Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Workshop Note: Cobra Update.

This job has been on my list for a long time. We've discussed before the fact that the Cobra doesn't have a chrome bezel, and I kept putting off looking into it, thinking that it would be a tough conversion.

The reality is that a standard indicator backplate (L794/795 & L691/692) will fit easily. I'd already sourced a couple of backplates from E Bay, a long time ago. If you do this job, don't get the backplate with the double terminals for side and brake lights.

This is the plastic internal unit in the Cobra. A nicely made unit, which is secured into the metal casting with a single countersunk Allen bolt visible on the right here.

The original light unit attaches to this using two screws on a bracket.



This is how it looks fitted. There are four fixing positions. The original bulb holder uses the 12 o'clock and six o'clock positions.



There are two fitted threaded screws in square holes in the backplate which must be drifted out. Then the square holes must be extended out slightly, so that the two fixing screws can use the three o'clock and nine o'clock positions. Note the cut out at the bottom.



Everything lined up easily and although I thought there would be a step between the light unit and Cobra, in reality this is small.



With everything back together, this really does look much better than the original. I used socket headed setscrews, which I've used on all my lights, just because I like the look.