British-Cars.org

Welcome to the DMR Site for British Car Information.

Recommendations

Parts

MG parts spares and accessories are available for MG T Series (TA, MG TB, MG TC, MG TD, MG TF), Magnette, MGA, Twin cam, MGB, MGBGT, MGC, MGC GT, MG Midget, Sprite and other MG models from British car spares company LBCarCo.

MG Midget and Sprite General - (NMC) new toy

ok, so I needed a winter car. 53000 miles with FSH. 1967 series 1 minter / barn find. total nut and bolt restoration. I'm a broke happy bunny today

Nick Sayle

Nick,

Nice one, a proper Rover, not the more recent badged stuff which played on the name.
David Billington

4-pot or V8?
David Smith

nice

me jealous?

No

Gwyn doesn't like 'em, silly girl...

I do

me jealous?

of course, a proper car
bill sdgpm

Gorgeous!
Deborah Evans

One of Solihull's finest!
Dave O'Neill 2

It is a 2000 SC series one and the 9th P6 to have my name on the paper work. I have had the V8S 2200TC and 7 2000's. It is the finest condition car I have ever owned. I went out this morning to buy a newish Euro box and found it out the back of a dealership taken in against a F*** Focus. The only crappy thing with it is that there is nothing to fiddle with or fix. and NO, I have not sold my Midget. To add to my luck today, under a tarpaulin at the same small garage, I found a Spit engine box and O/D inc gear stick with switch that became part of the deal. happy days!!
Nick Sayle

Always hated those cars :)
rachmacb

That is a beutiful car Nick, glad you're bought it to use it. Love the colour!
Mike

thats luvverly that is :)
Rob Armstrong

Last of the real classy Rovers; looks great.

A
Anthony Cutler

I spent the first hour of the day just looking out of the window at these two master pieces of British Engineering. I paid a lot for the Rover, but I am only the second owner and it really is as good as it looks. Almost boring as I can't find anything to fix!! (yet) BlueBell has a big macho red friend now!

Nick Sayle

Splendid, Nick! We actually got a few of those over here in the States back in the day, and I've always thought a lot of them. Unfortunately, Rovers of any kind are practically non-existent any more, even at the British car shows I've attended.

There's some very interesting engineering in your car, the front suspension in particular. Rover was quite innovative back then.

Cheers, and enjoy it,

-:G:-
Gryf Ketcherside

>>Rover was quite innovative back then...

AIUI they wanted a wide engine bay so that they could install a gas turbine motor...

A
Anthony Cutler

Yes the horizontal front springs and the amazing de dion tube rear make the handling quite amazing. Unless you have driven one its hard to explain. The rear wheels are always parallel to the ground. The diff and inboard brakes remove a lot of unsprung weight. My first car was a P4 110 and my second was a V8S. I have always preferred the 2000 series one before they added all the mid 70's glam bling and spoilt them. Just been to Hereford and back covering nearly 50 miles (needed brakes for the Midget rather urgently) and still cannot fault it in any way. There is a little dust on the inlet manifold I need to hoover up though.
Nick Sayle

IIRC the reason for the horizontal front springs was due to the strength of the bulkhead compared to anything in front of it. Rover were quite early in designing a car with a strong passenger safety cell and weaker sacrificial front and rear sections.
David Billington

Winter car...Ouch! your winters must be nice and sunny with no road salt

great looking car, the aggresive look from the front must have been ahead of its time

Im a fan

Prop
Prop

Had to show you this photo, its just so England

Nick Sayle

NICE, vary classy!!

The photo should be a large wall poster


Prop
Prop

No Prop
Just use lots of underseal and cavity wax and stom moaning!
so you'll have to do some welding once every couple of years.
There is nothing beter than anice drive on a snowy morning
Onno Könemann

This thread was discussed between 06/07/2010 and 12/07/2010

MG Midget and Sprite General index

This thread is from the archives. Join this live forum now