Figured I'd jump in here and solve this for everybody: the rubber bumper
Midgets got 'em all beat! heh heh
adrian,
stirring up more trouble
Editors, Molecular Vision wrote:
> Fred, Fred, Fred...
>
> The Sprite Mk2 was introduced a month before the Midget Mk1. Sprites are
> the real deal. OK, the two are the same car except for all that tacky
> chrome on the Midgets. I personally could never own a Midget; it would just
> be too confusing. My nickname for my wife is "Midget" because she's one of
> the few people who is shorter than me!
>
> Actually, as many on the list know, the back end of the spridget body was
> designed by BMC/MG, while the front end was designed by Healey. The two
> cars of course were manufactured by BMC at the MG Abingdon works on
> side-by-side assembly lines. I've always thought that the front was very
> curvy and evoked a 50s response, while the back, with it's straighter
> lines, was 60s all the way.
> ---
>
> At 12:40 PM -0500 9/11/98, Fred Krampits wrote:
> > Well:
> > I've been very kind to Sprite owners in the past, however I know and
> > they know that the Midget starting in 1961 is the same car as the
> > Sprite, however just like my old Olds Firenza when compared to a Chevy
> > Cavalier, it is a fancier, more luxurious version of the same car. The
> > Midget has more chrome, better interior, and superior gauges. Overall
> > the Sprite/Midget introduced in 1961 was a better car than the Bugeye,
> > especially in 1962 when the Ribcase Tranny was introduced. Bugeye
> > Sprites do have their charm, but God help if you ever lose anything in
> > the boot. The only way their owners make their car livable nowadays is
> > to put in Japanese transmissions and basically change the character of
> > the car. Something I don't have to do in my Midget MK I 109CG. But when
> > compared to each other, on any model, the Midget always wins on style
> > points.
> > --
> > Deflector shields at full strength.
>
> > Frank Clarici wrote:
> > >
> > > The difference between a Sprite and a Midget is obvious!!!
> > > The Sprite is just better.
> > > (flame sheilds up)
> > > --
>
> Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhD
> Senior Editor, Molecular Vision
> http://www.molvis.org/molvis
> Mailto:jboatri@emory.edu
> 404-778-4113
>
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