Any MG Midget fans here?
Any MG Midget fans here?
At the traffic lights in Manchester today YVM 48T pulled up and sounded a bit tappety. I was wondering if the owner does his maintenance? If not,I have some tools he could use. Although,my tools are metric. Are Midgets imperial?
Re: Any MG Midget fans here?
Hi - yes, everything on a Midget is imperial - mostly AF spanner sizes.
Sounds like he needs to adjust his tappets and probably do an oil change too eh?
Cheers!
Sounds like he needs to adjust his tappets and probably do an oil change too eh?
Cheers!
Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
Re: Any MG Midget fans here?
I love the little cars but they are a little too small for me alas.
Seen a very nice looking one for sale in Eccles, Manchester last week. Wasnt a lot of money and a great practical classic for someone.
Kevin
Seen a very nice looking one for sale in Eccles, Manchester last week. Wasnt a lot of money and a great practical classic for someone.
Kevin
Re: Any MG Midget fans here?
yes!but don't tell anyone...
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As long as we're talking about the A series ones then what's not to love about the Midget? 
Large journals are for writing in!
Large journals are for writing in!
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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T reg would be a 1500 Triumph lump. If it sounded tappety, it's probably in good condition!!
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Oops! Yes, I should have noticed the plate in the first post. The Triumph thing is a very quiet, smooth and torquey engine for at least the first six hundred and thirty seven miles of its life, but once the death rattle comes, no amount of TLC will help so it'll be off to Coventry-based Jod Clark - the one person in the entire world who genuinely can build a 1500 that's both strong and lively - but, on the other hand, if that engine fits then so would a nice motorcycle engine!
I'm now wondering whether anyone has yet done that to a Spridget..
Of course they've done it, the internet is awash with bike-powered Spridgets. So here's something altogether more sensible:
I'd be seen in that! Maybe not locally though..
I'm now wondering whether anyone has yet done that to a Spridget..
Of course they've done it, the internet is awash with bike-powered Spridgets. So here's something altogether more sensible:
I'd be seen in that! Maybe not locally though..
J
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
"Home is where you park it", so the saying goes. That may yet come true..
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Is the bloke in the pic with the red cap scratching his head because he can't work out why that even though he filled the petrol tank up before leaving from home which is just 5 km down the road that he has still managed to run out of petrol 
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1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
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Where abouts in Eccles was the midget for sale?kevin wrote:I love the little cars but they are a little too small for me alas.
Seen a very nice looking one for sale in Eccles, Manchester last week. Wasnt a lot of money and a great practical classic for someone.
Kevin
I have a midget in the garage but think I really need another in my life.
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It was in a garage off Liverpool Road.
Kevin
Kevin