First wash in 20 years! PLUS paint restoration!
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2021
- Abandoned little MG gets some MUCH DESERVED LOVE!
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A family restoring an old car!! That’s pretty much the best that the internet can offer!
You are so right about family. ''The kid'' is so cute and I love her attitude and desire to learn and help.
The thing is, the MG Midget is not a fast car by any stretch of the imagination however once you get it out on the road . The smile it makes you have inside is priceless and I’m sure you will find that out in the future. In England we have roads much smaller than yours , and behind the wheel it takes you back to 1960/70 when life was much more relaxed. Have fun we did..........
Having family involved in a shared passion is what makes all the difference.
If my rapidly failing memory serves me correctly, I think it was the original build on the Z car that appeared in my feed years ago that brought me here. I have stayed because of episodes like this....the cars are fun, but you...and your attitude and appreciation of family, and the genuine love you have for your family have always been a foundation I deeply admire and respect. Life is a lot shorter than we think it is, and time is the most precious gift of all, time to right wrongs, time to forgive and time to teach the next generation the values that made this country what it is. I will turn 63 tomorrow, and I lost my Dad when I was 22. Lessons learned the hard way sometimes cut the river deeper and faster.
The cars are fun....but the life you live while playing with them...that is the glue that bonds us....and that is a big part of what keeps me coming back.
So grateful for you taking the time to write that!! Thanks 🥰
I know just how you feel about it saving that little car that’s been sleeping for 20 years. I am restoring the 1980 triumph spitfire that just also came come out of a 20 year slumber. The big black rubber bumpers on our cars have to go, chrome is cool.
These projects are so great for kids to help with, my Grand kids ages 9-17 are helping me. So glad you’re also doing that. Have fun!
Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow for yhe Kids hair. Wow for the kids education, and Wow for the paint, on two jobs, restoration and hiding the bumper mounts. Thanks for your humility, down to earth, good people. I've said it before... I love how Aaron treats you. He's the best.
Sure do appreciate that!!!!!
Great story line and fun project!! It's so nice to see how this little car brought the whole family together. "to have people around you to enjoy it with, means all the world" Everyone's smile speaks volumes. Love it.
Thank you Aaron and Emily. A great show as usual. Nice M G.
Love that you guys involve the youngsters! They will remember these experiences for sure. I spent 16 years restoring a '69 Novas SS with my oldest son who's now a MechE sophomore at Purdue - guess what resume experience receives the most interest from employers?!! Well done by you guys, could watch this stuff all day!
Nice job cleaning up that little cruiser!
Emily, you & Aaron sure are blessed to have a beautiful family! May you have your grandparents and your mom around for a long time to come! Family always comes first, and this video is exemplary of that. You guys rock.
Thank you all for a great video!
The kid is so grown up now !!!
You are so lucky to have your parents and grand parents.
Mine have been gone a long time but I still think about them.
Holy moly! The "kid"'s curls are amazing! Kudos for you guys letting her participate and learning on a car that may very well be hers when she gets to be 16. 😁
She is going to have to fight Grandma over it!!!!!!
OMG is a perfect name for it! The kid nailed it.
We have friends that will come and go, but family is always their for us. God bless.
Great to see the progress on the MG cool like car you have brought it back to life and with a little love and TLC she will be road ready, best part you got the whole gang to help out and have fun doing it 👍
Easy to see where you got your good looks and spirit of adventure! Great to see a family working and playing together!!!
it is always nice to see "the kid" helping out. has she said anything as to whether or not she will be getting into the automotive fields?? mechanic, detailer, driver?
So adorable just like all of y'all. Car looks like a pretty good survivor. Here's to countless giggles per mile and smiles per gallon.
Painting those bumper brackets black made a huge improvement to the front end! Love seeing the family working together.
All MG's are a unique pastel earth tone, and many paint places have diff versions of the same color, so best bet is to take in a rubbed and polished deck lid and have the color scanned.
Now that rubber bumper was only on cars shipped to america, because the chrome ones dont pass the 5mph test, so if u search for bumper 1972 or older, they look SO much better and bolt right on
Really enjoyed seeing you guys have your family around while you guys work in your garage.
Had the pleasure of meeting these two a couple of days ago at a fly-in. You will not meet a more genuine couple on the earth. They are Great people with a Great family behind them! Thank You both for your kindness and letting us ride in the Midget. I look forward to next year!
Hi Cameron 😇 We loved meeting you guys, cannot wait for next year!!!
