A few of the very first Midgets had been fitted with an ivory coloured steering wheel with the steering column shroud to match

The last Midget to roll off the production line at Abingdon was finished in gloss black

The last Sprite left the Abingdon factory in July 1971

In 1970 a matt black windscreen was introduced to stop glare but only lasted for a short while

A cushion that matched the colour of your seats, was available to buy as an extra for your new Sprite or Midget

In 1970 a new MG Midget would have cost you £818.5s.3d

During the 1960's the famous racing driver Jack Brabham had a garage that manufactured conversions, and built more powerful engines for the Midget and Sprite range

The wire wheels on Sprites an Midgets were optional extras

In 1974 a new MG Midget would have cost you £1,351

The hub caps on the Sprite had the letters AH stamped in them , where as the Midgets hub caps were plain

There were 7 different colour schemes allocated to the 1098cc Sprite

Disc brakes were introduced to the Midget and Sprite range in late 1962

In 1962 the Sprite and Midget 948cc engine was replaced by a slightly bigger 1098cc power unit

The cost of a Jack Brabham tuned Midget was approximately £360 more than the price of a new one

Most cars had black hoods, but pale blue hoods were used on cars painted Riviera Blue. Some red cars and those finished in Grey also had red hoods

Only a few Sprites were painted either Pale Primrose or Fiesta Yellow

One of the last jobs at the Abingdon factory, was to spray a coat of wax on the windscreen and hood of all the new cars to protect them in transit

The chrome side strips that were fitted to Midgets were never fitted to a Sprite

The A-Series engine is now 50 years old!

The Frog-eyed Sprite received it's nickname because of the way the headlights were set in pods on top of the bonnet

In 1981 a new MG Midget would have cost you £3,821