Midas was a British kit-car marque created in 1978 by Harold Dermott’s D&H Fibreglass Techniques as a modern, Mini-based successor to the Mini Marcos. The first Midas coupé debuted at the 1978 Performance Car Show with an all-composite monocoque using Mini running gear. In 1981 the design was refined with aerodynamic input from Brabham F1’s Gordon Murray, and production moved from Greenfield, Oldham to Corby under Midas Cars Ltd. In 1985 the…