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05-25-2020, 03:10 PM - 1 Like   #3886
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For only $5500 you too can experience the joys of the Triumph 1500 motor, the ugly plastic bumpers, and the electrical engineering genius of the Lord of Dark:


I apologize for the poor image and picture quality but all I had was my phone


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05-25-2020, 10:00 PM   #3887
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For only $5500 you too can experience the joys of the Triumph 1500 motor, the ugly plastic bumpers, and the electrical engineering genius of the Lord of Dark:


I apologize for the piss poor image and picture quality but all I had was my phone
it doesn't look very appertising compared to earlier models.



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it doesn't look very appertising compared to earlier models.
I concur the plastic bumpers really ruined them or were you going farther back and referring to the frog-eye sprite? They are somewhat uncommon compared to their bigger brother the B.
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On “special” now for $17,900. Wonder what it sold for new....



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QuoteOriginally posted by MossyRocks Quote
For only $5500 you too can experience the joys of the Triumph 1500 motor, the ugly plastic bumpers, and the electrical engineering genius of the Lord of Dark:


I apologize for the piss poor image and picture quality but all I had was my phone
I paid $3,800 for nearly the same car in 1977. I drove it less than 50% of the calendar days I owned it. MoDOT of the faults were Lucas electrical faults.
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We re-painted an MG once at the body shop I worked at in Georgia. I liked the looks of it despite the plastic bumpers, but I don't think it actually ran at the time. It was light, so we could push it around the shop easily enough.

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We re-painted an MG once at the body shop I worked at in Georgia. I liked the looks of it despite the plastic bumpers, but I don't think it actually ran at the time. It was light, so we could push it around the shop easily enough.
I grew up seeing the MG B with plastic bumpers and the always seemed to be able to wear it better than the midget. It could be worse like seeing an E-type with the black plastic bumper, that has to be among the worst.

The B like what you are showing there were small but the midgets were substantially smaller still, think fairly comparable to the original Mini Coopers. The midgets are especially light and I think they come in at around 1200 or 1300 lbs. The chrome bumpers look really nice, especially the 2 piece rear ones which I might do on mine since I like the look of those better. My '68 midget is in pieces in the garage awaiting reassembly once the kid crap gets dealt with. It has been on hold for a while since being a good dad is more important than puttering with a car. Where I left it was that one of the floor pans had been removed so a new one needs to be welded in and then the other needs to be taken out and replaced. Once that is done then there are other bits of rusted out metal that need replacing but it actually wasn't too bad given what I've seen on most.

The A-series engine that went into the midgets was actually one that got the least attention because MG didn't want the cheap baby roadster to outperform the big flagship one. So all the neat stuff that can be found on Minis was not a factory option for midgets even though they used the same motor. However the underdeveloped A-series engine has lots of aftermarket options now so those differences are nil.


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On “special” now for $17,900. Wonder what it sold for new....
If I remember correctly the base modes I thought sold for like $850 so something more than that but probably a lot less than double it.
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Thanks for the extra background. I love learning about classic cars. I had to look hard to find images on the internet of an E-Type with plastic bumpers. Ouch. I'm guessing that's the first thing to go when one gets restored.

Such a beautiful car. This was a 1968 model I saw at Barrett-Jackson a few years ago (pictures with SMC Takumar 55/1.8). It sold for $33,000.



Another Leyland product for you, from the same auction (1970 Morris Minor pickup, $13,200).



Oh, there was a Sprite there, too! Curb weight 1,318 lb according to Google.

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Morris Minor pickup
I would love once of those, or a Mini Moke, or even a Land Rover type II 88

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Oh, there was a Sprite there, too!
The original MK1 sprite, known as the frogeye, nice. The MK2 sprites were the MK1 midgets and in true BMC fashion were a pinnacle of badge engineering. These vehicles are often referred to as spridgets with the only defining differences between them when they were manufactured concurrently being the badging on the hood, trunk, steering wheel, and shift knob as well as the details on the VIN plate.
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Oh, there was a Sprite there, too! Curb weight 1,318 lb according to Google.
Cool, a bug-eyed Sprite with Mini-Lites!
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QuoteOriginally posted by MossyRocks Quote
I would love once of those, or a Mini Moke, or even a Land Rover type II 88


The original MK1 sprite, known as the frogeye, nice. The MK2 sprites were the MK1 midgets and in true BMC fashion were a pinnacle of badge engineering. These vehicles are often referred to as spridgets with the only defining differences between them when they were manufactured concurrently being the badging on the hood, trunk, steering wheel, and shift knob as well as the details on the VIN plate.
I had one of the original MK1 Midgets. As I recall the first Midget was a mid-year early release. Although it was a 1962, it was often referred as a 1961-and-a-half model. Was a fun vehicle but, like all, required a lot of fiddling to keep it road worthy. They were a monocoque body and once they started to rust the handling got a bit squishy due to body flex.

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Ran across this one at the marina yesterday. 1926 Ford Roadster. It's for sale; yours for only $28k.







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