Glenn Stauffer scribed:
Subject: 1974 MG Midget - Paint
> I'm hoping to find someone who has done a Midget right or has the fortune
> to have worked on one that was untouched since the factory.
I can help, but no guarentees, as things did change through the years.
I do have a '79 Which is still in original paint. If you're trying
for concours details tho, you ought to get the available books,
and go to a bunch of shows.
> - engine block
Is this a 1275? If so, Moss sells a Midget green (dark olive) and and
Austin Healey green (lighter, some metalic). A-series Midgets/Sprites
could be either colour. (948, 1098, 1275)
> - engine compartment
body colour, almost all cars.
> - underside: wheel arches, frame, etc.
> - passenger compartment (body color, right?)
Body colour, except where undercoated.
> - running gear (rear axle, front axles, etc.)
Black, if at all. The rear end on my '64 B definitly was originally
black, I'm not sure if trannys were painted or not.
> I'd be overjoyed to find someone who's restored a Midget and could field
> questions about good parts suppliers and nasty stuff like rebuilding sills
> and front posts - looks like mine need serious work.
get yourself the suppliers list off the british-cars file server, and
look in Hemmings, British Car, and other magazines for sources.
The Pratical Classics Sprite/Midget restoration book, for one, is an
excellent source of how to, for both purchased panels, and bang-em yerself.
This is a couple years old, but should be valid:
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They also have a "mini series" (shorter, cheaper books) which include:
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Kelsey House
77 High St.
Beckenham, Kent BR3 1AN
For: Attn:
Big Books Book Offers
Mini Books Mini Books
USA Subscriptions- $44.00 "airlifted" (may be less if not?) Contact:
Eric Walter Assc., P.O. Box 188, Berkeley Hts, N.J. 07922 (201) 665-7814
or Don Scott, 4281 Scott Way, Calistoga, CA. 94515 (707) 942-0546
Several of the bigger books are available in the US from Classic Motorbooks,
or by direct post (add (lb) 1 for each book) from pratical classics.
Visa OK, but no phone # listed. Get a copy from your local British car
magazine distributer.
They have recently done a Stag restoration, an E-Type, MGB
new-body-shell rebuild.
Classic Motorbooks (Free 100 page cataglogue, takes a few weeks)
P.O. Box 1 (Overwhelming selection of books.)
Osceola, WI 54020
1-800-826-6600
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I don't think I've seen these advertized in Classic Motorbooks lately-
are any US sources listing them these days???
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