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I upgraded the floats in my '67 BGT to the "stay up" type manufactured by Burlen. They are a closed cell material design which is suitable for ethanol fuels and are very simply adjusted for height by bending the metal tab on top. They have proved to be very reliable over the last 5 years or so. I ...

My first BGT, bought 50 years ago was a 1966 John Sprinzle car and the engine was far sharper than each of the ones that I have owned since. The man I bought it from used to drive it from Yorkshire to Sprinzle's in London to have it serviced. The car became the deposit on our first house...

I have a single Halfords battery in my '67 BGT. The number is HCB063. I bought it just before the pandemic and so the battery spent time disconnected while the car was out of use. It held its' charge very well and without any additional charging has always been very lively on start up, so I am ...

Hello Dick,
About 3 -4 years ago I renewed the whole cooling system on my 67 BGT and decided to smarten up the fan with new yellow paint. I used Hammerite smooth. Surprisingly after leaving the fan to dry for 48 hours before re assembly I found after the first use that tiny flecks of yellow paint ...

Helo Tom,
I fitted a set of Falken SN832 Ecorun tyres to my BGT a couple of years ago, they are 165/80 and were very reasonably priced from my one man local tyre fitter. These tyres have performed very well on wire wheels. The wheels were new at the time and are suitable for tubeless tyres, not ...

Hello George,
While visiting MechSpec the other day I enquired about mk1 seat frames and they have some in stock. MechSpec, if you don't know them, supply new and used parts for Bs and Midgets and are situated between Bawtry in S. Yorks and Gainsborough on the main road. Their phone number is 01777 ...

I too have a CTEK charger for a Midget and find this does a really good job in maintaining the battery during long periods of non use. My son also uses a different model CTEK to maintain his Midget battery with the same results, both cars have dynamos. So I would recommend the CTEK especially if ...

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Hello Vic,
A little while ago I had an e-mail conversation with Avon Tyres technical Dept. about using their tyres on my BGT. Among many interesting points Avon told me that using a 70 profile tyre instead of the standard 80 profile would reduce the speedo reading by 4.5 mph.
Hope this helps, Geoff