Lot details
Registration No: PCH278F
Chassis No: GAH455287
Mot Expiry: Nov 2019

- Photographic record of comprehensive restoration circa 1999

- MOT'd till Nov 2019, original specification interior with banjo steering wheel

- Supplied with hood and tonneau and wire wheels

Vendor Condition Ratings:

Bodywork: 'Very Good'
Engine: 'Very Good'
Electrical Equipment: 'Very Good'
Paintwork: 'Good'
Transmission: 'Very Good'
Interior Trim: 'Good'

The delightful RHD Midget is supplied with a photographic record of a comprehensive restoration carried out around 1999 with invoices on file . The indicated mileage of 79000 is credible and the bodywork and interior presents well as described below by the vendor. It has just passed an MOT on 7th November without any advisories. It comes with a hood and tonneau , wire wheels and the correct "banjo" steering wheel.

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.