My wife wants a car. Oh boy. - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

rhipsher · 03-20-2012

We all know that when it comes to cars all most women care about is if it's cute and gets them from point A to point B. Well my wife has always loved the old Fiat spyders and the MG midgets. She comes back from the grocery store last saturday and says OMG! I saw the cutest MG midget. It was black on black and the guy said he has 3 of them and that he restores them and she gets his number. He only lives 1/2 mile from us. She says I thought we could take the Z over there and check his cars out. So we did. Very cool guy. Very neat little cars. He had several in various states of restoration. When he gets them if they are to trashed he parts them out and makes $$$. If they are in good shape he keeps them. He pops the hood and it's just a little 4 cylinder. She says so what do you think honey. I say I think I could tub it out and put an LT5 in it with the ZF6 and run 8's at the drag strip. She then punches me in the shoulder. Lol! So it looks like there's an MG midget in her future. I know she'll love it.
P.S He drooled all over the Z. And his eye's lit up when I told him my 68 Mustang was up for sale. So I may have found a buyer or swap it for one of his midgets.

WB9MCW · 03-20-2012

Soundz like a win-win-win deal.

Important to keep the better half happy!

FU · 03-21-2012

Had a few Fiat Spyders. One 850 and two 124's.........had a much darker head of hair then too.

Gunny · 03-21-2012

Years ago my daily driver was a 61 Sprite (bug-eye) which was similar to the Midget (same frame, drive train, etc.) I got drafted and had to part with it before I could complete my "master plan" which was to yank the 4 banger out and drop a Chevy 283 in it ... I had seen one ... tight fit, but it worked. Not that I'm trying to give you ideas, but you never know .... fwiw, the best engine/tranny swap that I ever saw in the Sprite/Midget was the 2 liter Volvo engine of the early 70's ... trouble free and plenty of power.

kinda wish I had that car back to complete the job

USAFPILOT · 03-22-2012

My Dad had an 1973MGB for a long time when I was growing up. It sat in the garage for 13years not running. ONe day we changed al the fluids, rebuilt the carbs and it fired right up. It sure was a fun car to drive, even though it was slower than a snail. Tha rack and pinion steering in those cars makes you feel like you can take neighborhood corners at 65MPH or better. The skinny tires wear out fast. Top down fun though.

03-20-2012	#1
rhipsher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,314	My wife wants a car. Oh boy. We all know that when it comes to cars all most women care about is if it's cute and gets them from point A to point B. Well my wife has always loved the old Fiat spyders and the MG midgets. She comes back from the grocery store last saturday and says OMG! I saw the cutest MG midget. It was black on black and the guy said he has 3 of them and that he restores them and she gets his number. He only lives 1/2 mile from us. She says I thought we could take the Z over there and check his cars out. So we did. Very cool guy. Very neat little cars. He had several in various states of restoration. When he gets them if they are to trashed he parts them out and makes $$$. If they are in good shape he keeps them. He pops the hood and it's just a little 4 cylinder. She says so what do you think honey. I say I think I could tub it out and put an LT5 in it with the ZF6 and run 8's at the drag strip. She then punches me in the shoulder. Lol! So it looks like there's an MG midget in her future. I know she'll love it. P.S He drooled all over the Z. And his eye's lit up when I told him my 68 Mustang was up for sale. So I may have found a buyer or swap it for one of his midgets.

03-20-2012	#2
WB9MCW Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: McHenry, Il. Posts: 6,584	Re: My wife wants a car. Oh boy. Soundz like a win-win-win deal. Important to keep the better half happy!

03-21-2012	#3
FU Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Found Member Posts: 4,327	Re: My wife wants a car. Oh boy. Had a few Fiat Spyders. One 850 and two 124's.........had a much darker head of hair then too.

03-21-2012	#4
Gunny Join Date: May 2005 Location: Georgia Mountains Posts: 918	Re: My wife wants a car. Oh boy. Years ago my daily driver was a 61 Sprite (bug-eye) which was similar to the Midget (same frame, drive train, etc.) I got drafted and had to part with it before I could complete my "master plan" which was to yank the 4 banger out and drop a Chevy 283 in it ... I had seen one ... tight fit, but it worked. Not that I'm trying to give you ideas, but you never know .... fwiw, the best engine/tranny swap that I ever saw in the Sprite/Midget was the 2 liter Volvo engine of the early 70's ... trouble free and plenty of power. kinda wish I had that car back to complete the job

03-22-2012	#5
USAFPILOT Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Spring TX Posts: 1,341	Re: My wife wants a car. Oh boy. My Dad had an 1973MGB for a long time when I was growing up. It sat in the garage for 13years not running. ONe day we changed al the fluids, rebuilt the carbs and it fired right up. It sure was a fun car to drive, even though it was slower than a snail. Tha rack and pinion steering in those cars makes you feel like you can take neighborhood corners at 65MPH or better. The skinny tires wear out fast. Top down fun though.