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Time for an update!

So as promised over Christmas I spent some time treating the leather and deep cleaning the interior, not that it needed it but a special car deserves special treatment - and it is always best to look after the proper leather we get in a Morgan as it keeps it in better condition.

First off a general vacuum and clean of the leather.


Original mats never used, another set was made and kept over the top!


For those interested, I follow Shaun's advice from Allon White Morgan (he is the top trim specialist), and use the same products he does, as demonstrated on his various talks over the years. For cleaning the leather:


Now the scary part, the glovebox foam mat had some small bite marks out of it, and I had my suspicions a mouse had gotten in when it was stored under the previous selling dealer/owner, I was correct as when the floor mats where removed I saw evidence in a bundle of seed pods grouped together in a corner by the seat..
So to be thorough I stripped out the interior, seats and all the carpets. You can imagine my relief when I found there was no damage whatsoever to anything! I imagine a door was left open whilst it was charging or something and the little fellow got in for a few hours and just chewed the foam mat in the glovebox and started to make a nest but got no further.

Another bonus was I found 10 pence!

Now I actually viewed this car previously when it was for sale 4 years ago and the foam was not sitting correctly then and looking like it could do with replacing, so I count myself really rather lucky as it needed doing anyway. So that was ripped out and a template made to take to Shaun, currently comtemplating whether I get a small leather insert made that is perhaps embroidered or something else - so watch this space..

Seats out:




Having the seats out however was a bit of a bonus, as it meant I could properly gain access to all the leather for cleaning/feeding, as well as the carpets. So a few hours wiping down and vacuuming followed:



Looking at the drivers seat a couple of the leather clips were missing:


And a few of the caps had fallen off the seat bolts, both of which I will sort after treating the leather.