Looks like everyone is having a lot of fun! Can't wait to see this MG on the road! Thanks for Sharing! P.S. That little sweetheart stole my heart! She's welcome in my shop anytime!
That is so great that you guys have family all around you. It's also cute,your little pup comes up while you are talking and, you scootch forward on your stool and he jumps up like"ok,here I am, you can continue now" lol
I have a '79 midget that we bought new and still drive. A fun way to spend your free time and fun to drive. I used truck bed liner on all the black trim on my car, it lasts forever and looks good. Y'all have fun!
Miss Emily, don't be sellin yourself short. I's workin on vehicles long before th' 20 yrs ago You spoke of and I learn a lot and am reminded of a lot I've forgotten, from You and Aaron, who might be a genius. Y'all make a tough day all better, just from watchin 1 video! I's VERY joyful, seein your Mom, Dad, Grandparents,and Nieces in th' garage w/y'all. Made my day.
Shop Foreman Finley is doing an excellent job. Fun to see the excitement from "The Kid". You can definitely see "The Mom" reminiscing as she is helping.
Such a fun ride to see you guys restore! Kudos to your sis for home schooling especially in this ridiculous climate we find ourselves in! Looking forward to the next vid!
You're right!! It looks better without rubber bumpers!!! I love this little car!!!! How exciting for you guys!!!!
Great video. The kid has grown so much. Wonderful to see the whole family pitching in.
I enjoyed that a lot. Very nice and cool family. My granddaughter is the same age as your niece. I was amazed to see how much she got into helping out and learning. 👍👍👍
Well it's easy to see where Emily gets her looks from Great job Mom and I can't believe how big your niece has gotten oh my god such a pretty girl
I am enjoying this series so far and look forward to the next
I'm happy that you realize how truly Blessed you all are. To have three generations working together to make something happen is so cool. It brings back that certain something that seems to have lost itself in history somehow. As always things are looking great!
Raising the Kid right! Home schooled AND shade tree mechanics. Gotta love the family cheerleading squad that shows up to hang out, tell stories and pitch in to help. Just like the good ol days before cars became so technologically evil that you couldn't even change a tire without damaging some kind of sensor or setting off an anti-theft device. Keep up the good work.
It was great including the family on this one.
My dad had a 1967 Austin Healey 3000 when I was growing up. He did some of the work himself but welding and body work he had another person do it. It was super fun to go to British car shows when I was a kid. There’s a lot of MG people at shows, but not many Austin Healey folks. They had poker runs and rally’s with scavenger hunts and such which might be a fun day for you two. They have these cool wicker picnic baskets including a ice area, dishes and glasses too which might be nice for outings too
This is just like my wife’s first car. We love the new clean look. It was fun to see it being a family affair. Can’t wait to see the little booger with bumpers and restored rally wheels!!!
You're an Optimist Aaron. I can guarantee you the only thing holding those body panels together is the paint! British Leyland vehicles from the mid 70's started rusting as they rolled off the assembly line. Buy full panels. You'll be glad you did later.
I always thought the rust came standard.
@@capbyrd01 Rust, the poor man's loctite.
David Earnest - All cars in the 70's rusted big style if you did nothing to prevent it even BMWs and Mercedes. Having worked in a garage in the 80s-90s we had to weld lots of cars because of rust. I never had any problem with rust on the 1978 Morris Marina 1.8 HL/TC that I owned because I rustproofed it and looked after it and same with the 1980 Austin Allegro 1750 TC Equipe I owned as well although I didn't have to do as much with regard to that because the Allegro was one of the first everyday cars to be waxed from the factory. The quality of the steel being produced was bad back then as well.
I have never been a fan of the quality of the cars from Europe in the 70's but looking back on it, they may have had an issue with the salt water affecting them in the crossing that didn't help either. I am sure that the tech is better now for protecting them.
Great video again thanks, so nice to see all the generations together working on the car, your so lucky, definitely different bumpers,stay safe all of you.
Great to see all your family help out. I have been using Chemical Guys products four years. Very happy with the results front their products.
Neat little car and it's looking a lot better!! Thank you for this channel, it's just so cool to watch you both put new life in an older car. Very cool!!!
That was a video packed full of greatness. 4 generations working on the car. You all are a close knit family. There was education for the younger generation. Togetherness when the youngster went to walk with the not so youngster. Awesome!
Looks so much better without the rubber bumbers, the black paint mod in the front does help the appearance a lot. The paint cleaned far better than I would have imagined. Your niece has really grown! Nice to see your folks! Little midget has real potential, look forward to next video!
