Talk Morgan Forums Morgan Sports Cars Maintenance & Servicing Workshop Note: Centre Arm Rest

So this post is inspired by Kev, and it's not often I can say that.

This really started when the MGOC advertised some ZS centre armrests for sixty odd pounds. I talked about this to Kev, and he used a generic armrest in his SS. So I looked on E Bay and bought a generic item for £16.

This does fall into the same category as the toolbox. Many people have built their own. Some have used generic armrests. Dealers will sell you a nice leather one at eyewatering cost.

Now the one I bought is black plastic with a faux leather padded top. It comes with fittings which are useless in the Morgan, and it also hinges from the rear. This is also useless in the Morgan because the seats get in the way, so the top needs to lift off.

Surgery required is complex, involving a total strip down and a lot of Dremel work. I thought long and hard about how to fit this, because I want to switch it between my Morgans. In the end I used some spare stainless steel, shaped as a saddle. I didn't have enough black leather to cover the underside, so I used brown, which amused Kev no end. I also found that I needed a camping mat buffer to hold the saddle in place.



Here you can see a tiny flaw in the leather which I patched. It doesn't show with the armrest in place.



This is the armrest unit once I had removed the swivel base.



Here you can see that I had to make a lift bracket for the front, and a locater plate at the rear.





For what this cost, no more than £20, it looks Ok, and will do the job........





It comes in four basic colours......black, brown tan and grey as I recall.

Dave I dont care what people say about you..they can be so unkind !!!!

Excellent work as usual..though the unseen colour mismatch falls way below my standards

You should consider writing a book sometime as you really have the skill and technical knowledge to draw the reader in and keep them engaged and......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

I'm confused by the pictures Dave. From driver's side no side bolsters, from nearside, bolsters..... what's going on?
Nick

Specsavers anyone...different seats, different Mog

And different gearsticks

Dave nice work as ever and the saddle is very nice idea.
Though did you ran out of neopren?

Dose'nt everybody have two Morgans ?

I have a number. But most are electric and require a certain type of road to run on

You could have said gear knob, but then again we don't want Kev to get excited

Only two Morgans? You are falling behind!
The wife said to me why would you need more than one Morgan?
You can only drive one at a time.
So when we went to buy a three piece suite and she finally chose one and went to pay I asked the salesman if an armchair could be purchased separately.
He replied "yes" and I said we will take just the armchair then.
The wife said what on earth are you doing to which I replied "why would you want more than one seat as you can only sit on one at once"!
Point made but suffered since.