Here's my latest brainstorm. I apologize for the rough finish. It's a prototype and is at the CNC guys shop for a mfg. quote. For some of you the finished one will have bunches of lightening holes in it and will look sort of "LEGO" ! Working on a vertical mount unit too. This one will easily mount under dash too.It was designed around a Starbucks "Grande".........Bruce
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These are similar to the Santana cup holders I have. The black ones like I have are now up to $225 each. Don't tell my wife.
http://www.santanainteriors.com/products/billet/
Bravo, Bruce! Nice work (again)!
Michael...I like that the "latch" is more incorporated into the ring holder. Something to think about. How deep of a space is needed for that holder ? ....Bruce
Hey, That is really slick!
That is slick, but I don’t have the real estate I have these and love them. They work better than the cheap boat ones because there are no arms to fold down when you don’t want them to.
I have them mounted in the kick panel area, and in a black interior, they’re practically invisible.
@aircooled I mounted them in the door panel so depth wasn't an issue for me. I am going to pull the door panel this week so I will check.
One problem with putting the cup holder in the door panel is that it is not vertical. Something like a McDonald's or Starbuck cup with a plastic lid will leak on your carpet if full. I have a coffee stain I need to clean.
All those are a lot cooler than my roll of duct tape. But if I need duct tape, those won't be of any help.
Bob...Maybe a little "Bean Bag" cup holder would be cool ! Remember the ash trays like that ?.............Bruce
One cannot fix stuff with one’s bean bag.
Clever design - I like the billet finish!
Bruce here is mine in my IM I have one both sides. To tell you the truth after having them for a while they are not practical except for a very small cup.
I resorted to using my CONTIGO cup with auto lock non drip and hold it most times between the legs or laying on the passenger seat is where it goes.
BTW it flips up then you push it in and the you lift it in place. It goes in easily.
Ray, thanks for the input. I'm working on the vertical style in the morning. I'm going to move the detent in to be closer and more compact like yours. Mine will handle a 16 oz Starbuck (Grande) paper cup. In the re-design tomorrow I will also incorporate a stabilizing crossbar on the bottom hoop. This will discourage any wiggle/swinging of the cup. A couple other things too. Perhaps a "wedge" shaped aluminum "gasket" if you will, that can be used under the cup holder flange to compensate for an angled panel that would cause the cup holder not to be level. Perhaps two of them so one or both could be used if necessary. Or use both (in opposed angle's to each other) to shim the cup holder out a little more due to just not quite enough clearance behind it. Or to be used if you mount the cup holder to the bottom edge of the dash and it's not level or to clear the "round over" of the edge of the dash. And...I just gotta get this thing drilled full of holes ! It could shave off at least 6 grams !
The last thing/question is the finish. It's always a dilemma, leave it "Billet" looking anodize it and if so, what color, or highly polished. Polishing costs the most. I pay a lot to get my wing hinges polished..............Bruce
Bruce your stuff is awesome! Make it like the competition IMO. Also I always thought if somehow we could get the cup holder to be part of the A pillar FACE, mine is presently around the corner.... look at this pict ...bottom it might be the best but you cannot get out of the car with the cup in. 
Super cool, but I think all the speedster world really needs is a quality flip-down aluminum ring that allows the bottom of the cup to rest on the floor. I'd mount mine on the pillar face that Ray references.
I often rest my Contigo auto-locking drip proof cup over the sill leaning into the door corner and thought of putting a loop of sometype. I mean a roll of tape as base would work too with velcro TEETH to grab the carpet base.
I think Stan that my issue would be to find out how much room there is in that location as we have a double metal post in that location so it may or may fit there but it could or would be the logical step if it was a vertical slit that could be done. Or, we could have it where it is in the pict below and it would rotate from the side to the sill area of the door. I mean if it could be spring loaded to stay over the door sill, or have a lock mechanism it would be awesome on ours car IMO.
For me, it doesn’t have to disappear into a recess, just fold up out of the way when not in use. A nice looking ring (20 oz soft-drink bottle size), about 4” off the floor, with a hinge on the pillar face so it could fold up or down would be perfectly adequate, as long as there was a passive detent to hold it open and closed.
Bruce, you make beautiful products.
No picture in the last post, Ray. And yes, Bruce— you’ve got great skills.
Stan/Ray....I like that idea too. I will study this next time I go down to see Greg and ask him also. I don't have a Speedster anymore so I can't just go out and look it over. Having the floor of the door sill as the bottom of the cup holder would make things easier, simpler and cheaper.
Ray, your pic didn't show
Here's my wooden prototype in the labortory for revision this morning. Pre-Op ??
Stan Galat posted:For me, it doesn’t have to disappear into a recess, just fold up out of the way when not in use. A nice looking ring (20 oz soft-drink bottle size), about 4” off the floor, with a hinge on the pillar face so it could fold up or down would be perfectly adequate, as long as there was a passive detent to hold it open and closed.
Yep. Take a look at the link I posted above. They work fantastic, even during “spirited” driving.
When Chris and I went to Carlisle last year, he had only had the car a few months and during most of those it was sleeping in his garage. About the first thing I asked once underway was; "Hey! Where's my cupholder?!?!?!?!"
"I don't think it has any," was the reply.
"What?!?!??!!?? No cupholders? Heck, even Pearl has cupholders!"
"Well, "Performance" cars don't need them," came back with a smirk.
It wasn't until some time waay after we got back, when he came over to the house and said; "Hey! Look what I found!"
And his doesn't have those little "cuppy images" on it so how could we know?
Elegant design there, Bruce. Certainly "PCCA Approved"!
I don’t know if you can see, but there’s a spring-loaded flap that adjusts to the size of the container to hold it secure. Mine aren’t as sexy looking as the metal ones, but they work better and are a whole lot cheaper.
I have a pair similar to Tom's, but I mounted them on the lower forward corner of the doors. Didn't have to reach very far that way, but as Tom also mentioned, you have to remove the cup and flip the holder up before exiting the car or your foot hits it.
Usually, by that time, the cup is empty anyway, so no big deal.
Gordon Nichols posted:I have a pair similar to Tom's, but I mounted them on the lower forward corner of the doors. Didn't have to reach very far that way, but as Tom also mentioned, you have to remove the cup and flip the holder up before exiting the car or your foot hits it.
Usually, by that time, the cup is empty anyway, so no big deal.
Where my mine are mounted, I don’t have to fold them up when getting in and out, but I do have to exercise a bit of caution.
They would work.
The roll of duct tape and the bean bag are lookin better already !...........Bruce
I picked tis up at a Bugorama a few years ago.
33 posts about cupholders. Only on the SOC!
Panhandle Bob posted:33 posts about cupholders. Only on the SOC!
Ah, my cup runneth over...
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@IaM-Ray looks like @PaulEllis cup runneth over several times. 
@aircooled my Santana cup holders extend behind the panel 3 5/8" from the outside face of the panel.
My cup holder is mounted in the door panel near the front edge of the door. It is pretty much centered on the lower, vertical part of the door.
There is about 4.75" depth from the face of the fiberglass. There would be a little more from the face of the door card.
This is on my CMC. I don't know if it would be the same with other makers.
My cup holder will fit then. But, I already scratched that design and currently carving a new one out that will be more compact and versatile. It will require 4" or slightly less. It will also be even more stable also............Thanks Michael............Bruce
