MG Midget 1500

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The long running MG Midget started life as an updated version of the Donald Healey-inspired Austin-Healey Frogeye Sprite.

Growing more comfortable and civilised as the years passed by, the final version ended up with the 1,491cc engine from the Triumph Spitfire, wind-up windows, external door handles, servo brakes and of course the rubber bumpers that so characterised these last of the line Midgets.

Midget by name but far from Midget by nature, it was a nimble performer, eventually disappearing from MG’s line-up in 1980 by which time a colossal 266,000 had been delivered, 20% of these in its final 1500 form.

This 1978 Midget 1500 fell into the hands of the vendor almost by accident. The previous owner had acquired the car in 2007, a decent file of bills and invoices pointing to much expenditure in the past. A young family and insufficient time and funds meant that it barely turned a wheel during his ownership, the vendor stumbling across it and buying it for his summer fun.

Unfortunately, he isn’t as nimble as he once was and struggles to get in and out, so has decided it needs a younger, more agile owner to fully enjoy the wind-in-the hair motoring on offer from this classic MG. In sound, usable condition, it is MOTd until August 2016, offers lots of potential to use and improve and is offered at no reserve so the highest bid takes it.