I must admit I wouldn't have a mg midget, I would go for the spitfire 1500 same engine, spitfires out sold MG's so they say for every year except one and that was because of strike action. Never worked on an MG, but have worked plenty on the Truimphs, still have a Bond Convertible (triumph based) that used to be raced (not by me) easy to work on, all the chassis'ed cars are easy, engine is fairly easy to tune