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Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:36 pm
by SiC
Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:45 pm
by Eddie Honda
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Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:49 pm
by SiC
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Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:27 pm
by The Reverend Bluejeans
Some serious bodging put right there. It would be worth paying a couple of grand to get it painted properly - in the correct primrose as you won't be keeping it. That pale blue is really nasty.
Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:42 pm
by SiC
I'm quite amazed it hasn't fallen apart when driven. They were so weak, I popped them off by twisting a flat headed screwdriver between panels.
Can't say I am a massive fan of Iris Blue either. But definitely not a fan of Primrose Yellow either. Get what you are saying about getting it back to original factory colour and I also do like Yellow. However Primrose Yellow is too washed out for me. Also it's actually spent longer as Iris Blue than anything else.
If I went a colour change I would be seriously tempted with Damask Red or even Vermilion.
Probably the right colour card for this era Midget when ordered?
Change of colour would also mean a complete strip down as it'd look shit if the engine bay isn't completely painted too. I want to get it back on the road before doing that.
Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 8:59 pm
by Eddie Honda
Any yellow is excellent for not loosing in a carpark
Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 9:56 pm
by Hooli
Eddie Honda wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:45 pm
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SiC wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:49 pm
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Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 3:48 pm
by The Reverend Bluejeans
I'd do it one of the greys. It hides a multitude and the engine bay would be easier to do.
Damask is bland and Vermillion is just wrong for a sixties car and too bright.
Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:00 pm
by SiC
I think the reds are always a popular resale colour on these though. Plus I don't have any red cars. Too many bloody blue.
Greys and whites are a bit boring.
In the old chicken shed unit next to the old chicken shed I store my cars, there is a small car body repair + paint company. Might ask them to see how much they'd charge for prepping and painting a chassis. Probably not possible nowadays for a decent job, but I'd have it done professionally if I could get it done for around 2k.
But then by the time I've stripped it down, I'd probably decide I might as well push it into the middle of the garden and do it myself. Weather's been too shit recently for that yet anyway.
Re: 1968 MG Midget
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2022 4:04 pm
by SiC