MG Midget and Austin-Healey Sprite Restoration Manual (Haynes resto series) - Hardcover

Porter, Lindsay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1859606148 ISBN 13: 9781859606148

Publisher: Haynes Manuals Inc, 1999

Synopsis

Includes every aspect of Midget and Sprite restoration with step-by-step photographs of vehicles worked on. It gives detailed information on how to build a car using a brand new Rover Group/Heritage bodyshell, and includes appendices providing full specifications and production modification.

About this title

Synopsis

Although production of these great British sports cars ceased many years ago, enthusiasm for them continues unabated. Now fully revised and updated to include the rebuilding of a car with a Heritage bodyshell this book, first gives the reader a basic history of the Midget and Sprite, tells the prospective buyer how to find a good example, and then gets down to the restoration. Particular attention is given to bodywork repairs, interior, upholstery and hood renovation and repair, parts interchangability and tuning/modification.

About the Author

Lindsay Porter has written more than 50 how-to books and well over 1000 practical articles for magazines on motoring, caravanning and other subjects. His first piece of professional writing was in 1979, for DIY (Do It Yourself) Magazine, explaining how he and wife Shan built and extended their own country cottage - the cottage they still live in today. Even then, their house was designed (by Lindsay) and built to the highest standards of insulation and sustainability.

Edition details

• Publisher: Haynes Manuals Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1859606148
• ISBN 13: 9781859606148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 296