1974 MG Midget Rest Mod - 73k Orig Miles - Tons of Work & New Parts w/Receipts!

Price: - Item location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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1974 MG Midget

*Feel free to contact me with any questions you may have.
I always figured I would be buried in this car but I'm throwing it up here to possibly find it a home where it will be driven, rather than just sit in a garage like it has done with me for the past 4+ years.
I built this car about 10 years ago, drove it a bit but then slowly garaged it more than I drove it due to countless other projects absorbing my time. This was my daily driver for over a year while I was in college but after that year I started to only drive it every summer/other summer. It is a fun little car that has had so much work done to it. Just about everything that can be replaced, was. If it wasn't replaced it was refurbished and reinstalled. If it's a part that could still use replacing then I likely have a replacement ready to go. I can't even keep track of everything that has been done to the car but I'll start a list of work/new parts installed that I'll keep adding to as I think of new things.
I have tons of build photos on an SD card, inches thick of receipts (some even from the 90s), documentation, and parts new and old that go along with it. After sitting for 4 years I put a new battery in, gave the Weber a quick clean and it fired right up. This thing is bulletproof. The 1974 model is the best since it had all of the chrome bumper benefits like round wheel arches and a few of the 1975+ benefits like a tunnel cut out for installing the driveshaft and a reinforced frame. I've owned two other Midgets and both were sold for over half the price I'm asking and they didn't even run and were basically bare bone projects so this one is a steal.
Note that it is not a perfect vehicle whatsoever. From sitting it could use the clutch system bled, some cleaning, etc. While I drove it more or less as is for many years, I would still do some things to it like clean up the wiring and replace/fix a handful of little things here and there, repaint it, etc. The paint has some normal daily driver defects and needs buffing but the body is nice and straight. The white meatballs are just vinyl decals by the way. I wouldn't call it a project since I drove it as a daily in basically it's current condition but it could always improve in some way. It could use some tuning with jets and such but runs just fine now.. It moves great and keeps up with traffic just fine. The carb prime pump gasket is leaking from sitting, it could use an oil change, the driver's seat has some seam splits and the wiper stalk is loose. I never bothered getting the wipers working since I never drove it in the rain and 2nd gear could use a new detent (these are known to have second gear pop out while decelerating unless you hold it in). It doesn't overheat, changes through all gears, moves quick enough, stops just fine, is street legal, doesn't need emissions testing, gets good gas mileage, attracts a ton of attention, is super unique, fairly rare and overall the most fun you'll have driving.
*Note that there is so much more done to the car than even I have listed below. I'll update the listing as I think of more.
Exterior:
-New Black Top
-New Tonneau cover
-New chrome round side mirrors
-New headlights
-New HID Diamond White Headlight bulbs
-Everything has been disassembled, cleaned and painted/polished
-Front grill moved forward
-Side turn signals removed front/rear
-New top hardware
-Luggage rack
-Emblem refinished
-New key set
-Antenna removed
-Hella Driving lights behind grill
-New taillight rings
-Newer paint
-Tinted taillights
-New backup lights
-Clear front marker/turn signal lenses-Rust preventive undercoating-Oooga Horn
Interior:
-240Z Seats
-Alarm
-Hanging accelerator pedal swap-new pedal cover kit-New full carpet kit
-Panels recovered
-Kick panel speakers
-Rear panel speakers
-Metal luggage shelf built w/locking door
-New Pioneer headunit w/bluetooth
-New visor holders
-New visors
-New shift boot
-New shift knob
-Aftermarket gauges (water temp/voltmeter)
-Inertia reel 3 point seat belts instead of lap belts
-Roll bar
-Dash cap (needs to be attached still)
-MG Logo shoulder pads-Chrome fire extinguisher in trunk (Never used)-New horn contact switch
Wheels/Tires/Suspension/Clutch/Brakes:
-Refurbished front lever shocks (New oil, new seals, new valves)
-New front Wishbones (left and right)
-New front springs
-13x6 Superlite wheels with new wide tires
-MG Logo chrome lug nuts
-New rear suspension limit straps
-New strut conversion for rear
-New brake reservoir
-New clutch reservoir
-New clutch slave
-Every joint greased
-Larger front sway bar
-All polyurethane bushings around the vehicle
-New brake switch
-New pads/shoes front and rear
-New brake hardware
-Everything grease/lubricated
-New ebrake cable
-New rear brake shoe cylinders-New swaybar links-Rear swaybar added-New wheel center caps-New front rotors-New tapered wheel bearings all around
Engine/Transmission:
-Previous owner claimed the engine was bored over to a 1380 from the stock 1275.
-Webber 32/36 Carb-New double row timing chain (timing set)-New intake manifold
-4-1 custom header and straight exhaust
-New Radiator hoses
-Harley chrome muffler-New fuse box cover-Exhaust wrapped + custom heat shields added to drop under hood temps
-Crane Cams XR700 Ignition
-MSD Blaster 2 coil
-New Ignition wires
-New spark plugs
-Engine removed, given all new seals and carefully painted/polished (exhaust, oil pan, thermostat, heater valve, valve cover, carb, etc)
-Transmission given new seals and had gears inspected
-New Engine mounts
-Heater core refurbished
-Radiator flushed-New V belt-New coolant w/Water Wetter added-New 160 degree thermostat-New water pump-Intake tapped to run an Oil Catch Can
-New electric fuel pump
-Fuel tank/system flushed
-New fuel pressure gauge
-New fuel pressure regulator
-New heater intake duct
-New starter (lifetime warranty)-Removed mechanical fuel pump (block off plate added)-Modern Alternator conversion
-New electric radiator fan conversion
-New thermostat kit for electric fan
-New Ignition ballast-New battery cables-New battery quick disconnect-Replacement/refurbished mechanical distributor
-Lev-R-Lok radiator cap
-New backup switch
-Fresh fuel filter a summer ago
-New battery holder