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Hi
Just thought I would say hello having finally got my midget on the road.
Just got the MOT and run it for a few days and is running very well.
just thought I would put a couple of things to the wisdom of the forum
1) Any ideas as to the make of the hard top?
2) I am thinking of a respray in OE white, with black roof - any preferred colour way to match the red interior?
3) Already thinking of performance and handling upgrades - all ideas gratefully accepted!
Hope this is of interest
thanks!
sw
Just thought I would say hello having finally got my midget on the road.
Just got the MOT and run it for a few days and is running very well.
just thought I would put a couple of things to the wisdom of the forum
1) Any ideas as to the make of the hard top?
2) I am thinking of a respray in OE white, with black roof - any preferred colour way to match the red interior?
3) Already thinking of performance and handling upgrades - all ideas gratefully accepted!
Hope this is of interest
thanks!
sw
IO said:
Nice car
No idea about the hard top but it is a great design.
Don't paint it white
I love the original interior. Don't touch that at all
Thanks for the comments - under the blue paint it is red, would red with red interior be an original colour combination?No idea about the hard top but it is a great design.
Don't paint it white
I love the original interior. Don't touch that at all
Interior will stay as is save for a new lining for the hard top. Need a new soft top as well.
well done on getting it back on the road
the more you regularly drive it the better the car will get and the more you'll get use to it
I'd suggest running it as it is for a good while before considering alterations as you might decide you don't need them or you might need to use the money for other stuff on the car
I may well be wrong but the postion of the fresh air flap suggest you might benefit from a copy of the owners Handbook (what you would have got when the car was new in the er, glovebox, not workshop or repair manuals) now only available for a (standard) Mk2 as a s/h paper copy or on the DVD - http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-HMCC3009DVD?ut...
for the hardtop if you go on the MG BBS there will be able to identify it - http://www2.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgb...
if you've got the heater working fuly you can get hot in the winter with the soft top let alone hard top
the more you regularly drive it the better the car will get and the more you'll get use to it
I'd suggest running it as it is for a good while before considering alterations as you might decide you don't need them or you might need to use the money for other stuff on the car
I may well be wrong but the postion of the fresh air flap suggest you might benefit from a copy of the owners Handbook (what you would have got when the car was new in the er, glovebox, not workshop or repair manuals) now only available for a (standard) Mk2 as a s/h paper copy or on the DVD - http://www.rimmerbros.co.uk/Item--i-HMCC3009DVD?ut...
for the hardtop if you go on the MG BBS there will be able to identify it - http://www2.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgb...
if you've got the heater working fuly you can get hot in the winter with the soft top let alone hard top
Thanks chaps.
Fantastic regarding the top - I will see what I can find out about it, that is certainly the one.
The reason a respray is on the agenda is that the paint is in very poor order and I fancied a period colour. Will have a rethink.
I will also pick up the handbook asap. Can I ask what you mean by the fresh air flap? They heater is keeping the windscreen clear so something must be working!
Will do some researxh and let you know how I get on.
Cheers!
Fantastic regarding the top - I will see what I can find out about it, that is certainly the one.
The reason a respray is on the agenda is that the paint is in very poor order and I fancied a period colour. Will have a rethink.
I will also pick up the handbook asap. Can I ask what you mean by the fresh air flap? They heater is keeping the windscreen clear so something must be working!
Will do some researxh and let you know how I get on.
Cheers!
