I don't have the numbers in front of me, but if my OF memory is
reasonably accurate, there were about 225,000 Midgets built from 1961 to
1979 and about 550,000 B's built in its lifetime, from 1962 to 1980
I don't know what the Sprite numbers are but is suspect they are lower
than the Midget for a couple of reasons. 1- the sprite, while introduced
3 years earlier (1958), it was ended in 1971, 8 years before the Midget.
and 2 - when they were sold concurrently, the Midget outsold the sprite.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 00:46:42 -0700 Mark Snowdon <racer45@bellsouth.net>
writes:
>Rick was said to say...
>"You soon be having a more fun car to drive then anything else on the
>road. I say this from experience, as I own several. Each one has
>it's
>virtues, The B is a real comfortable cruiser, The TD turns heads
>where
>ever it goes. Ah, but the Sprite is my prefered fun car. I would
>drive
>it anywhere. Happy motoring.
>
>Rick"
>
>I haven't got enough road time in anything other the the Sprite to
>argue
>this one, but I do have a question, Which car was produced in larger
>numbers, the Midget/Sprite, or the MGB? I have been trying to find a
>MGB
>and just today found two more Midgets( a 72 and a 76). This brings the
>count to 7 Midgets verses 2 MGB's that I can lay my hands on that are
>for sale, in addition to the two I have in the shop, and the one out
>back.
>
>I would think the MGB outnumbered the Midgets based on what I saw at
>the
>MG's on the green show in Davidson, NC today.There were five or six
>Midgets, and about 20-25 MGB's.Maybe all the Midgets were having body
>work done, as ours was. Later
>
>Mark Snowdon
>69 Sprite (the only one running...yet)
>73 & 79 Midget
>
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