The luxmore armrest/cupholder w/ black interior

[ventura ace]

Here's a few shots of Ron Luxmore's handywork as it sits snugly in an early spider with Black Interior. It contrasts nicely, and is a darned close match to the dash wood. Great job, Ron!

[gary124as]

That sure is right purdy. Who's early spider could that be, it sure looks nice - I love those early spiders!

[pope]

All I can say is that interior looks better than new.

[rlux4]

Did you put something under it yet to compensate for the hump at the Ebrake handle? Man, I wish my car had as nice an interior.
Ron

[ventura ace]

Well, thanks. Denise Burchette made the dash wood, and I had some final fitment help from Talon. The dash is covered with padded vinyl (shop in Pasadena), the front seats are recovered with new vinyl. The shift extension is a chrome one from a later spider, that I cut down to make short. The shift boot has been replaced, and so has the seat belt webbing. The rest is as it came, 38 years ago.

That Luxmore armrest looks right at home, now, I'll say! As Ron mentioned, it straddles a high point on the lower console, but it pretty much stays in place since it is wedged in between the 2 seats. I will add some rubber pads on either side of the high point when I get a chance, and come back with another picture to show that detail.

Alvon

[mbouse]

Alvon,

Let me know what you do for those pads. i think i am gonna need them as well. I am busy hiding my arm rest until Christmas... and am quietly making a pad to cover it when it is not used as a cup holder.

shh... Pictures will follow soon.

Black stain looks really nice too.

[ga.spyder]

The ''Lux-a-rest'' may become the must have item this Xmas. It really looks great in Ace's car...of course even I would look great in Ace's car! You do nice work ,Ron.
Craig

[rlux4]

The Lux-a-rest. I don't know Craig, it could be taken two ways; "Have you heard about the Lux-a-rest?" "No, why did they arrest him?"
I think the ebony stain that Mike got really looks good, wait till he takes it out from under wraps.
And thanks for the compliment Craig.
Ron

[ga.spyder]

One can only hope Mike didnt use black wrinkle stain.

[rlux4]

Nope, it went to him stained and polyuerethaned.
Although, that is an option we didn't consider.
Ron

[mbouse]

hmmm.... crinkle painted cupholders !! Black, or red, to match your interior. Of course, biscuit and blue crackle paint is still in developement.

[ventura ace]

Here are a few pics showing some rubber padding I put under the front of Ron's 'lux-a-rest" to help position it to the console. Ron designed the rear of the arm rest to nicely anchor on the drive shaft hump, The arched rear support bracket holds the arm rest up high enough to where it clears the rear ashtray. On Ron's '82 spider, the front of the arm rest sits squarely on the padded console just behind the parking brake lever. On earlier spiders, the console is not quite so flat in this area as shown by this picture. (click pictures to enlarge)



The raised portion that surrounds the parking brake lever is off center toward the passenger seat. I put a .6" thick rubber pad on both sides of the underside of the armrest, so that the rubber pads straddle the console and hold the arm rest centered. As such, the arm rest sits on the outer rails of the console rather than resting on the center raised portion. The rubber pads are made from 2 layers of 5/16" thick adhesive-backed dense foam rubber. The pads are about 1 3/8" apart, and off center, such that the arm rest is held centered over the console. Another small single layer of the foam pad is placed so that it sits inside of the raised bump on the console, to keep the arm rest from sliding backward. This shot shows the pads on the lower side of the arm rest.



This shot from straight on shows how the pads are off center to match up with the off-center bump on the console.



Here's an attempt at a straight on shot with the arm rest in place.



From a normal view, all you see is the clever "lux-a-rest"! And, per Ron's design, can easily be removed to lock it up in the trunk.

[rlux4]

I think this modification will be necessary for all of the consoles except those like mine, which is the factory padded dash. It has a flat surface all the way back so the flat bottom of the cup holder sits fine on it. With a little research I'll be able to find out if all the hard consoles have a similar hump at the back of the E brake lever and put the pads on when I make one. It never dawned on me there was a difference until I noticed yours Ace, so thanks for helping me in the R&D stage.
Ron

[kristoj]

Nice job, Ron. Looks great. You are going to have to set-up an online store!

[rlux4]

Thanks bunches John. So far it's been a swapping kind of deal. I wouldn't be able to make them for money one at a time, it's ready for finish in a couple hours, but it takes 4 days to do the finish, so labor would be too expensive. After all, being self-employed, I can make upwards of $3.25 an hour. The most cost effective way to do it would be to make a bunch of them at one time, but then there wouldn't be the custom color or sheen options that doing it one at a time makes possible.
So, no online store yet.
Ron