The paint looks great you guys, who cares if it’s not perfect it’s awesome to see the little girl so interested in the things that you guys do for so many years that’s awesome my granddaughter is eight and it’s just so cool to watch them grow up thank you guys for sharing your family
Great to see a British Classic on the channel guys.😁
Nice find. The MG looks 100% better with the rubber bumpers removed. Old English White is a classic British color. The chrome bumpers will really help. I just hope the Lucas electrical system doesn't give you problems. Looking forward to the next episode!
Cool project guys! I love old 2 seaters. Excited to see you guys bring this back to life.
What a blessing to have your family close & getting the kids involved in the “fixin up”. Motivates me to get up and get going on the many projects that have been just sitting idle.
I replaced the corner panels, plenty available in the UK, replaced the lower sills still available today and put chrome front and rear bumpers along with wire wheels. Took it back to how the car was meant to be before health and safety changed the rules lol
Four generations together. WOW! What a true blessing!
The rear would look cool if you guys could build "filler" panels under the lights and cut the rear bumper to fit in between those panels because those bumpers are too far out!!! My older brother had a blue MG when I was a kid, it felt like a go cart!!!!!
Moss Motors can get you just about everything you need for the Midget. I used them a lot when I restored a 1969 MGB GT I had many years ago.
We had a new 1974 Midget that was Flame Orange! It came with the full tonneau cover too! The (3) windshield wipers bring back memories!I
We paid $2850 for it brand new!
I can see the plate now "OH MG" now! love it!!
This would be a great playlist called “ teaching the kid “ I enjoy seeing young people learning new skills.. by the time this young lady turns 16 she will have the OMG restored.. she would have skills like welding, body work, painting , fabrication.. mechanical .. 👍
It all comes from the learning and how much you enjoy doing it . You are doing a really great job, the work is going fine
Hi, you are doing a great job on the midget {i'm from Aus and we had the chrome bumpers and they look much better than the plastic, as a MG should look}. Great to see the enthusiasm from the beautiful 'KID', suggestion- give the car to your special mum, just the look in her eyes says it all. Thanks for this and all your shows, Al from Aus.
This will be fun to watch. Oh, and I get the joke with the shirt top. lol
It is wonderful to see the kids involved for a long while now and they still enjoy it. So many life skills being taught and learned right there.
As soon as you pulled the front bumper I knew you guys were 100% correct! With a chrome bumper (preferably below the grill style) and painting the grill black, she’s great!
Looks so much better without the bumpers! Excited to see the chrome bumpers on her. Also, I had a laugh at the name O...MG. 😂
I LOVED this episode! I enjoy detailing my vehicles and find it relaxing. But your family pitching in was priceless. You shared an awesome memory for you all! And love the name the “Kid “ picked for the car. LOL!
Enjoyed the episode! The MG is looking really good! It was also cool to see your family so involved too.
Glad everyone is healthy. Enjoying the new project
Watching the whole family work on the car is quite enjoyable.
Great to see you and your family work together so happily !!!
I just found this channel and this playlist. I literally just got home with my first MG purchase and I am looking forward to restoring it. I purchased a 1980 Model from the second owner. It's been off the road since 2005 Not sure what all is in front of me but I'm excited to begin. I am a Pastor of a local church and a farmer so this project will be in my VERY limited spare time. Mine is black on black with a worse top than yours. A solid car though ... Time will tell :-) Thanks for the encouragement and info
yeeejy i saw mom drive it . love too see that smile on the next episode.
Watching the big smiles on all the faces of your family
The MG cleaned up nicely!
P.S. Your mother is really hot!
Great job team. Nice to hear about your family, Emily. BTW, cars like this, cruising in the neighborhood, this is where it's at. And there are plenty of these around to last many years come and deliver lots of pleasure in the electric future.
My wife and I have a 1973 Midget, 1275cc Roadster in British Racing Green. She is certainly a ‘work in progress’! Every time we think we have finished, something else pops up! Currently I’m rebuilding the Rear Axles due to leaky Oil Seals, next will be a full Underseal, that will be fun, NOT! Although your little Midget has only 11k on the clock, don’t forget there are only 5 numbers on the mileage gauge, so she may well have one hundred and eleven! Our car is only showing 3k, but all the historical paperwork that came with her shows the progression up to 100k, so your little gem might have been ‘round the clock’! Have fun with your new ‘toy’!
