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Has anyone taken the drastic step of replacing the whole leather interior and if so who did the work and what was the approximate cost?

I have replaced and renewed so much on my 1993 Plus 4 that I am considering a new interior to really finish the job.

A mate has just re-trimmed an E-Type in full leather etc.

That was over £6K..not sure where he had it done.

Have you considered Gliptone Gary, its amazing stuff and you do not have to strip out the glued in tricky bits, save yourself a fortune, unless of course the leather is ripped.

Does not leave brush marks and for larger areas use a sponge and most Morgan colours are available or can be matched. I did my 93 +4 about 5 years ago, still looks good.
All the original leather grain remains and you would be hard pushed to realise its been restored.
regards John k

My memory isn't what is used to be , but I seem to remember a friend picking up a complete set of leather for a +8 DIY re-trim for about £2500 from Allon White. That was a few years ago mind.

I would hesitate to recommend the diy approach as Morgans are such individual cars and I would have concerns that a "standard" measurements kit would look as good as one that was "made to measure" and fitted by a skilled craftsman.

It is usually not just the leather, but also the foam etc. It was done on my four-seater a couple of years ago in The Netherlands just at a recommended trimmer who does new cars and old projects too! Don't know how much it was, because we did some other things too, but a think about 3000-4000 euro's. It was a combined effort with my Morgan agent.

A taff mog member had a complete leather interior it was somewhere round 4000 pound.

Allon White have a well respected trim shop and are currently quoting £4325 on their website but sometimes have deals at this time of year.

Have a look at leather restorers first, they can sometimes work wonders with jaded leather.

I have seen some examples but can't for the life of me remember names.

Gliptone would be a start for me. It works very well & my car is due a full fettling this year

If the seats are ok and it’s just the leather surface you can have them re-connellised which is a spray paint surface treatment.

Basically they sand the surface, fill some cracks, then spray the colour and top coat colours back on. I had it done on a Porsche by a company called damage undone near Chippenham and very pleased with the results. They have some videos and pictures of the process on their website.

Cost was under a thousand for all the interior but all parts supplied stripped. They can do parts in situ too. Colour is matched with a fancy scanner to a part that’s original or you can pick new colour if preferred.

That's an interesting system I'd not heard of that being done in situ.