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Richard The answer to this question depends entirely on what YOU want or your girlfriend wants. Do you want a 62 Sprite in a new Mark III bodyshell? Do you want an 'original' 62 Sprite? Is resell value important to you? Are you going to resell it? Is originality important to you? You need to answer these questions, to find the right answer for you. I can =3D=0D guide you, I can point out the pitfalls of both ways, but at the end of the =3D=0D day you must make the decision based on what you or your girlfriend... MORE
Hello there, My girlfriend has a MkII AH Sprite that's in prety poor condition. The restorer who has the car at the moment has recommended that it be rebodied but it seems that you can't get new Sprite MkII bodies so he is now proposing to fit a MkIV(?) body and all the extra that that requires such as door locks and winding windows. As this is going to be an expensive job I'm a little concerned that the car she'll end up with will not be of much interest to other Sprite buyers as it'll effectivly be a... MORE
Jens I went to my paint factor - asked for cellulose (not with clear coat separate) gave him the name - Blue Royale and the number - BU38 and he mixed up the paint for me using that reference code. I think he asked if that was a British Leyland or Rover colour and I said yes. Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 29799... MORE
Is that all theres to it, i saw the no in terry holers book but wasnt shore. Forgive me my ignorence but is this a universal system that all paint manufacturers use or is it one of many systems that all paint manufacturers know how to use. My good i feel so ignorent here, i understand its a lot of things i have to learn here. But the colour is darn great. Jens Jens BU12 Nigel "jens maudal" 29786... MORE
Jeremy Quite correct; and you're about the only person to actually 'see' the point I'm trying to make, which is whatever colours were applied in Australia bear no relevance whatsoever to colours applied elsewhere in the world, because those colours were only used in the 'Australian' market. You could pretty much claim that Frogeyes were painted green with yellow spots in Australia - no-one else in the world would really care. But to claim that BRG is an 'official' Frogeye paint scheme is wrong for three reasons, firstly because if it was used in Australia how is that relevant... MORE
My keys suck. They suck so bad, I think it would be difficult to make a good copy of my keys. Something about a copy of crap is still crap? Do I have any options of having keys made to fit my existing doors and ignition, via my VIN or something like that, or am I stuck buying a new lock set? TJ "TJ Tryon, Jr." 29808... MORE
G'day guys I really don't want to continue this line of discussion, and this will be my last email on the subject. However, as I stated in my last email: There has been too much incorrect info published and accepted as "gospel" without checking what might have been done with regard the many thousand cars built here. Terry Horler's book is truly an excellent publication, but there are some areas in which it is simply incorrect. And Australian paint colours is one of those areas. As Registrar of the Sprite Car Club of Australia, I am keeper of the... MORE
Jens...can't believe you're coincidental timing in asking about paint color "on list" at this particular time...still laughing! :):) While beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I agree. I had a buddy in high school (Ted Owens) who had an MGA '60 1600 in Iris Blue with wire wheels and the "thin" whitewalls which were the rage at the time. VERY pretty car. Retired Navy fighter jock. A4's, Vietnam vet. Cool guy. Bet he still owns/drives this MGA!! It's still Iris Blue. And Nigel my friend...the car is as original as it can be, really. At least it... MORE
I am in need on one sill molding strip for my 74. When I purchased it the PO had mounted those broad chrome/stainless steel? sill covers, fortunately only for show as the sills were not rusted out and did not need hiding behind broad strips of shiny metal. I want to restore back to the simple chrome sill strip. I have one from my 73 which to use which was missing one and now need an additional one, won't be using them on the 73 as it is now my bugeye bonnet spridget. It is Moss item number 459-895... MORE
I have lived in London for a spell, about four months, and visited Great Britain on many occasions and have British friends who visit me on occasion. A history of British cars . . . 60 bugeye Sprite, 63 Sprite, TR4, 62 Midget, 73 Midget, now with a 60 bugeye bonnet, 74 Midget, and a 69 Midget parts car I have always noticed a propensity for the British to classify information in far greater increments that we in the US. One could say a bit anal about information. I am in danger of stereotyping here, but I would say... MORE
Hey group. I think its time to pass my beloved 62 midget onto someone else. But only after Don May gets first refusal!... I'm not in a panic to move it, but i would like to see it go to a good home. Its photos are in the album section under 62 midget... its an original 948 side curtain model with a very new (under two weeks) rebuilt head. it has very nice seats, good dash, everything works, including the windshiled squirters. the hand brake needs adjustment and it could do with a brake bleeding or the very least... MORE
In my junkyard explorations today I came across an Austin car that I had never seen before. It was rear drive hardtop coupe, had a 948 in the cab with a single downdraft carb. Drum brakes all round, most of the markings and nameplates were missing. It looked like an Austin Amercia or Morris 1100, but was rear drive. (c. 1964?) It had a faded rear deck lid that appeared to be A40. I was interested in the rear ratio.... hmmmm? "riley_datsun" 29772... MORE
