King Midget Donated to Klingberg Program
January 30, 2010
The Auto Restoration Program at Klingberg Family Centers is the recipient of a 1962 King Midget. Advertised in Popular Mechanics and Boy’s Life during the 1950’s, the King Midget is a small, two seater car, with an eight horsepower motor and two speeds forward and a reverse. It brags of a top speed of 50 miles per hour and fuel economy of 50 miles per gallon. It is in need of restoration and because of its simplicity; it is an ideal car for the start of the Restoration Program with the students in the Raymond Hill School Auto Restoration Program.
Long time Klingberg donor, Robert Story from Story Brothers Automobile Repair, purchased the King Midget for the program and also transported it to New Britain from Rhode Island. Tom Laferriere, of Laferriere Classic Cars, owned the King Midget and donated a portion of the price to become a Bronze Sponsor of the Klingberg Vintage Motorcar Festival June 19th. Robert Story was also a donor of a 1914 Ford Model T Depot Hack the first Klingberg antique car.