I was typing whilst Tony posted so missed that
yeap you need that owners Handbook - common mistakes are how to operate the heater and correct fold the hood but yours would be pack-a-way?
that is the fresh air flap - the big trunking under the bonnet directs fresh air from the front of the car throught the fan and heater boxes to the car
there a flap at the start or end of the trunking to close it off if you're sitting behind a bus exhaust the fan motor wont switch on unless the flap switch is pushed home meaning the flap is fully open
to get heat to the windscreen you have to have the engine block heater tap turned on and one or both footwell flaps closed, this can be boosted by the use of the fan if you're not going above say 20-40 mph
all of this and loads and loads more is in the owners Handbook (not workshop manuals)
email me if you want my notes for new ownership - most find them OTT and ignore them
big bang theory now
yeap you need that owners Handbook - common mistakes are how to operate the heater and correct fold the hood but yours would be pack-a-way?
that is the fresh air flap - the big trunking under the bonnet directs fresh air from the front of the car throught the fan and heater boxes to the car
there a flap at the start or end of the trunking to close it off if you're sitting behind a bus exhaust the fan motor wont switch on unless the flap switch is pushed home meaning the flap is fully open
to get heat to the windscreen you have to have the engine block heater tap turned on and one or both footwell flaps closed, this can be boosted by the use of the fan if you're not going above say 20-40 mph
all of this and loads and loads more is in the owners Handbook (not workshop manuals)
email me if you want my notes for new ownership - most find them OTT and ignore them
big bang theory now
mgtony said:
That's one pretty little Midget. That colour looks great on it, makes it stand out from the usual red,green,white etc. Why do you want to change it?
As for the hard top, it's known as a Bermuda. An old ad here for them:
Correct, back in the 1960s I had a Bermuda hard top on my MGB in matching iris blue. On the MGB, it looked much better than in that advertisement picture and was much admired by other car enthusiasts, ironically not by the older generation enthusiasts which told me my car was not a 'proper' MG.... As for the hard top, it's known as a Bermuda. An old ad here for them:
I sold it towards the end of the 1960s and got £55 for the hard top... a month's take home pay for many workers back then.
I probably have a picture of it somewhere, meantime here's the car without it on one of the many gorgeous sunny days we had back in those now distant years.
Enjoy your nice Midget ~ I'm sure you will.
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on rereading your original post, is this the information you want (?)
colours of paint for red interiors
personally I'd suggest whatever colour you want but from Terry Horler's Original Sprite & Midget The Restorer’s Guide – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1906133336
page 85, Mk2 Midgets:
Black (BK1)
Dove Grey (GR26)
Tartan Red (RD9)
Old English White (WT3)
(seat piping is grey originally)
page 114, GAN4 Midgets:
Black (BK1)
Tartan Red (RD9)
Old English White (WT3)
(piping grey originally again)
colours of paint for red interiors
personally I'd suggest whatever colour you want but from Terry Horler's Original Sprite & Midget The Restorer’s Guide – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1906133336
page 85, Mk2 Midgets:
Black (BK1)
Dove Grey (GR26)
Tartan Red (RD9)
Old English White (WT3)
(seat piping is grey originally)
page 114, GAN4 Midgets:
Black (BK1)
Tartan Red (RD9)
Old English White (WT3)
(piping grey originally again)
Edited by na on Thursday 15th December 20:03
na said:
on rereading your original post, is this the information you want (?)
colours of paint for red interiors
personally I'd suggest whatever colour you want but from Terry Horler's Original Sprite & Midget The Restorer’s Guide – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1906133336
page 85, Mk2 Midgets:
Black (BK1)
Dove Grey (GR26)
Tartan Red (RD9)
Old English White (WT3)
(seat piping is grey originally)
page 114, GAN4 Midgets:
Black (BK1)
Tartan Red (RD9)
Old English White (WT3)
(piping grey originally again)
great stuffcolours of paint for red interiors
personally I'd suggest whatever colour you want but from Terry Horler's Original Sprite & Midget The Restorer’s Guide – http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1906133336
page 85, Mk2 Midgets:
Black (BK1)
Dove Grey (GR26)
Tartan Red (RD9)
Old English White (WT3)
(seat piping is grey originally)
page 114, GAN4 Midgets:
Black (BK1)
Tartan Red (RD9)
Old English White (WT3)
(piping grey originally again)
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 15th December 20:03
I will get back to you regarding the chassis number - I think the garage wrote it down incompletely, but the weather has been appalling and it's back in the lock up until the respray I think. I am sure it is a MkII with a Gan 3 number, and that the Garage has forgotten the 3 after the Gan if that makes sense! I am erring towards having it spayed in the blue again though as suggested. I think red/red was the original combination but not sure I like it. My Mrs fancies OE White. Will research when I have a bit more time over the holiday.
thanks
desolate said:
Druid said:
A Sag and a Midget..........weirdo! 
