1968 MG Midget

[Hooli]

I had illuminated switches, but they were totally* out of my sight line being fitted to the roof console.

[mercrocker]

I loved those overhead consoles! Never had one myself but I had the full-on Concorde flight deck in one of my Mk1s. It looked really impressive until you discovered all the dummies and inoperative gauges. I ripped it all off in a temper after a heater hose and the capilliary to the oil pressure gauge let go at the same time and pissed all over my new Chelsea boots.....

[Hooli]

I only had five switches up there. Two pair of forward facing spots, rear facing spots, rear facing reversing/camping lights and the choice of always on or with main beam for the front ones as they made good work lights on blocked tracks etc


I'll let SiC have his thread back now.

[SiC]

Someone on FB photoshopped it

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[SiC]

I've enjoyed working on this so much, that I'm currently thinking about maybe keeping this reasonably stock and then getting another. One that is tatty but fixable. That way I can go my own way with it and lightly customise it, without feeling like it needs to be original. There are so many Spridgets about, especially scruffy ones, that I don't feel bad about not keeping it totally original.

No full retro-ride tosser but stuff like welding up rear lights, no bumpers, no screens and maybe muck around with the suspension like gas shocks, panhard rods and stuff.

[SiC]

I've enjoyed working on this so much

About that, as I open up the garage door this evening

[mercrocker]

Ungrateful little fucker.

[SiC]

No wonder my car was leaking oil on me when I got into the garage!
From utter fear as I started poking its backend and making more holes where there shouldn't be holes.

Looks like it's double skinned on the back. I don't think it'll be pretty once I get the wire wheel out. Likewise this offside panel I think is braised and bad welds with no penetration. Was hoping that I could reuse this panel but it might end up being quicker.
I think another panel order is inbound. Only just cleared my credit card off from last month's orders!


Looking at rear panel options, it looks like my decision of no reversing lights might be made for me! Heritage either make the early panel with no holes or a much later panel with far too many holes, but none for mine without the split bumpers.



The good news is those panels are an unbelievably cheap £120. It also saves me trying to sculpt the area below the light on the nearside.

[SiC]

It really doesn't like its arse end in the air. This is just from one days worth of leakage. I know they will leak but not usually anywhere near this bad. Going to have to get another grow bag tray and put it under here.


Trying to figure out where it's coming from. I expected it out the front, not the rear. Possibly out of a seal in the gearbox? Then mixing with dirty engine oil from elsewhere.


If I have to rip the engine and transmission out, it'll mean it turns into an even bigger project. Seriously now contemplating stripping everything off, having the shell media blasted and going for a full restoration from there.

At least it doesn't do it when it's sat level though.

[PhilA]

That's the off-road version.

When is beyond tilt limit, it leaks to warn you