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Chassis No: VG711942H
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By the '60s, the MG Car Company had long since been absorbed into the giant British Motor Corporation (BMC). In an effort to fully capitalise on the many respected names in its care, the company embarked upon a programme of 'badge engineering', and the new MG Midget was essentially a MKII Austin Healey Sprite in a slightly different suit of clothes. In christening its new small sports car 'Midget', BMC revived a name made famous by a range of pre-war MGs. Certainly the Midgets, old and new, shared the same basic concept - ie they were two-seaters clothed in a simple, relatively light body and equipped with front-mounted engines driving the rear wheels. Moreover, they had suspension and brake components etc common to other cars, making them easy to replace or repair and cheap to service. A total of 226,001 Midgets are understood to have been built between 1961 and 1979.

The red, right-hand drive competition Midget being offered was extensively reconfigured during 2007 by Autocraft of Stourport-on-Severn at a cost of £8,000, in order to contest the modified production class in sprints and hillclimbs - it comes complete with MSA log book. All lights, window glass and trim were removed and a rollbar, competition seat and four-point competition harness were fitted. A fibreglass one piece front-end replaced the steel wings and bonnet and a fibreglass panel was fitted in lieu of the boot lid. The 1275cc 'A' Series Midget engine was reportedly bored out to 1380cc and fitted with Omega pistons, a 649 cam, gas flowed cylinder head and a 45 DCOE Weber carburetter. The flywheel was lightened and balanced and a heavy-duty clutch installed. The suspension was lowered and heavy duty dampers fitted together with a Panhard Rod and uprated anti-roll bar. The 7x13in alloy wheels were fitted with semi-slick tyres. Though the Midget apparently accredited itself well in a few outings at Shelsey Walsh, it has had very little use since its conversion to a competition car. According to the vendor it would, however, take a minimum of work for it to be made race-ready once again (depending of course upon the chosen class / type).