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highmileage
B. D. Howard
LSD (Lower Slower Delaware)
(29 posts)

Registered:
08/10/2010 04:41PM

Main British Car:
Fidget and Jagrolet Fidget -Ford V8 powered Midget, Jag XJ w/ Chevy V8

Greetings all
Posted by: highmileage
Date: August 11, 2010 01:33PM

I just came across this site yesterday. Wow, there really is a site for almost every area of interest.

I had a Sunbeam Tiger Mark 2 for many years and I foolishly sold it about ten years ago. It's a long story...

Then not long ago, while perusing Craigslist for items of interest, I came across two cars offered by two different sellers, and amazingly both lived nearby in Maryland! And both cars had been daily drivers but were now sitting ignored.

One was a mid-eighties Jaguar XJ6 with a small block Chevy conversion. A very nice car (pearl white paint, gray leather, sunroof, etc.)

The other was a '72 Midget with a 289 HiPo Ford. Since the owners were both 'motivated to sell', I bought 'em both. I'd be a bit embarrassed if I confessed how little I paid for them...

It's been hot as H,E, double hockey sticks but it's supposed to break and be in the eighties starting tomorrow. I plan to try to fire up one or both of them to see what I have.

No pics yet of the Jag (and I suspect that there isn't much interest in that one here) and not much history is known about this one. The previous owner bought it running for his then-wife to drive. She's now gone and the car has been sitting for about three years. It's got (pitted) chrome headers and alternator on the 305. Should be a fun car.

But the MG, now this looks like fun! The previous owner bought it on fleabay perhaps eight years ago (he would not say for how much). He drove it occasionally but then got married, had a child, and the car sat in the garage for three years until the wife decided that she wanted the garage space.

It has a 289 HiPo, a C4 auto, a narrowed nine inch rear, tubbed wheel wells, and a stupid hood scoop to clear the Ford radiator (that's gonna change)! Here are a couple of pics...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/highmileage/My%20stuff/100_1212-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/highmileage/My%20stuff/100_1216-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/highmileage/My%20stuff/100_1213-1.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/highmileage/My%20stuff/100_1211.jpg
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b261/highmileage/My%20stuff/100_1218.jpg


Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
(1337 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 09:23AM

Main British Car:
'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: Greetings all
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: August 11, 2010 02:13PM

Welcome B.D. Can't open the photos here at work because of our firewall, but always glad to have another Spridget owner in the group. I'm sure you'll have a great time with both your cars.


highmileage
B. D. Howard
LSD (Lower Slower Delaware)
(29 posts)

Registered:
08/10/2010 04:41PM

Main British Car:
Fidget and Jagrolet Fidget -Ford V8 powered Midget, Jag XJ w/ Chevy V8

Re: Greetings all
Posted by: highmileage
Date: August 12, 2010 05:07PM

Whoops, looks like I posted this in the wrong place. Sorry.

Hey webmaster, you are welcome to delete this thread - I think I have reposted it to the correct spot.

Again, my apologies...


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