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TR2/3/3A Arm rest center console?

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Moss offers these consoles, (among others). For about $130.

anyone has one? Are they well made?

were they an option, back in the day?

thanks for your input.
 

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The red TR3A that is exhibited at the UK Heritage Center in Gaydon, England shows a center console. I can't locate the picture of it but I seem to remember that it is a child's seat console.
 
I have one in my car. I have had it for about 3 years, probably bought it when they first came out and had it made with white piping to match my interior. I can't remember what I paid but it is a well made piece, has a shallow cup holder and is a nice place to rest your arm. It is shallow so you can't store a whole lot in it, but is a good place to put small bits like pens or pocket change; it's also a handy place to store the Dzus key. I think it dresses up the interior quite nicely. There was no such thing as center consoles or (gasp!) cup holders when the car was new.

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I have one in my 250. It is made of plastic, but I like it and nice to have a place to rest your arm on long drives. Perfect for garage door opener, wallet, extra keys etc.
 
I have one in my Bugeye. I bought it from the Little British Car Company. If you buy from them it is about 10% cheaper and since I live in California I didn't have to pay sales tax either so the whole deal was about 18% cheaper. i think they are a nice addition. The only thing I don't like is they only come in black and I have red upolstery. Other then that I like it.
 
59diamond said:
I have one in my Bugeye. The only thing I don't like is they only come in black and I have red upolstery. Other then that I like it.
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Pretty close to the MGB center console. With a little modification, one of those will work.

Marv
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There are a lot more eBay MG options on these arm rest than triumph ( not sure about bugeye) options.

if the arm rest are the same size here is a link on color customizing options.

https://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=181221484408&globalID=EBAY-US
 
I bought one of these when I first got my TR3A. I returned it though, as I found, being 6'2", that I needed to put my hand on the center hump and push to get out of the car. It seemed the plastic wouldn't be strong enough to hold my weight as I egressed.
 
Lbp said:
I bought one of these when I first got my TR3A. I returned it though, as I found, being 6'2", that I needed to put my hand on the center hump and push to get out of the car. It seemed the plastic wouldn't be strong enough to hold my weight as I egressed.
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I purchased one from Moss.
i can see why you were wary of putting weight on it.
i am under whelmed with the quality ( see review in my blog), but will keep it, because as tinman points out it is convenient for small stuff storage & more comfortable than nothing.(& I don't have time to shop around)

i would not recommend it though.
 
I have one too. It gives a little more storage and a place for my wife to put her drink. I'm (we're) very happy with it.
 
I have taken pictures of the console and the red cover, but I don't know how to get them on the BCF so if you PM me your E-Mail I could sent them to you.
Bill
 
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