My very old father wants to sell his 64 midget, only 30,000 miles from new, no rust as it has been indoors most of its life, hard and soft tops wants
In essex.
MrCheerful
Both those prices are well above the PC guide - and the early Midget ain't that sought after as it's a bit of a liability in modern traffic.
Good luck, though.
I have driven the midget a few times, the performance, handling and brakes were quite up to modern traffic, the lack of seat belts was an eyebrow raiser though! Lets face it 5000 doesn't even buy a KA, let alone a tax exempt classic!!
Dad paid thirteen thousand for the MGB from the rebuilders, I am having a job to convince him that what he paid is not what he'll get.
MrCheerful
MrCheerful ( snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :
If only that theory were true...
I owned both 948 and 1275 Midgets, and I know which one I'd prefer today. ;-) As obviously do the punters, given that the 1275 is worth more in chrome grille form.
I'm afraid this is near always the case with a pro re-build, unless the car is very rare and desirable.
Be interesting to know what they do sell for though. Things like the PC guide are only that, and if the right punter comes along, who knows? But I'd say it's also the wrong time of the year to be selling this type of car.
Yes getting a bit hot :)
Always beware of cars said to have been garaged for decades. It will still need a rebuild, although if it hasn't been mucked about by bodgers that's a big advantage. But you don't do this for money, only for love....
It should not be embarrassing in modern traffic though - there are several current cars I would not want to be seen in!
Plenty of classics will be ok at 70 on a motorway - later Midgets are, but not the 948. You'll likely blow it up if you try it for any distance. The later ones have disc brakes and decent synchromesh too, as well as other improvements which don't detract from the overall feel of the car, but enhance it.
The only 948 I'd want is the original Frogeye, but that's because of the looks.
Surely by 1964 that would be a 1098, wouldn't it? Cheers, Bill.
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This one pulls a hundred ok, I think it is far better suited to driving down the lanes, rather than motorways, in any case.
It has disk brakes and synchro, although I don't think first has synchro.
This is a classic, although it has been unused for along time I have been through all the bits and got them all working, the general service I gave it to put it back on the road was a thousand pounds worth, the respray was a thousand, if I was to have it I reckon it could do with another thousand spending to make it concours.
MrCheerful
Back in 1972 I had a 948 cc Frogeye and used to weekend commute between London and Manchester (M1/ M6) every weekend for 6 months. Foot flat on the floor and one eye on the rear view mirror the only problem I ever had was an ignition coil go o/c (managed to walk off the hard shoulder and buy / fit one under the helpful gaze of a traffic policeman!) Used to return 40 mpg amazingly.
Andrew Mawson
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