Gone to be a Midge!

[Jerry Atrick]

At the risk of having opprobrium heaped upon me I am sorry to report that my dear old Dirt Chucker has gone to become a JC Midge Mk2. My M.o.T. man had told me that he would be unable to pass it again until significant work had been done on the chassis/body mountings, so I sought out a local welder, who came recommended, to do the work and let him have the vehicle to do it in September, 2016. Sixteen months and a series of lies about progress later, I had to retrieve it and had lost the incentive to press on with it, particularly as we're short of space on our drive, and let a lad have it to make it into a Midge because, mechanically, it was as near perfect that an over-twenty-year-old vehicle could be, and didn't want to scrap it.

I can hear voices saying that I should have done the work myself but, at 72 years old, I don't have sufficient time, expertise
or facilities to do such a job and felt that it would be better with someone else. Amen to my twenties when the vehicle-of-choice was an ex-army Austin/Rolls Champ (price £75.00!), to which the Samurai has several similarities, particularly that silky-slick gearbox, except that the Champ had all five gears in reverse too!! 'Good for retreats!' the squaddies used to say.

[Anton]

I'm not as "purist" as some, so I say that if you want a midge, you should have a midge, and you shouldn't apologise for it. As long as you are happy with YOUR vehicle, that's the beginning, middle and end of the story.

Now, more pics please!

[SherwoodNash]

Re-reading Jerry's post I believe it's gone now Anton.

At least it's recycled not scrapped, JC has an intersting website http://www.jcsportscars.co/mk2.html