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Old 12-18-2014, 05:35 PM   #81
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Well, as long as we are now talking sports cars, my first was a MG Midget. Definitely a standard transmission, and lots of fun to drive, although my current RAV4 Sport is a far better vehicle and just as much fun...
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Didn't the MG's have 3 windshield wipers at some point?
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Maybe the full sized; the midget only had 2. Vacuum operated, so you could stop them by stepping on the gas.
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Didn't the MG's have 3 windshield wipers at some point?
Jaguar E-types and some Morgans had three wipers to meet the US wiped area rules at one point - but never MGs, I think.
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I vaguely remembered a sales brochure showing an MG with three wipers. According to Wikipedia a third wiper was added in 1968 to Midgets sold in the US.

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Makes sense - mine was a 1959...
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According to Wikipedia a third wiper was added in 1968 to Midgets sold in the US.
I stand corrected. That wasn't a great era for MG, was it? Like when they added a couple of inches to the ride height of the MGB in order to get the headlamps up to the US statutory minimum height.
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I stand corrected. That wasn't a great era for MG, was it? Like when they added a couple of inches to the ride height of the MGB in order to get the headlamps up to the US statutory minimum height.
Yea, we were getting even for either the War of 1812 or Lucas electrics. I'm not sure which?
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Much as I don't want to stop the pillorying of Joseph Lucas, aha The Prince of Darkness, I should point out that when Dneipr motorcycle-sidecar combinations (WWII BMW copies) were first imported to Britain in the Soviet Union era, it was a popular modification to replace electrical components with Lucas or Smiths equivalents to improve reliability.... A friend had one whose gears had failed to be case-hardened and it made it to 700 miles before the gearbox seized at speed.
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I stand corrected. That wasn't a great era for MG, was it? Like when they added a couple of inches to the ride height of the MGB in order to get the headlamps up to the US statutory minimum height.
Those fed mandated 5 MPH bumper monstrosities didn't help either!

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