1961 MG Midget
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Now available in our Dallas Ft. Worth showroom, Gateway Classic Cars is proud to offer this beautiful 1961 MG Midget for sale. This first version, was essentially a slightly more expensive badge engineered version of the MkII Austin Healey Sprite. The original frogeye Sprite had been introduced specifically to fill the gap in the market left by the end of production of the MG T-type Midget as its replacement, the MGA had been a significantly larger and more expensive car with greater performance. Many existing MG buyers turned to the Sprite to provide a modern low-cost sports car and so a badge-engineered MG version reusing the Midget name made sense. The new Midget differed from the Sprite only in its grille design, badging, color options and having both leather seats and more external chrome...