Squire's voitures

[LynehamHerc]

Now that is a proper car.

[fried onions]

Now that is a proper car.

Thank you. It certainly is a cut above the rest. I wasn't hanging about when I motored down to the New Forest, cruising in the mid-80's much of the time, and it returned an excellent 21 m.p.g. I bagged a few parts for it too, stuff I needed and have since fitted, update to follow.

Meanwhile in M.G. news, I removed the aftermarket airhorns - the compressor wasn't compressing - and firstly fitted a Klaxon low-note I had. I felt this was a bit on the quiet side so I supplemented it with a Clear Hooters high-note.

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The best horns I've had the pleasure of hearing were twin Delco's on a 1961 Victor F. Proper deep low note from the rock n' roll era.

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[fried onions]

Vid of Victor I went to see including horns.

[LynehamHerc]

The Midget looks to be in good nick, did you do much work on it?

[fried onions]

No I haven't done anything much to it except routine maintenance and repairs, indeed I don't really want to spend any money on it.

[fried onions]

The Midget is a nice little motor and on days like this with the top down I really enjoy it. But, my preference is, and always will be, saloon cars. With the MO sold and gone, I am going to throw some money at my old station wagon and can think of a list of imperative jobs (mostly cosmetic):

welding repairs to trailing edge of front wings,
welding to inner wings,
welding to nearside rear wheelarch,
new steel rear wings (one genuine Austin-Rover obtained),
interior work,
new windscreen,
replacement front bumper,
re-spray,
engine rebuild,
carburetter rebuild,
attention to differential (leaking),
brake re-build (collected genuine parts),
crossply tyres.

Though I've been using the thing it wants justice doing to it. You will remember I spent months on the original woodwork, which came up a treat, and it had received extensive repairs before my ownership, so is essentially solid. The engine is a good liar about its 90-odd thousand miles but drinks a quart of oil over high speed long runs. The rear windows accumulate a disgusting oil film so it's clearly pissing out.

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[Hooli]

That Midge does look a lovely example for everyday use.

[CLINT]

Train horns are the way to go

[SiC]

It's round wheel arched model. Why is such thing seen as so desirable by the Midget fanatics?

Looks lovely from the pictures. What is it like closer up?

[SiC]

The Midget is a nice little motor and on days like this with the top down I really enjoy it. But, my preference is, and always will be, saloon cars.

The way you phrase that, it sounds like you might be selling it sometime in the future?