The MG Midget is one of Britain’s best-loved classic sports cars for a reason; with excellent parts supply, a body so small it will fit in even the most cramped of garages, and handling that is pin sharp at any speed, it’s almost everything the classic car driver could hope for. Better still, there’s even a badge-engineered Austin-Healey for those who don’t want to look too obvious – the Sprite, which in Mk1 ‘Frogeye’ form predated the Midget by three years.
When new, the Sprite and Midget (collectively known as the ‘Spridget’) competed with cars like Triumph’s Spitfire at the entry-level end of the sports car market. Today, the rivalry is as fierce as ever, though if anything parts supply for the Midget and Sprite can outstrip that for the Triumph. It seems too good to be true. But is it? Or should you buy one safe in the knowledge that there’s little that
