Mighty Mite

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There used to be a Mity Mite down here in the Keys, but its been at least 10 years since I’ve seen it around. I think they are all “short”. These things are way more underpowered than an L-head Willys.
-Donny

 

Had a friend who worked on the M274 Mules. He had a bunch of Chevy Chevettes sitting around under a shelter. I asked, "Why do you have all those Chevettes?" He said, those are the diesel version of the Chevettes, and I put the engines in the Mighty Mites. The Mite came originally with an aluminum V4 with chrome sleeves, and they get really expensive to rebuild. Saw a Mite where the guy put a VW turbo diesel and it was a really cool build. Don't know why they are all bule when you find them, unless that was the primer color.

Dave

 

Those were Isuzu diesels in those ‘80s Chevettes, and had a 5-speed behind them. That, and the aluminum V4 was air-cooled in the Mity Mites. They had a really bad habit of overheating due to chaff clogging inside the cooling tin.
-Donny