ISSUE 439 OCTOBER 2020 OCTOBER MASCOTTHE MAGAZINE OF THE MIDGET & SPRITE CLUB £3 TAKING THE FROGEYE CHALLENGE www.midgetandspriteclub.co.uk HIGHLY COMMENDED THE NATIONAL OUR SECRETARY’S FAREWELL BY STUART WATSON CAR CLUB AWARDSIN ASSOCIATION WITH 2019 TREASURER’S REPORT BY DAVID KING 438491_PCRS04_Web_Banner_NCCA_210mmx210mm_2019_(print).indd 2 05/02/2019 14:02 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: ‘NECK UP OR DOWN’ BY DR JOHN • FUEL INJECTION BY MALCOLM LE CHEVALIER Specialist vehicle NO ADMIN FEES! insurance from people who share your passion. rhspecialistinsurance.co.uk 0333 043 3911 From iconic models to future classics – we’ve been providing specialist vehicle insurance for over 40 years. 17812 08/20 RH is a trading style of A-Plan Holdings. A-Plan Holdings has granted a licence to ERS Syndicate Services Limited to use the brand name, RH, subject to the terms of the licence. The insurer on all RH policies is Syndicate 218 at Lloyd’s, which is managed by ERS Syndicate Management Limited. ERS Syndicate Services Limited is an Appointed Representative of ERS Syndicate Management Limited, which is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority. A-Plan is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. Registered Office: 2 Des Roches Square, Witney OX28 4LE. Registered in England. Registration Number 750484. RH200820 - MG Midget and Sprite Club.indd 1 17/08/2020 12:48:16 echoed by friends too. I can highly recommend them. MIDGET & SPRITE CLUB You can find them at: www.danstengineering.co.uk ISSUE 439 If you have not heard, the Classic Car Show at NO ADMIN FEES! the NEC in November has been cancelled. This is disappointing but safety must come first. Let’s look Specialist vehicle forward to next year’s event instead. WELCOME In this issue you will see an article by stalwart club member, Stuart Watson. Stuart has been MASC’s insurance from TO THE OCTOBER membership secretary for many years and has been EDITION OF superb. This is a very busy role and Stuart has done a fantastic job. He has been supported of course by his people who share MASCOT lovely wife, Sybil. Club membership is booming with many new members joining each month which seems to go against the grain of a national lockdown. This your passion. NEIL THOMAS is a great achievement and Stuart has undoubtedly [email protected] enabled this growth through his commitment to the membership sec’s role. I am sure that others will Hello everyone, here we are in October and the nights thank you also Stuart, but from me, thank you very are drawing in and thoughts for many are heading much. It has been a great pleasure working with you. towards winter projects. I am no exception and Now I must thank Dr John Davies who is a fantastic after 10 years of running my K Series Midget with a contributor to MASC. John has taken upon himself to standard engine, I have decided its time to upgrade. undertake a significant piece of work for the club and Whilst my motivation is to support the saying “The that is to create a search database of all the technical older I get, the faster I was’, it is also motivated by articles that have been collated over the years by very dear friends who are suffering ill health and my another club stalwart, Alan Anstead. Further details realisation that that none of us are involved in a test of this facility will be announced soon, but in the run and so there’s a need to get on with things. This meantime, thank you very much John. is all very real. I have bought a VVC160 engine, which I will convert to solid Piper cams, a new E6 gearbox Following my appeal last month for material for from BGH with a longer first gear and a lovely pair of MASCOT , members responded and sent me lots of Jenvey Heritage Throttle bodies. Next season on the articles. Editing MASCOT is like a roller coaster and Hills and Sprints should be exciting. so I find myself this