- 1. Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Dan Dwelley" <ddwelley@UU.NET>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 17:42:55 -0500
- Does anyone know anything about the Miget GT convertible with a 6 cyl. ? I saw one for sale and am curious to the engine cid and any anomalies outside of the normal MG anomalies. Thanks in advance fo
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00212.html (7,105 bytes)
- 2. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: Hal Rogers <hdrsons@iamerica.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 16:45:50 -0600
- Perhaps you mean the MGC available as a GT(hardtop) or Roadster(Convertible) which came with a straight six? I have not seen a 60s-70s Midget with a 6 cylinder before. Regards, Hal Rogers H.D. Rogers
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00213.html (7,763 bytes)
- 3. RE: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Dan Dwelley" <ddwelley@UU.NET>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 18:06:09 -0500
- The MGC was only produced in the late 60's wasn't it? This is a 79. I can't imagine someone squeezing a 6 in a Midget! Dan :o) I outside Perhaps you mean the MGC available as a GT(hardtop) or Roadste
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00215.html (8,265 bytes)
- 4. RE: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 15:05:06 -0800
- I have! One had a Ford V6, the other had a big ole Plymouth engine. Both bastards and both destined for the scrapyard. Kelvin. :) ? I outside Perhaps you mean the MGC available as a GT(hardtop) or Ro
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00216.html (8,226 bytes)
- 5. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 18:31:37 -0800
- Never heard of one...Can you get me one too>>... Mark Snowdon, who believed that Midgets should only have 1275 engines....
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00220.html (8,158 bytes)
- 6. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net>
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 18:35:14 -0800
- Funny you mentioned Ford V6, I had though about putting a 3.8L V6 in one of mine, just to see if it could be done. But I would have probably gone with the Buick, this way the distributor cap could be
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00222.html (9,640 bytes)
- 7. RE: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 16:12:30 -0800
- I agree, the 1275 engine makes the best set up for the Midget. It gives a nice balance of power and torque. The cutest swap I have been involved in was putting a 1275 A ser and Datsun 5 speed into a
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00226.html (9,751 bytes)
- 8. RE: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Hoy <larryhoy@cwix.com>
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 17:24:09 -0700
- I saw a Midget with a Ford 300 inline 6 cyl in it once. Talk about tunnel Larry Hoy, Denver, CO. USA 1967 MGB Roadster, Vintage Racer 1969 MGB Roadster, Driver 1970 MGB Roadster, Fixer upper http://h
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00227.html (9,667 bytes)
- 9. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 21:14:23 EST
- On Fri, 04 Dec 1998 18:31:37 -0800 Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net> Mark, REAL Midgets ONLY have 1275's (at least as a starting point) Rick Morrison 72 MGBGT 74 Midget (1330cc)
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00234.html (7,787 bytes)
- 10. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 21:14:23 EST
- Well, aside from the facts 1) there was never a Midget GT; 2) A "GT convertible" is a contradiction in terms; and 3) 6 cylinder Midgets would only be described as a bad dream, I can think of no other
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00235.html (8,276 bytes)
- 11. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: JustBrits@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 22:34:01 EST
- << REAL Midgets ONLY have 1275's (at least as a starting point) >> There is no such animal - ONLY Frogeyes!!!
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00241.html (8,048 bytes)
- 12. Re: Midget Gt (score: 1)
- Author: Thecarguru@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 23:12:17 EST
- I heard a story once about a guy putting a 289 with nitrous into a spridget. Story goes he got to about 120 and punched the nitrous. Had to shut it down and pull the e-brake to keep it in a strait li
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00243.html (8,238 bytes)
- 13. RE: Midget Gt (score: 1)
- Author: Tom Emmons <tom@emmons.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 22:43:56 -0600
- Will a 289 fit. I actually thought for about 30 seconds that would be cool but 30 seconds is fast. I heard a story once about a guy putting a 289 with nitrous into a spridget. Story goes he got to ab
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00246.html (8,482 bytes)
- 14. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: Ross MacPherson <arm@bc.sympatico.ca>
- Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 08:23:04 -0800 (PST)
- AGAIN the B bias shows.... M type (850), C type (750) , D type (850), J type (850), P type (850), Q type (750), R type (750), TA (1300), TB (1250), TC (1250), TD (1250), TF (1250) and TF (1500) are a
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00253.html (8,160 bytes)
- 15. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
- Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 09:11:18 -0500
- On 12/4/98 9:14 PM so and so (Rick Morrison) said. (And I quote:) First I agree with you and then you gotta go making foul remarks. Larry Macy 78 Midget Larry B. Macy, Ph.D. macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00263.html (8,750 bytes)
- 16. RE: Midget Gt (score: 1)
- Author: "Kulka, Matt" <Matt.Kulka@hboc.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 16:01:39 -0500
- Learned this while chatting with the service manager of the local Honda (cycle) shop. Matt Kulka '74 B - running on half a motorcycle engine. Hmm. ...Saw an olds 455 toronado setup on a motorcycle ba
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00274.html (8,246 bytes)
- 17. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: Jim Stuart <jimbb88@erols.com>
- Date: Sat, 05 Dec 1998 21:27:29 -0500
- The car exists, is a factory production item, several thousands were made, only the name is wrong. Can you say "Triumph Spitfire GT ?" The Spitfire roadster was a 4-banger, starting around 1100 cc's
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00298.html (7,855 bytes)
- 18. Re: Midget Gt (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 22:57:05 EST
- Old hot rodders maxim; "you can fit any engine into any body, limited only by the amout of money availible for the insertion" I once saw a RR Merlin engine (out of a P-51) stuffed into a 1958 Plymout
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00346.html (7,682 bytes)
- 19. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
- Date: Sun, 06 Dec 1998 22:57:04 EST
- A "frogeye" is not a Midget - it is an A-H ( the worlds only hyphenated four letter word) Frogeyes never had 1275's (at least in OEM form) I will concede that the frog eye was a pretty fair starting
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00347.html (7,948 bytes)
- 20. Re: Midget GT (score: 1)
- Author: "Nevard, Chris" <Chris.Nevard@BSKYB.COM>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 07:32:00 -0000
- There was a hard top called the 'Ashley Hardtop' which gave the impression of a GT. There are always the Lenham modified Midget & Sprites of course. There was never a factory Midget GT. You can see s
- /html/mgs/1998-12/msg00356.html (9,659 bytes)
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