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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - Bonnets and doors - do they fit?

I am looking to replace the nearside door post crash and a new bonnet as mine is a bit ropie.

Do they fit all or is each one different for each model. I am now aware that the wings have differences - thanks for the info.
I have a Mk3 RWA midget 1972

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Dave
Dave Price

I believe I am right in saying that all wind up window doors are the same. The doors fitted to earlier sprites and midgets would be of the non wind up type. I am now going to stick my neck out and have my head chopped off by suggesting these were on cars up to and including Mk1 Midgets and Mk11 Sprites
Bob (robert) Midget Turbo

I can't recall where I read this, but I understood that while all 'wind-up' doors on 1275 and 1500 Midgets were the same in principal, in practice there were manufacturing variations in both bodyshell and doors so the factory fitted whichever shell/doors matched up the best to give the best shut lines. I may be wrong but I would be inclined to measure the door opening and doors very carefully and compare the measurements with any replacements.
Chris H (1970 Midget 1275)

I bought a used set of wings/bonnet/valence once to fit on mine. However when on the car the whole assembly was 10mm wider than the distance across A posts!

I wouldn't know if the differences was in the wings or the bonnet, so check if you can. Not sure of the doors.

Matt
Tarquin

I had a 2nd hand door for mine last year.

There was a slight difference in the grab handle mounting abd I had top create a new hole for the plastic plug the handle screws into.

I think that means the replacement was an earlier door that had the different grab handles

(but the one I replaced wasnt itself original - it had a different colour inside - so I have no idea what I'm comparing to what!)
Dean Smith ('73 RWA)

there must be two door styles for the different trim and closing handle styles

I have later model door cards on Lara and the pull handles are definitely not in the same places and t when the garage fitted a new door after my neighbour's "oops you don't park here usually" incident a couple of years ago ! They fitted an old style door to her.

(which was right)
Bill

So as you are saying Bill it looks as though there are 2 styles of wind up window doors depending on the door handle styles (early and late wind ups!!)
Bob England

On renewing the door cards on my 1978 model 1500, I found that the doors had two sets of pull-handle fixing points on each door. It had cut outs with square plastic inserts (used) for the later plastic "strap" handles, and threaded metal inserts just below that and at a slightly different spacing for an earlier style of drop handle. I was the third owner of that car and am pretty sure it came from the factory like that.

Guy
Guy Weller

Looks like it Bob

not a wind up is it?

OK poor joke over


Lara's old doors vintage 1966 had fixing holes for the door pulls which were totally incompatible with the later door cards I fitted. Not insurmountable just a case of fitting with captive nut doofers for self tappers to attach easily via a slightly displced slot so the old style chrome door furniture fitted the later trim.

I also had to make plastic circular inserts (outserts?) to hide the larger holes left for the later type window winders

Good old Hammerite/Smoothrite can tops were easily trimmed down to spec.

This poor picture doesnt show it well but looking past Rory you can see the new door card style supports the old chrome furniture.

You can see also that I don't have carpet on my tunnel, it isn't a floor.


Bill

This thread was discussed between 30/04/2008 and 01/05/2008

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