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1967 King Midget
Most of the magazines were Popular Mechanics, Science and Mechanics, and Mechanics Illustrated. I found the Mechanics Illlustrated to be the most fascinating to me. I especially loved to look at the ads that proclaimed: you can drive this car for only pennies a week-King Midget, King Midget Motors Corporation, Athens Ohio. I wanted one so bad I could taste it! As the years went by, I never really gave up on the hope of one day having one, although the idea seemed more and more remote. One day several years ago, my cousin Gary Guy and his wife Judy, now living in Florida, were here visiting and mentioned that they had bought a King. I’m sure that I expressed my interest in the little cars with some enthusiasm! Gary and Judy contacted my wife, Leslie, and I this last summer to let us know they were again in the area. They’d made the trip to collect two Kings they had located here in Illinois, and had finally been able to purchase. One was a Model 2, which they planned to keep and restore, and the other a Model 3, which would be for sale. Needless to say, this rekindled a smoldering desire in me to own a King. They brought both cars by our place on their way back to the Sunshine State, and after a little good natured haggling on price, we unloaded the ’67 Model 3, and at long last, I owned a King Midget! Although the rear wheel cradle and engine cradle looked as if they had been redesigned and reengineered by Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy, after putting in a battery, rinsing out the fuel tank, backing the brakes off so the wheels would turn and taking the carb off several times, I’ve been able to drive it around our country roads here in Illinois. That was last summer, and at present the car is pretty well dismembered for some long-needed repair work. My wife and I were very fortunate to find—through Cousin Gary—Lee Seats, who has helped us with parts, and also a wealth of information. We hope to have the car back together, at least enough to drive, this spring or summer. It’s very encouraging to find there is a group of people interested in the same vehicle that I have been nearly all my life.Completed March 2009 Click here to read or print this King Midget Newsletter!
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This article is from the 2009 Spring Issue of "King Midget Newsletter." Is is written by Don Miller, the owner of
the King, and was accompanied by a photo of his car here at the shop.
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