Creating a Carpet Set for an Early Caterham Seven?

[pethier]

On 10/26/2026 at 12:33 PM, Razomatic said:

Does anyone have a car with this elbow rest? I'm curious how it was held in place. This article is from 1988, but I have never seen a car of the era outfitted with such a posh interior.

I have such a car, but the carpet and armrest are black.  I have this carpet out of the car these days, so I can show you the fittings.  1991 1700 Super Sprint, ordered in England as a Complete Kit.  The holes on the ends of the aluminum are for screws that attach to the top of the prop-shaft tunnel.

 

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[Razomatic]

1 minute ago, pethier said:

I have such a car, but the carpet and armrest are black.  I have this carpet out of the car these days, so I can show you the fittings.

 

Pethier! This is so helpful. I would not have expected an aluminum bar on the underside. Does that bar somehow fix to the top of the tunnel, or is it just held in-place by the carpet?

[pethier]

1 minute ago, Razomatic said:

 

Pethier! This is so helpful. I would not have expected an aluminum bar on the underside. Does that bar somehow fix to the top of the tunnel, or is it just held in-place by the carpet?

I answered your question before I saw you had asked it.

[Razomatic]

5 minutes ago, pethier said:

I answered your question before I saw you had asked it.

Doh! I missed that. Sorry!

And thank you again. I was also going to ask if your car is RHD given the shape of the tunnel cover, and you answered that too.

[pethier]

3 hours ago, Razomatic said:

Doh! I missed that. Sorry!

And thank you again. I was also going to ask if your car is RHD given the shape of the tunnel cover, and you answered that too.

Yes, RHD.  Spent most of its life in Northwich, Cheshire.