Not got the sag now, got a Fighter instead - does that make me more or less weird?????Just got the reference! Still wish I hadn't sold mine.
Druid said:
More................but only because you sold the Sag, love the Midget, you must be happy with that? And the Fighter, you like the exclusivity don't you?
I do wish I had kept the Sag but it was just sat there not getting used. The Fighter is a different proposition, but on the value for money stakes the Sag is leagues ahead. Still not made mind up on the colour - it's going in first week in January.
sw
my two pen'th, personally I think small sports cars should have vibrant colours where possible like you have now
colours shat show up minor dirt like white and yellow I think put you off using the car a bit because of keeping it clean looking - you've got them clean and shiney and you know within a very short time drive it'll need washing again so you're tempted to leave the car were it is which means it's more of an ornament rather than a fun car
I think some greens can be quite good at not showing up minor dirt and look great on a Spridget, red interior would go well with green too
I bought a boring, 'old man's' colour for my car as it's an everyday and only car for me and isn't garaged I don't want to worry about minor dirt showing up or a car that stands out
on a totally different subject it'd be great to see a modern Bristol at a Sporting Bears Dream Rides event - http://www.sportingbears.org.uk/DreamRides/sbmc_ev...
colours shat show up minor dirt like white and yellow I think put you off using the car a bit because of keeping it clean looking - you've got them clean and shiney and you know within a very short time drive it'll need washing again so you're tempted to leave the car were it is which means it's more of an ornament rather than a fun car
I think some greens can be quite good at not showing up minor dirt and look great on a Spridget, red interior would go well with green too
I bought a boring, 'old man's' colour for my car as it's an everyday and only car for me and isn't garaged I don't want to worry about minor dirt showing up or a car that stands out
on a totally different subject it'd be great to see a modern Bristol at a Sporting Bears Dream Rides event - http://www.sportingbears.org.uk/DreamRides/sbmc_ev...
Well picked the car up this morning: kept the interior as before and went for OE white, with the hard top in black.
On reflection, I prefer it in the blue, but SWMBO is delighted and loves the colour. It needed a couple of new half panels, but surprisingly decent underneath its 4 different colours.
Original red, then green, then an ice blue followed by the final metallic blue as per the earlier photos.
If I can get the tonneau cover to fit I don't think I will bother with a new roof. It looks like it has shrunk about 1/4 of an inch all round so it is baking in the sun now to see if it miraculously stretches.
On reflection, I prefer it in the blue, but SWMBO is delighted and loves the colour. It needed a couple of new half panels, but surprisingly decent underneath its 4 different colours.
Original red, then green, then an ice blue followed by the final metallic blue as per the earlier photos.
If I can get the tonneau cover to fit I don't think I will bother with a new roof. It looks like it has shrunk about 1/4 of an inch all round so it is baking in the sun now to see if it miraculously stretches.
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 25th May 16:42
if it dont stretch in this weather it never will
fit it and leave it over the car outside over the next however many of hot days' cycle of heat and cool at night
it will help to stretch the tonneau if you use the car and keep fitting the tonneau behind the seats and then fully fitted whilst the car sits in the sun and you sit with a pint of a good ale
fit it and leave it over the car outside over the next however many of hot days' cycle of heat and cool at night
it will help to stretch the tonneau if you use the car and keep fitting the tonneau behind the seats and then fully fitted whilst the car sits in the sun and you sit with a pint of a good ale
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