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1st November 2019, 20:09 | #1 |
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MGB or MG Midget?
I'm in the market for either an MG BGT or a Midget, but cant decide.
Does anyone have any recommendations to either model or year, or even own one that can advise what problems to look for. Cheers fellas. |
1st November 2019, 20:56 | #2 |
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Has to be a MGB/GT with chrome bumpers and chrome wire wheels.
But at the end of the day the choice will be yours.
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1st November 2019, 20:59 | #3 |
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RUST.------------- As for one car over the other---How wide are your shoulders as the Mg Midget really is TINY. |
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The wife and I looked at a 1969 MGB today, the photos made the car look pristine, but in real life the car was quite tatty, rust in the usual places. The owner wanted £4,500, but I managed to knock the price down to £3,500, but still I wasn't happy, it just didn't feel right, so we walked away... I am so gutted, as it was tartan red. Quote:
The midgets definitely have the correct name, they don't seem to have room even for the accelerator pedal... |
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2nd November 2019, 09:42 | #5 |
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If it's any help, my brother is a keen MG lover and had a lovely MG Midget in the past, alongside an MG B and a Roadster.
He very reluctantly sold the midget, as lovely as it was, as it was simply too small and consequently didn't get driven as much as the others. He still has the B and the Roadster, and has replaced the Midget with a TF which he uses as his "everyday" car. Cliff
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The rust when it took hold seemed to accelerate faster than the cars. I had friends with MGBs and one with an MG midget. In the midget you sat shoulder firmly to shoulder. Fine if you were Gay.--- But OK if it was a voluptuous girl friend.--- |
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2nd November 2019, 10:17 | #7 |
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I think you should avoid a Midget on safety grounds. I know someone whose friend died crushed in a side impact as the car pre-dates modern safety standards. I was a passenger in a Midget which slid sideways into a mini-roundabout at quite a slow speed and the passenger door just folded in towards me when it hit a road sign, so I avoid them now. If you must buy one, be aware that the ones with rounded rear arches have less rear impact protection than the squared off ones, which I believe is the reason the design changed back to square openings later.
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2nd November 2019, 10:38 | #8 |
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Midget all the way purely on my preference ...
but both.. beware rust and the Midget being so low and vulnerable..
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Good choice and as much as I like capri's I do like mgb gt aswell, here is mine 48000 miles 1974 gt that I have owned for over 15 years now. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Oh wow! the Capri and the B are stunning.
The Capri I looked at this evening was also white, white with a red interior, it was a 1978 MK3. I couldn't sleep last night for excitement, and now I'm blooming gutted, the wife kept telling me not to build my hopes up... Why do people advertise vehicles with problems, I don't mind a few little niggly issues here and there, but you need the brakes to be working, slightly important for ones safety. That's 5 hours of my life wasted, why do we do these daft things? for the luv of cars I guess. Last edited by Dallas; 8th November 2019 at 20:50.. |
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