Sprite and Midget bodies were made by three different firms. First the floor panel plus all stress bearing panels were pressed and assembled at the John Thompson Motor Pressings plant at Wolverhampton. Here these "tubs" received a number which is punched just below the large wiring loom entry on the right of the front bulkhead. The bodies then went to Swindon were the outer panels were pressed and attached. Here the "gender" of the car was decided: drilled wing and door panels for a Midget, undrilled for a Sprite. Here too the cars got their own unique body number: a number prefixed by "ABL" for the Sprites and "GBE" for Midgets. These were carried on a screwed-on plate in the left hand door hinge pillar. Again the now complete bodies went on transport this time to the Morris Bodies Branch at Cowley. Here they were sprayed and again on the back of a lorry brought to Abingdon for further assembly to complete cars.
"Efficiency" was a word still to be invented or so it seems...

The Mark 1 MG Midget in its GAN2 form (disc front brakes and 1098cc engine) is the rarest of all Midgets. Only 9601 were built ! As an example: there were more MG TC's produced. Still their survival rate seems to be very low. Many of these sidescreen models were used as parts donor for a Frogeye (Bugeye) restoration. Almost half of the production went to North America (4577 to be precise). The range started with GAN2/16184 in October 1962 and ended with GAN2/25787 in March 1964.
The almost similar Austin Healey Sprite Mk2 (HAN7) was a better sales succes with 11215 made.

For either Midget GAN2 or Sprite HAN7, these factory hardtops came in four colours only: Grey, Old English White, Blue or Red. White being available for all body colours the others supplementing their respective body colour.
Fortunately when the Spridget owner ordered parts# AHA6458 he got a hardtop in primer so he could paint it whatever colour he liked !!!