My project fleabay Midget!!

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johnbaz:
Hi Peter

I have a roll bar to fit once the car is nearing completion- it's a yucky thought of one turning over without the protection it gives :bugeye:

Apparently the Sierra C9 five speed box is the conversion these days as they're so plentyful, a spacer plate is needed of around 1" (if i recall correctly)

I'll only be using it at the weekends, the Honda is more reliable for frequent use!!

Cheers, John :)

madjackghengis:
Hi Peter, when I saw your post I had to go through the log, I had a midget for some time, back in the late 70s, I was a Marine, stationed in Hawaii, and got the car for some five hundred the owner owed on it. It was running, had just a bit of rot which my Marine brothers quickly helped me get rid of, I think it was a 72 or 73 with the 1200. It ran right nice, fairly quick, and very much fast enough for the size of the island, and a friend had one exactly the same except the opposite year, which ever mine wasn't, and we traded parts, and found parts yards together, and with two, found it quite easy to always have both running. I loved that car, we had a couple of three or so places where the road ran up the sides of mountains, and had hairpin turns every fifty yards or so, switching between second and third, trying to keep the inside set of wheels on the pavement, while doing thirty or forty in turns that should have been twenty at most.
You should have a great time with that little beastie, I miss mine still, although I'm a bit older and don't do so much in hairpins anymore. That's a fine bit of work getting rid of all the cancer, looks like you're doing a bang up job, good on getting rid of the rubber bumpers, made it look like a bumper car, and you can't have that. How's that 1500 run compared to the old 1200 with just one of those SU carbs? I had a Del Orto 40 on a Harley I had at the time, that weber ought to run sweet on that 1500. Looking at that makes me feel young and foolish again. Good to see a midget going together, and looking forward to the paint, brothers always set you up right, and usually surprise you. Fine looking piece of driving fun you've got there, don't mind the drool. From the sound of all the other advice, there's lots of interesting bits and pieces to make it unique as your own, and give it some pizzazz as well :jaw: mad jack

andyf:
Ah, that brings back happy memories! Ours was yellow too, but was a 1970 AH Sprite, bought in about 1972, and sold on after a couple of years.

36 years later, I still have this in my garage:

It's marked "Mk III Sprite" in the hub, and is unused. The alloy spokes haven't suffered much, but the (detachable) hub needs skimming down to remove pitting. OD is about 13.5", and the splined hole is around 0.7" diameter. If you feel it would adorn your project, and can make your way over the Snake to Sale sometime, it's free to a good home.

Andy

johnbaz:
Hi Jack (i'd better not say that whilst on a plane :bugeye: )

According to the specs, the 1500 was the quickest but the earlier chrome bumper model (as yours was- i think pre'74) is the more desireable vehicle :thumbup:

Someone asked about the boot (trunk), it's absolutely solid as is all of the underside apart from one very small bit of rot, about an inch across that will need a patch welding in, amazingly all around it is still solid!! :dremel:

Cheers, John :)

johnbaz:

--- Quote from: andyf on November 06, 2010, 09:12:51 AM ---Ah, that brings back happy memories! Ours was yellow too, but was a 1970 AH Sprite, bought in about 1972, and sold on after a couple of years.

36 years later, I still have this in my garage:

It's marked "Mk III Sprite" in the hub, and is unused. The alloy spokes haven't suffered much, but the (detachable) hub needs skimming down to remove pitting. OD is about 13.5", and the splined hole is around 0.7" diameter. If you feel it would adorn your project, and can make your way over the Snake to Sale sometime, it's free to a good home.

Andy

--- End quote ---

Coo!!

Andy- that's much nicer than mine :clap:

If i'm over your side of the hills then i'll PM you :thumbup:

Cheers, John :)

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