edk83
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Nov 22, 2019 16:25:39 GMT
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I've fancied a Spitfire or Midget for quite some time. I like vivid colours on old cars, nothing brown or green. When this popped up I wanted it! Then it slowly got reduced to something that was affordable. So here is the new girl  1971 round wheel arch midget with a 1275 a series. It had a lot of money spent around 2009 with new front wings, full respray, full engine rebuild, about 5k worth of restoration. It's done about 10k since and the engine is still sweet as a nut, came off the road sometime in 2014 and been stored since so needs light restoration again. I need to upgrade the clutch and flywheel on the Allegro ready for some more track action next year then this can get moved into the workshop. I've already bought a set of gunmetal superlites, roll hoop and starting to look for a type 9 box and caterham bellhousing     |
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Nov 22, 2019 21:02:59 GMT
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Oh yes! What a lovely little project. K-series swap to follow I presume??
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Nov 23, 2019 19:28:40 GMT
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What a cool looking Midget. I had one the same year and colour(bronze yellow)for my first car many moons ago. Square wheel arch mine was though.
Will have to dig out some photos of it. Mine ended up with a Minisport 1380 in it.
Happy days.
Good luck with it.
Bookmarked.
Cheers
Col.
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Nov 24, 2019 13:17:00 GMT
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Welcome to the world of Spridgets. It looks to be a good buy, but with the usual odd bits of rot.... is that a hardtop with no rear screen? If you are going to swap the engine for a "K", there is a wealth of expertise in the "Midget and Sprite Club" which is well worth joining.
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edk83
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Nov 24, 2019 21:45:29 GMT
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Cheers
It came with the black fibreglass hardtop, with back window but not fitted as the rubber was loose so it was removed to stop it flying out when on the trailer.
I do have a spare k series in the garage and I have a lead on a type 9 which I'll pickup in readyness.
I bought a roll over hoop and some dark superlites for it so far.
I think I might sell the hard top and buy a soft top, hard tops look cool but not very practical.
I did have a look at a k midget when I was at the nec the other week, front engine mount was basically just a bit of box section bolted to where the pas pump would go.
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Last Edit: Nov 24, 2019 21:48:21 GMT by edk83
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Not tempted by a RX8 gearbox?
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edk83
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I think the rx8 box is a fair bit larger and there isnt a bell housing adapter to K series yet? I am also tempted just to go full wankle with it and buy a complete rx8 I joined the midget club at the nec the other week |
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Nov 25, 2019 10:04:35 GMT
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Nice, is that inca yellow?
It looks paler indoors and then darker outdoors so might be a completely different colour but looks similar to my inca yellow dolomite 1500HL.
Look forward to seeing how it turns out and what you can fit in there!
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edk83
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Nov 25, 2019 12:00:48 GMT
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I think it's inca, the v5 says Bronze / yellow.
The light tube in my garage probably makes a difference and I'm not sure if the seller tweaked the colour on those photos or not.
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Nov 25, 2019 14:11:58 GMT
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I think the rx8 box is a fair bit larger and there isnt a bell housing adapter to K series yet? I am also tempted just to go full wankle with it and buy a complete rx8 I joined the midget club at the nec the other week Have you asked Jonathan on rx8 gearbox adapters on FB? He's done loads of different engines now so I'm betting the K has one. |
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Nov 25, 2019 14:59:45 GMT
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Sweet, lots of fun to be had in these. I've had two, I still lament selling the last one a few years ago. They've gone out of my price range now sadly.
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If at first you don't succeed........
....Don't try skydiving!
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Nov 25, 2019 15:27:54 GMT
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While not much does, this bit scares me somewhat. All repairable with excellent spares at hand, but a bit of work to sort. If you are into pictures of sprite ( bugeye in this case) carcasses being pulled back from the brink, here is a link to 500 pics that might be of interest.   |
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edk83
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Nov 25, 2019 16:27:15 GMT
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Yeah a link to those would be handy, I have some repair panels on the way and it will have a date with mr mig!
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edk83
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Nov 25, 2019 16:29:29 GMT
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I think the rx8 box is a fair bit larger and there isnt a bell housing adapter to K series yet? I am also tempted just to go full wankle with it and buy a complete rx8 I joined the midget club at the nec the other week Have you asked Jonathan on rx8 gearbox adapters on FB? He's done loads of different engines now so I'm betting the K has one. Could you PM me his details? I think I'm best tackling the bodywork first but if parts come up cheap I'll pick them up for my pile. |
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Nov 25, 2019 19:56:09 GMT
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edk83
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Nov 27, 2019 11:02:48 GMT
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Picked this up yesterday, 1.8 with 77k on the clock, will get the tape measure out.  |
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Please don't do this: Midget with Miata front and rear suspension and drivetrain. ![]()  |
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Quite a few Spridget owners are also MX5 owners!  |
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edk83
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Nov 28, 2019 15:24:01 GMT
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Please do this: Midget with Miata front and rear suspension and drivetrain. ![]() I read that as 'please do this' !? ok! |
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ovimor
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Nov 28, 2019 19:26:06 GMT
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Urchfab is the man for 'just knocked up these' *links/wishbones/etc.. for a mash-up Miata install  OVIMOR |
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Knowledge is to know a Tomato is a 'fruit' - Wisdom, on the other hand, is knowing not to put it in a 'fruit salad'!
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1971 round wheel arch midget with a 1275 a series.
