Way back in the early eighties, we had an MG gathering at a local event. A farmer a few miles away brought a running Merlin engine on a frame. Restoring Merlins was his thing, but obviously not to fly.
He asked us if we could drop over and dispose of an MG Midget in an outhouse, which we stripped and carted away in one day. But what was more interesting was an outhouse completely full of MGA parts, and a complete MGA fixed head coupe, totally covered in logs in a lean to. Bodywork was completely shot. Next to that was an XK120, equally shot. And in the next shed was a Climax engined Lotus Elite. Shot but fibreglass just gets tired. I still wonder where they all ended up.This was 1982/3.
Soon after a wrecked MGTC came up for £1500, but I didn't have the funds, so passed it on to a friend who at least tried to restore it. But the front of the chassis was bent and it had fibreglass wings and no instruments. But it was a bargain I suppose.