Awesome project guys, I know you will do an amazing job.
I saw y’all both at the Reklaw Flyin. I think the people that y’all were with Emily’s parents. My grandpa and I sat beside y’all to watch all of the fun action of everyone flying and having a good time. Next year, I’ll have to meet y’all.
That’s AWESOME!!! Yes, my mom, aunt & uncle were there the whole weekend and grandparents came in fur Saturday! Say hi next time!!
You folks are awesome, thanks for the video. My first car in high school was a 69 MGB. It had the chrome bumpers and I believe 1 color tail light lenses. When the plastic bumpers came out I didn't like them at all.
Great start on this car. Nice to family enjoying the progress.
I love how they have 3 wipers for 2 square feet of windshield
Teaching your kids how to work on cars is fantastic! Congrats, well done.👍
Kid's hair is beautiful, whoever braided it did an excellent job! The little MG turned out beautiful as well. New subscriber, love your content!
Yes on the bumper bracket painted black. Nice job!
"The Kid" will remember all that y'all have let her participate in throughout the years. Great job being awesome role models and helping to carry the love of cars on to the next generation.
It is so good to see you and your niece working in the shop that is what she will remember for years to come
I've always said it doesn't matter where you are, it's the people around you that matter. The rest is just stuff, we enjoy it but family is the most important! Safe travels my friends!
Since the bumpers your Midget came with were an adaptation to meet changing Federal rules, it would look great if you could find the bumpers it was designed to have. There were all sorts of performance mods back in the day, but no way to make the Midget and it's sister car the Sprite fast. They did handle well
As dad of a 14 yo… my heart melts to see these 4 generations of beautiful gals working together on the OhMG
Legacy
Being a Brit, I agree with getting rid of the big rubber bumpers, lots of these MG's get converted in the UK. Great little sports cars.
Get rid of the hideous rubber things and go with the classic chrome bumpers! Quote from Wiki: “To meet US federal regulations, large black plastic-covered bumpers were added to the front and rear and the ride heights were increased.” Love your videos. 😍😎
If you put a small chrome bumper and some fog lamps in the rectangular holes it's gonna look sooo good. Keep on with the good work!
I bought a yellow '69 Midget in '74 for $1,200.00 from an MG fanatic who needed the cash to rebuild his MGB-GT. Wire wheels, chrome bumpers and luggage rack, perfect interior and body. I later repainted it a nice lemon yellow and put on a new top. It was beautiful and ran perfectly except for the usual need to tap the fuel pump and the starter when the gears jammed. Sadly had to sell it to the auto shop when it needed major engine work and I had no funds to do it due to being a poor grad school student at the time. In retrospect it wasn't really major work, but still out of my budget. I miss that car but now have an NA Miata with 69k original miles to take its place.
I have about 3000 hours behind the wheel of MG's. Nice job guys!
So I first saw you guys with VVG. LOVE THE CHANNEL!! The vib is so great: family, home school, parenting philosophy (!), and cars! Love it. New subscriber....
She cleaned up so nice! Painting those bumper mounts really helped a lot. I think Aron is right, it needs a little chrome bumper in the back.
I love it.
Showing us that every car doesn't have to be about going fast, being the shiniest, or the most expensive.
The neatness in a car, in any vehicle, is about us having fun with it.
❤️❤️❤️❤️LOVE TO SEE THE FAMILY WORKING TOGETHER!!! EVEN THE DOGGY WAS PRESENT!!!
You should called the MG , Molly Gee, the MG and it'll match in with the other vehicles. Enjoying the look of the plastic less bumpers on the car. But they were there for the American DOT 5mph crash requirement.
Loving the look without the ft bumper. Those days where you take the time and show your sincere appreciation to realizing what you have and what you are grateful makes you so much more endearing. your enthusiasm is contagious. thank you
So awesome to see the young generation working on cars. So many kids are stuck on video games that they miss so many things in life. Make the mg ( the kids ) first car.
I used to have a '67 Midget, bought it while in the Navy. It was a great little car, quick too. They make Tube bumpers for those that look really sweet. I am so jealous of you.
Nice to see the Family !!!!! BIG Thumbs Up !!!!!
Great video! I tried to purchase a 79 MG midget from a salvage near me but they said they don't sell cars! It's British racing green with tan interior and black convertible top. Very nice car with minimal rust, needs a windshield but otherwise a nice little car. You need any wheel center caps or trim rings or other parts it's a good car. Looks very good since you cleaned it up, take care.