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1972 MG MIDGET
Anglia Car Auctions • UK • 7 Nov 2026
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1972 MG MIDGET
UK • 7 Nov 2026 • Lot 429
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1972 MG Midget MkIII, in Mallard Green with a brown interior, features a 1275cc manual engine and has been with the vendor since 1979. While it starts, drives, and stops, requiring some recommissioning and attention to the wiring loom, it benefits from a new hood, tyres, and battery. An engine rebuild in 1987 with a performance camshaft is noted, along with a history file including MoT certificates dating back to 1994. Sold without reserve, sold as seen.
Condition
6
Requires recommissioning, wiring issues
/ 10
96,591 miles
JUA 694L
1972
Auction
Manual
RHD
United Kingdom
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1972 MG MIDGET
Anglia Car Auctions • UK • 7 Nov 2026
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Description
No Reserve.
1275cc, manual.
This Mallard Green MG Midget Mk
III has been registered to the vendor since 1979.
He tells us it has been in regular use until recently and has always been reliable and entertaining.
It’s equipped with a brown interior and Minilite-style alloys, and we’re told it received new sills in 1990 followed by a respray in its original colour in 1998.
Today the car drives and stops, and benefits from a new hood, new tyres and a new battery.
However, some recommissioning is required (including attention to the driver's window mechanism), and the wiring loom has been partially disconnected. The history file contains a collection of Mo
T certificates going back to 1994, a dating letter from the BMIHT confirming its build date of April 1972, and a receipt for an engine rebuild incorporating a Tornado performance camshaft in 1987.
Spare keys are also present, together with a box of spares including gaiters, lenses, driver's seatbelt and a spare alternator. The od...
Price Analysis vs Other Midget Mk IIIs
£460
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£5,107
Median Price (Since 2020)
£18,010
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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Previous Midget Mk III Sales
MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 14th Apr 2010
Latest MOT mileage:
96,019 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 15th Apr 2009, 96,019 miles
There were 3 defects noted.
User Entered:
- Underbody waxed
- Brake pipes covered in wax
- Fuel pipes covered in wax
Failed
On 7th Nov 2008, 96,000 miles
There were 17 defects noted.
Fail:
- Nearside Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
- Offside Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
- Nearside Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
- Offside Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
- Nearside Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
- Centre Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
- Centre Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported (7.1.1)
- Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)
- Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)
- Centre Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
- Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
- Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
- Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
- Offside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
- Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
- Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)
- Nearside rear parking brake recording little or no effort (3.7.B.6a)
Passed
On 27th Apr 2007, 95,810 miles
Failed
On 26th Apr 2007, 95,810 miles
There were 5 defects noted.
Fail:
- Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
- Nearside Windscreen wiper blade deteriorated (8.2.2)
- Offside Registration plate lamp not working (1.1.5c)
- Offside Front Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded (2.4.A.3)
User Entered:
- Nearside front chassis rail holed, not within prescribed area and not affecting steering/brakes or vehicle control
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