Leaf spring/live axle/lever shocks (rear)
Eclectic Motorworks' Carl Heideman set out to make a Miata-killer of our "rust-free" 1971 Midget.
The nuts and bolts of making a fast, reliable and streetable Midget motor.
How drivable is our Midget? We piloted it on a 1200-mile journey from Carlisle to find out.
It's been a long wait, but the results of our engine rebuild are worth it.
Today was the day to fire up the Midget and take it for a drive.
We finish off the interior.
We continue the push to get our MG roadworthy.
We finish up more details to get the Midget running.
Hanging the front body work
We are scrambling to get the car running for MG2006.
We put "in" the interior.
It's finally a roller.
Putting together the new front end.
We fix the steering rack.
Now that the body is painted we can start reassembly.
The paint goes on.
The Midget is finally painted and we'll be showing more pictures of the painting process (and revealing the color) in the next issue of Classic Motorsports.
Mud work is long and tedious.
We tackle some final metal work before we start the bondo.
We get to work on the rear cowl.
Metal work continues
Making the panels fit together right.
Repairing the Midget’s Trunk
We turn to the hammerform to make parts.
Just when we thought we were done, we found more rust.
The floors are replaced, now we can tackle the body panles in need of help on top.
We replaced the trunk floor in our Midget.
We put new floor panels in our Project Midget.
After sandblasting, we start working on the underside of the tub.
Getting paint off is a tough job.
Assessing what we have.
This car is going to be a driver!
Carl gets the car.
Carl is the builder.
Finding our baseline on the Midget.
Having a good plan in place makes any restoration easier.
The start of any project can be daunting, but we walk you through updating a classic.
