Vehicle Description
***ALL VEHICLES ARE SHOWN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, AND MAY OR MAY NOT
BE LOCATED IN OUR STANLEY, WI SHOWROOM! Sharp example of the last
year Midget convertible! New paint in 2019, new tires, new battery,
new master cylinder, new valve cover and gasket, and more. Runs and
drives excellent! Summer will be here before we know it, here is an
inexpensive way to gain entry into the wonderful world of classic
car ownership! Reasonable offers always considered. We can assist
with financing/shipping, and we sell world-wide!Faced with falling
horsepower due to emissions regulations, British Leyland fitted the
final MG Midget Mk IV with the 1493-cc Triumph Spitfire engine in
1975. The car was simultaneously raised to reduce the likelihood of
damage during a crash, and the car gained huge rubber safety
bumpers at both ends. The bumpers added weight, and performance of
the Mk IV is slightly less than earlier versions of the car. U.S.
cars were fitted with a single Zenith carburetor and had a top
speed around 80 mph. Even though sticker prices had reached $4,150
in 1977 (nearly $1,500 higher than 5 years earlier), sales lingered
on until 1979, when the last Midget left the factory. Some cars
went unsold that year and were titled as 1980 models. The Mk IV
closed the 20-year run for the car. Good examples of Mk IV Midgets
can still be found at the back of garages in better neighborhoods
where they were a popular second car for sunny days, but time has
not been kind to those living on the streets. Finding bone stock
rubber-bumper cars is becoming increasingly difficult as many
owners have opted to rebuild their Midgets with chrome bumpers from
earlier cars.
