has covered just 5,500 miles since then and remains in superb condition, a new hood (beautifully fitted by a professional trimmer) having just been added. MOTd until April 2016, this tax exempt Midget is as fine an example as you will find and is available for a mere fraction of its restoration costs.
 

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