[Sunbeam Talbot Email List] early Alpines with/without arm rests.....????????

[Mal Clark]

For your information Ray,there is a captive nut for the arm rests on the metal door panel to attached the arm rest, at the bottom,either 3/16 or 5/16 bsf bolt.( mine was chrome) But you do need a top piece that the arm rest clips over ,there is a piece of wood covered in vinyl,and has a hoop on it,which acted as a door pull,when you didn't have arm rests,when this piece is attached to the covered door panel the arm rest slots over the top of the covered hoop piece, and holds the top of the arm rest, then the described bolt goes in the bottom,holding the arm rest on. I think there is a picture of this in the Workshop manual.? You will have to make this top holding piece out of wood to be able to fit the arm rests.  Mal Clark.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: raymead at comcast.net 
  To: Ramon Spontelli 
  Cc: staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info 
  Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 6:40 AM
  Subject: Re: [Sunbeam Talbot Email List] early Alpines with/without arm rests.....????????


  Hello Ramon,



  As they say, sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees!!!!!!!!!!!!   



  Excellent idea!   (wish I had thought of that)!



  I will do that............



  ray




  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Ramon Spontelli" <rspontelli at earthlink.net>
  To: raymead at comcast.net, "Martin Spurrell" <spurrellm at hotmail.co.uk>
  Cc: staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info
  Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 4:35:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
  Subject: Re: [Sunbeam Talbot Email List] early Alpines with/without arm rests.....????????

  Well, since you have not done your interior yet <<...i'm having my interior redone completely...>>, why not just install them and see how they grab you?  Then decide whether to include them in the redo or not.

  Ramon






    -----Original Message----- 
    From: raymead at comcast.net 
    Sent: Jun 18, 2010 1:06 PM 
    To: Martin Spurrell 
    Cc: staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info 
    Subject: Re: [Sunbeam Talbot Email List] early Alpines with/without arm rests.....???????? 


    hello martin,



    thanks for the comments............

    I have no intention of throwing them away!!!   I was just wondering - comfort wise - if I it would be more comfortable to leave them off..... They haven't been installed on my car since I bought it, and I have no way of knowing what the driving experience is like with them installed - that is why I asked.



    tks, ray

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    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Martin Spurrell" <spurrellm at hotmail.co.uk>
    To: raymead at comcast.net, staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info
    Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 3:42:45 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
    Subject: RE: [Sunbeam Talbot Email List] early Alpines with/without arm rests.....????????

    hi ray & all,
                  if the car came to you with parts missing, i would understand you having to make do with what you have. but i would never dream of deliberately leaving bits off. i always use the armrests to pull the doors shut,i am quite large,(17st) and they dont get in my way whilst driving.when all is said and done it's your car so its your choice but i would urge you not to throw them away.keep them with the car for sometime in the future. alpine parts are like goldust and oneday someone might say oh no the armrests are missing.
                 best wishes, martin spurrell.
     




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    Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:01:01 +0000
    From: raymead at comcast.net
    To: Staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info
    Subject: [Sunbeam Talbot Email List] early Alpines with/without arm rests.....????????



    hello all,
     
    in my boxes of bits and pieces i've come across some original armrests for my '54 Alpine..........
    since i'm having my interior redone completely, i need to decide what to do with the armrests........
    since i've had the car they have NOT been installed - just been sitting in boxes.
    i've seen restored Alpines both with, and without, the armrests.........
    To me they look a bit cumbersome when installed - but i have no way of knowing what they are like when installed........
     
    so - all of you who have them - are they in the way/cumbersome?  should i have them reinstalled (NO, my car is not an accurate restoration - for those of you who do not remember, i am one of the people who has a Toyota 22R engine and 5-speed in my car)..........
     
    any thoughts?
     
    tks, ray




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