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January 17, 2004
Alan
Well, you reply to my original reply, you make no mention of me in your rep
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ly,
and you ask virtually the same question in your reply as I answered in my
reply - I will therefore refrain from making any comment on your eyesight.
It's not that difficult to replace the rear end of a Spridget with the rear
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end of
a Frogeye if you do it with a one piece fibreglass rear, although as there'
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s no
boot opening - it means having to crawl into the tiny opening from the cock
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pit
and work in the boot area. If you do it in steel (there are repair panels
available for this) then I'd say theres plenty of work involved, and it wil
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l be
expensive - probably two to three times the price of your Midget in panels
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alone.
The fact that the rear cockpit is a few inches longer than the Frogeyes won
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't
matter if you're not intending on putting a hardtop on it, but you won't ge
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t the
same sleek lines as the Frogeye as the doors are different - they have wind
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up windows and door handles.
As I mentioned in my first post there is a book that details someone who di
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d
exactly this - put a fibreglass rear end on a Midget and replaced the doors
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with Frogeye doors. The book is 'MG Midget' Gold Portfolio 1961-1979'
Published by Brooklands Books and this article is a reprint from Popular
Classics June 1992, which I also have. I'll try and find the original magaz
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ine
article and scan the picture of the car.
So the upshot is, its perfectly feasable to do, if you have the time patien
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ce and
dedication to do it, and yes the rear needs serious modifcation, its not ju
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st a
question of pulling off the rear wings and welding on Frogeye ones - the
whole of the rear of the car will need modification - much easier if you us
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e a
one piece fibreglass rear.
Nigel
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Posted on January 17, 2004 05:15 PM
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