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MG Midget 1500 – HAJ252V – registered May 1980, one of the last ones built. Fitted with the triumph 1500cc engine. Needs finishing but will make a great little sports car.

In late 1974 the MG Midget underwent its final and most significant change, to keep the model in line with the ever increasing safety and emission rules being introduced in the US. Energy absorbing bumpers were fitted along with a 1500cc 65bhp engine from the Triumph Spitfire. This engine was chosen as it had previously passed all US emission specification requirements, and it was unlikely the “A” series would without serious development. This Triumph engine was mated to a fully synchromesh gearbox taken from the Morris Marina range. Marginally more powerful, this final version could in standard form just reach 100mph, something non of the previous standard cars could achieve, although it took a while to get there. Its appearance due to the bumpers was considerably altered, the Midget 1500 also featuring a return to the square design of rear wheel arch. In 1976 wire wheels were dropped from the option list. The car then continued in this guise with just slight annual cosmetic revisions until 1979 when production finally ceased on December 7th. The later 1500 models by contrast are much softer and do lose out on the Midgets strongest virtue, its handling, this mostly due to the large heavy bumpers combined with an increase in ride height. This of course can easily be overcome by lowering the suspension, and by what many owners have done, complete removal of those heavy bumpers.

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