I too was out in a junkyard today looking around. I went to the junk yard because they said they had some leather fiero seats. I did not find any of those, but did run across a beautiful 79 Midget with NO rust and a perfect interior. Motor was out of a triumph and did not run. Come to find out, the car is a friend of the body manager's car. It's not for sale, but instead, it's in transit into a different storage place. Too bad, this car is showroom shiny, and that's with the original paint job.... MORE
Stewart I would be the first to admit that Terry Horler's book contains errors, albeit minor ones. But I can quote you 3 different sources that state that Teal Blue was not a colour option on 1500 Midgets, so in this instance I think Terry Horler is correct. There's a couple of things that I don't quite understand about why you think your car is painted in Teal Blue. Firstly - what makes you think it's Teal Blue? there are no paint codes on the bodywork, in fact the only way you can guess at it's colour is by... MORE
Actually there is at least one discrepancy in Horlers book with regards to paint colours. Teal Blue is not listed as a 1500 colour and it was initially.. unless someone went to the lengths of stripping a whole car down to nothing, and stripping the shell of all paint inside and out and then re painted my car teal blue! Stewart "Ford Prefect" 29755... MORE
Colin No that statement "Bugeye's never came with British Racing Green as a colour option." is not 'incorrect'. As far as I am concerned Bug/Frogeyes made in England at the factory either for export or home market use did not come with British Racing Green as an OE factory painted colour option. Neither did the Bug/Frogeye's that were sent to Australia leave this country painted as British Racing Green. If you look at the factory colour schemes for Bug/Frogeye's you will not see British Racing Green as a colour option. Now, whatever the Australians did to the cars when... MORE
G'day all And sorry Nigel - BRG was a standard colour for Bugeyes in Australia. The cars assembled here came in as CKD (Completely Knocked Down) and painted in grey primer. They were painted here in four standard colours, after four European national racing colours: Rhiems Blue (France) Monza Red (Italy) Nurburg White (Germany), and British Racing Green (duh). The Australian ID plates on the firewall were stamped with the car model, body number, engine number and colour. We have quite a few on the Register that were (and many still are) British Racing Green. Sometimes shortened on the... MORE
A racing friend, sadly no longer with us, said that green was adopted as the racing colour for Great Britain. But green was said to be an unlucky colour, as it angered the Gods, (or the Demons!) so the paint manufacturers made their greens so dark they were almost black, so as to fool them into thinking it was black. The British got their green cars, and the Gods were no longer angered!! So, basically, any shade of green is considered to be BRG. Personally, I prefer the darkets of all of them: Jaguar British Racing Green. Margaret South... MORE
Read down on this link page for the MG connection Alan http://www.oldspeckledhen.co.uk/did_you_know.htm P.S. I saw a GT6 type fibre glass bonnet fitted to a midget today, that had Triumph Herald catches on the wings to keep it closed. Obviously front hinged. Alan "alan.east-jones" 29684... MORE
Ah, Colin, of course! Germany was white, you are right!! At least until they needed to save weight on the Auto-Unions and took the paint off to leave them Silver. Guy "Guy Weller" 29639... MORE
Paul writes "LMAO" It gets worse...Jim C is about to ask whether anyone can spare him a child to fetch his tool from the inner fender... haven't got one of these laying around either and can't get one at Sports & Classics for sure!! Cap'n. Bob '60 :{) PilotRob@... 29697... MORE
Hi, I can't find anything on dash pads for a pre 1968 midget MKII - it is just a simple cylinrical shape all the way across - does anyone have a source for these? Also, where do people get interior carpets/panels & seat covers if they are restoring to the correct original colors? Moss is very limitted and does not have the original colors that came standard with the car. For example, my early 1965 MKII (GAN3L/39468) was originally Riviera Blue with Riviera Blue seats, carpet and panels. I have a 1965 sales brochure showing an example with my... MORE
And to confuse things even more.... My book (Guide to Purchase and Restore the MG Midget & Austin-Healey Sprite) lists 2 BRG, a Medium Dark Green as GN25/ RM BM079 / DITZ 43342 for the Midget & MGB 64-70. The second is listted as a Medium Dark Yellow Green GN29 / RM BM078 / DUP 8194 also for the Midget & MGB 64-70 & MGC 67-69. An original Bugeye sales brouchure lists a Leaf green available with a black or white hood. I don't have any futher listing as to what "Leaf Green" is/was. Bob, Troutdale, OR "Robert Webb"... MORE
Alex Bugeye's never came with British Racing Green as a colour option. The closest 'original' colour you'll find to BRG that is 'original' to the BE is Dark Green or Leaf Green for your year of car (Dark Green to Jan 59, Leaf Green thereonwards) The paint code for that is GN15. If you really must have BRG, try GN29 which was used on the Sprite MKII and III. This site's really handy for checking colour paint codes and what they look like on cars - http://www.teglerizer.com/mgcolors/ Nigel "amukdigiphoto" 29606... MORE
After four years of repairs, I'm finally getting around to painting my 61 bugeye. Problem is there are dozens of "british racing green" colors. Every paint remotely green claims to be BRG. Anyonw with suggestions, or perhaps the paint code #, for a close-to-authentic version of this? Thanks in advance. Alex 61 bugeye (under construction) "Alex del Russo" 29604... MORE
