A CHANGE OF PACE
Chatting with Barry about cars, it soon becomes clear that he has had the pleasure of owning some very exotic and desirable cars. Jaguar, Aston Martin, Ferrari – it seems that just about the only glamour marque he's not had parked on his drive at one time or another is Lamborghini. However, one sports car marque that is conspicuous by its absence from the list is MG.
'Well that is not quite true,' he adds, 'because I did have an MGC when I was in my 20s, but that was the only MG I've ever owned before. I have always been drawn to sports cars rather than large and luxurious ones, so it is a little surprising that I never stumbled across the Midget earlier in my motoring career. I've never disliked the car, it is just a model that has never come my way before.'
It came his way this time via a friend, who had bought a poorly barn-find example that he planned to restore and maybe take racing. They were chatting about it down the pub and this friend mentioned that he was going to put a Mazda engine in the little Midget, but Barry's preferences are more towards originality and
