Arm-rest Cubby & Centre Console

Centre Console

All models got an extended centre console with arm-rest and cubby under for the 1972 model year. This is my 75 V8:

Showing typical sideways play of the lid before fastening ...

... which can easily break the peg on the lid in its original orientation:

Peg removed from mounting plate ...

... turned round through 90 degrees and refitted:

Showing the clip after turning round through 90 degrees, and the curious recess and marks looking like blocked-up fixing holes (75 V8). Both peg and socket are slightly rectangular so some filing of the holes is needed:

If the underside of your lid looks like this, the socket is being pulled out of the base! Lever it off carefully using one screwdriver each side to avoid breaking the peg:

In which case you can fabricate a mounting plate like this to hold the socket more securely, which will drop neatly into the recess, as on my 73 roadster:

Centre Console: Original circular blank on the left, missing on the right:

Original flat blank at the top, ACH9373 as received at the bottom, slightly domed:

Four 'legs' on each of the new ones bent out very slightly to grip the sides of the hole:

A splash of satin black:

One original and one new fitted, doming showing up as well as a difference in shade:

So both new ones fitted - but may still repaint them matt: