[Spridgets] Midget Values

[Larry Macy]

I used a group 51 in my 78 Midget. It’s a bit narrower than a 24 and easier to get behind the heater with out removing the bonnet. You can get the same CCA as a 24, and maybe more with modern batter tech. 

I never thought about AGM,  but it is certainly worth looking into 

Larry

> On Aug 14, 2022, at 9:16 PM, Dave and Terri Woerpel via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Steve, found the following from Frank from 16 years ago!  Group 24 is what I use in a high back open front battery box ala TR 3....ya I know, but 45 years and no holes.
> Regards,
> Dave W
> '59 :()
> '59 MGA 1500
> Burlington WI 
> "Pay It Forward"
> WWFD?
> 
> 
> Mail From: Frank Clarici <(email redacted)>
> 
> Group 24
> or is is series 24?
> But this only fits the early Spridgets up to whenever they made the
> heater different. Then you need a group 22 (I think)
> Now back to the 24 battery... originally they came with the terminals up
> against the firewall, this caused the firewalls to rot out from the
> gasses of the battery. So if your little bumped out spots have rust,
> it's the battery. Correct from the factory is a bad thing so go with the
> battery where the posts are outboard from the firewall. No more eaten
> out firewalls this way.
> Not Concours, better 🙂
> --
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ
> 
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2022, 10:58 AM Steve Williams via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>> Thanks for sharing the article.
>> 
>> I believe I am in need of a battery for the bugeye. Anyone know the correct battery size off the top of their head? Thanks!
>> 
>> Steve Williams
>> 
>> On Saturday, August 13, 2022, 07:48:19 PM EDT, Michael MacLean via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Interesting article from Hagerty on the rising values of MG Midgets.
>> 
>> https://www.hagerty.com/media/market-trends/hagerty-insider/hot-streak-these-5-cars-have-been-ticking-up-longer-than-any-other/?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_content=MED_UN_NA_EML_UN_SaturdayRoadTrip&hashed_email=aa0474ebb967bc3dd3d68e7cea6ee8439f873a0f9c8596d0243456c710f7db1c
>> 
>> Maybe a rising tide lifts all boats...
>> 
>> Mike MacLean
>> ------------------------
>> 
>> spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>
>> 
>> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>> Suggested annual donation: $12.75
>> 
>> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets  <http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets>http://autox.team.net/archive
>> 
>> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/stevewilliamsclu@yahoo.com
>> ------------------------
>> 
>> spridgets at autox.team.net <mailto:spridgets at autox.team.net>
>> 
>> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>> Suggested annual donation: $12.75
>> 
>> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets  http://autox.team.net/archive
>> 
>> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/dtwoerpel@gmail.com
> ------------------------
> 
> spridgets at autox.team.net
> 
> Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation: $12.75
> 
> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/spridgets  http://autox.team.net/archive
> 
> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spridgets/lmacy@mac.com

-- 

Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
lmacy at mac.com


Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught, will we realize that we can not eat money

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/spridgets/attachments/20220815/d6918153/attachment.htm>