![Classic MG Midget Classic & Sports Car – Your classic: MG Midget](/sites/default/files/styles/article/public/2023-01/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Your%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20MG%20Midget%20%E2%80%93%2006.png?itok=2V3yI_EU)
Retirement has arrived – or, as I like to put it, I’m in the fortunate position of not having to work.
I’d always wanted two things in my retirement: to move somewhere warm, and to build a kit car.
My wife and I bought a villa near Dénia, on the northern Costa Blanca in Spain, and we started our new life in the sun.
![This enthusiast bought a classic MG Midget following a move to Costa Blanca Classic & Sports Car – Your classic: MG Midget](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Your%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20MG%20Midget%20%E2%80%93%2008.png)
A scenic Spanish backdrop to fun MG motoring
Next up was building a car. The only issue was that I first had this dream back in the ’80s, when there were myriad kit cars to choose from.
Today, with modern cars going on and on, the kit-car market has almost dried up. So my next thought was: ‘How about running a classic sports car?’
I’d had a few as a young man, from a Triumph TR5 (why didn’t I keep that?) to an MG Midget.
![This classic MG Midget’s 1275cc A-series engine has been lightly fettled Classic & Sports Car – Your classic: MG Midget](/sites/default/files/2023-01/Classic%20%26%20Sports%20Car%20%E2%80%93%20Your%20classic%20%E2%80%93%20MG%20Midget%20%E2%80%93%2007.png)
The Midget’s lightly fettled 1275cc A-series engine now runs well