Sunday, March 18, 2012

King Midget (1946): Plain as a Box

Aiming to provide a cheap kit car every household could afford, Midget Motors Corporation put together the King Midget package, containing an instruction manual, axles, chassis, steering system, springs and patterned schematics for the sheet metal. Able to accept all one cylinder engines, the King Midget was bargain basement design at its worst and later models were discontinued with stricter safety and emissions regulations. 


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To say that King's dashboard was simple is an understatement (left), and to our eye, this vehicle looks better and more interesting when totally rusted:


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