month having to miss some of the material out due to space considerations, however I And whilst I am will include in a future issue. Thank you for your great mentioning this I support. must pay tribute to the following I have also heard from Mike Bennett saying that companies, our very they have had a very good response to opening own advertiser, Hardy the booking and with 57 entries over a third of the rhspecialistinsurance.co.uk Engineering, who have places for the Saturday run are filled. As well as UK carried out some work entries, we have had 3 from Germany and 3 from The for me on my LSD. Netherlands. We have also arranged for regalia for 0333 043 3911 Also a company called the event to be available from an on-line shop through Danst Engineering. My our website. From iconic models to future classics – dealings with them has been first class. 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RH200820 - MG Midget and Sprite Club.indd 1 17/08/2020 12:48:16 AUGUST > SEPTEMBER 2020 We extend a warm welcome to the NEW MEMBERS following new and rejoined members 6143 Terry Kearney Essex Sprite 6144 Jim Parker Kent Sprite Mk 1 6145 Tim Dafforn Warwickshire Midget Mk 3 6147 Thomas Klein Germany Midget Mk 3 6148 Matthew Bolton & Fay Stevenson East Sussex Midget None 6149 Richard J White Germany Sprite Mk 2 6150 Michael Gambie Gloucestershire none None 6151 Ian & Claire Preece Powys Midget 1500 6152 Michelle Adams Vale Of Glamorgan Sprite None 6154 Robert Howes-Ward Norfolk Midget Mk 3 6155 Mr P J Taylor North Yorkshire Midget Mk 3 FL 6156 Peter Osborne Bedfordshire Sprite Mk 3 6157 John Paternoster Kent Midget Mk 4 6158 Barry Fleetwood Somerset Midget Mk 2 6159 Dave Price Devon Midget Mk 3 6160 Martyn Hale Warwickshire Austin Sprite 6161 Dean Burne Lincolnshire Midget Mk 3 6162 Richard Jenner Highland Midget 1500 6163 Nathan & Sarah Clements Bridgend Midget 1500 6164 Colin Fish Essex Midget Mk 4 6165 Adrian East Somerset Midget 1500 6166 Gavin & Dawn Manion West Midlands Midget Mk 3 6168 Elliot Caldwell England Sprite IOW Frogeye 6169 Greg Bradshaw Cheshire Midget Mk 4 6170 Edward Collier Cheshire Sprite Mk 2 6171 Steve Woodhurst Essex Midget Mk 2 6173 John Collinson Devon Midget Mk 3 6174 Roy Spencer Lancashire Midget 1500 6175 Kevin Berry Derbyshire Sprite Mk 1 6176 David Crockett Tyne and Wear Sprite Mk 3 6177 Graeme Browse & Kevin Pharoah Kent Midget Mk 3 6178 Brian Manners Hampshire Sprite Mk 1 6179 Danny Cusworth Cheshire Midget Mk 4 6180 Mike Haughton Cheshire Midget Mk 3 6181 Ian Wilson Norfolk Sprite Mk 1 2 6182 David Nutland Dorset none None 6183 Dean Maratty England Midget 1500 6184 Richard Rolfe Suffolk Arkley SS (Midget Mk 2) 6185 Graham & Roslyn Bridgewood Lancashire none None 6186 Sue Lovell Kent Sprite Mk 1 6187 Philip Nuttall Derbyshire Midget Mk 3 Hi Neil, Hi Neil, I’m Dean Burne and am based in I have just joined the club, membership no. 6165. Horncastle, Lincolnshire. Here’s my car. I have an Mg Midget 1275 MK3 from 1971. Adrian East She has been stored for the last 5 years but I’m aiming to get her back on the road for next summer! I have set an Instagram page up for those who might want to follow or make contact. @ madgethemg Dean Burne Dear Neil, Hello Neil, XHR 2 T came-up locally and a deal was rapidly struck after a test drive. The previous owner’s Our car is a 1964 Mark 2 Midget, HMY6B, owned main interest was bodywork and he’s done a great by me since 1975, when I bought it from a friend for job on a new sill, new passenger floor, and inner £50. To be strictly correct I gave him my rusty Ford wing and he replaced both front wings with used Escort van which had cost me £50 in exchange for heritage items. I’m aiming for ‘oily rag’ rather than the Midget! The car has never been fully restored, concourse perfection and plan to keep the car just well maintained and improved over the years more or less in her current state.