Hello All,
I don't know if this will be a complete answer to this question but here is
what I
can quickly find.
A quick perusal of the 1977 Leyland Parts Manual provides the following data:
Midget Mk III commencing with car No. G-AN4-52390
Midget Mk III commencing with car No. G-AN5-74886
Midget Mk III commencing with car No. G-AN6-154101
(There is no mention of a Mk. IV Midget)
Quickly looking at my Midget factory sales brochures for the chrome and RB
Midgets
make no mention of "Mk." numbers for the later cars.
So it could be that the "Mk." designations were dropped with the RB cars or
thereabouts. This is a deliberately vague conclusion since I do not profess to
have
any knowledge of the RB cars.
Jay Fishbein
"Have a Sprite - The Drive That Refreshes"
Frank Clarici wrote:
> Metallian6@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > Hello list. I have a question concerning the production of MK III and MK IV
> > Midgets. It was my understanding that the MK III Midget was ended in 1969
>and
> > the MK IV Midget was started in 1970. Is this right or wrong? I have come
> > across someone who says they have a 1971 Midget MK III and has BMIHT
> > certification stating so. You can see how confused I must be right about
>now.
>
> It is my understanding that the MKIV Midget is the rubber bumper Midget.
> MKIII Midget running from 1967 thru 1974.
> But my Midget MKII thru MKIII British Leyland book clearly shows a RB
> midget on the cover. So was there ever a MKIV Midget? Horler refers to
> the RB Midget as
> "1500 Midget" No MK.
>
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> Too many Sprites (again)
> There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
> http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut
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