Thinking of buying...

Cobber wrote: Back in the mists of time, I seem to recall someone on here lowering the seat a little bit so they could fit in.

[strike]You can buy a lowering kit.[/strike] deleted - a pointless post as it's been ignored.......

Is it correct that early seats mgf are lower than later tf?

Cheers mate, that's really kind of you. It's a drawback of living in Ireland, with anything like this - always much fewer members!

Never mind, I'll find one. I'm in a Rover/MG club here and maybe somebody will take pity on me

Well, a kind local guy let me have a little drive in his 1.5 today. I did like it. The Soft top was about an inch above my head, which is OK I guess - he reckoned the hard top was the same height.

I'd say it was close to being cramped for somebody my size, but just about OK. Reckon I could live with it, bearing in mind I still have my trusty 75 as well.

Now all I have to do is find a half-decent one for sale in N Ireland...not many here on Autotrader etc

Whats a 1.5 hogweed?

Sorry, I mean 1.6.

But I'd swear it said something like 1.5 or 15 on the side of the car

Could it be a mx5?

Dont forget seat can be lowered a little with a spring kit. Might make all the difference.

So I got one amazing find, considering the small pool here in NI.

Only 13,000 on the clock; dry stored for 6-8 years; absolutely mint condition.

Just going to get the cam belt done before I drive it any more, as it’s 13 years old despite the low mileage, but I loved the (quite fast) 20 mile drive home

Very nice, well done on your find. What engine is it?

If you see a grey TF up around the North Coast, give a wave, might well be me 😁

Looks really good.
John

I'll try and remember mate

It's the 1.8 136ps engine.

I'm trying to resist driving it, as it should have the cam belt done as it's 13 years old, even though it has done only 13,000 miles, but it's hard to resist - I really like it

Only slight problems so far - (1) the passenger side hood clip thingy doesn't want to close, and I have to fiddle with it; (2) reverse gear hard to select when cold.

Ummm... shouldn't there be a bar or something behind me to keep my head on if I roll it? Not that I'm likely to at my age, but it does encourage naughtiness a bit...