Not mine but an interesting option to the lack of storage.
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That looks like you would have to cut out the piece the inner door handle mounts to.
So, something different would have to be done there. The storage would be nice.
Yeah, it needs to be a little smaller.
We need to get our once resident Plastics guy, Jerome Smith, to tool up a vacuum-formed version that would fit between the vertical bar in the middle of the door and the front edge. It might conflict with a speaker if you placed speakers in your doors, but it would certainly be handy. Instant map pocket! I'd buy one in a minute.
The speedster center fiberglass upright for the door handle is not structural so the handle or small lever can be easily be relocated hidden in the inside of the panel, a smaller speaker gets mounted on the forward vertical inside the panel and the horizontal panel just below the cut out area for misc. items to be stored and everything would be out of sight.
Well you could always remove the inner handle and use a selenoid 
On the other hand, if the carpet that goes up the side of the footwell was made with a double edge like in the original 356's you would have a map pocket near the feet but on the side foot wells.
On IM's they don't do these unless you specify it as an option but they offer some side pockets near the same area.
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It's a good start. I was thinking about cutting out a hole into the door behind the door pocket for a hidey-hole. I've got sound deadener on the bottom and outside of the door so it's a great place to store things you need periodically. I haven't done anything yet, though. Greg's leather door panels are pretty nice and keep telling me to keep my bright ideas to myself...
Looks like a nice option. Years back I pulled some panels of a car while strolling through a pick-a-part. They have a nice storage pocket, but don't utilize the space inside the door like that one does.
On one of his other photos on FB you can see a cable inside the door. It looks like he's using a cable to open the door like on the Spyders.
Heck, even a brand new 911 GT3RS uses a nylon strap as a door latch pop so why not a Speedster reproduction?
I like my IM door panels but there are more options that one could do than an elastic pocket and a half latch panel. I kind of like the full elastic pocket on my original coupe but honestly depending on the leather a plain look is pretty cool I think.
THe double carpet with piping sewn with leather or cloth bias tape is more original looking and works for maps and tire guage, ie the photo I posted above.
The billet cupholders that I have, I feel are useless and I never use them. Honestly unless you simply have a small small cup with a lid they do not work. I use my spring loaded Contigo cup and just lean it on the passenger seat as it is mostly unoccupied.
As to storage, with a 911 front end and the new gas tank we were able to create a large trunk and so that work well for storage for the Carlisle journey.
I often thought on my old IM that I would work on making a mock up of whatever space I had under the Frunk and then I would cut the FGlass and remake the trunk interior to take advantage of the space under and around the suspension. Of course taking into account what would be needed to maintain the beam and anything in the sub trunk area.
@IaM-Ray posted:The billet cupholders that I have, I feel are useless and I never use them. Honestly unless you simply have a small small cup with a lid they do not work. I use my spring loaded Contigo cup and just lean it on the passenger seat as it is mostly unoccupied.
As a fashionista and connoisseur of style, I appreciate the finer things in life. I run the high-dollar "Angela Lane" cupholder in my car. Two rolls of tape-- black duct tape for my side, blue painters tape for Jeanie
... for when only the finest will do.
Yes of course you do and the limo service as well.
@Stan Galat posted:As a fashionista and connoisseur of style, I appreciate the finer things in life. I run the high-dollar "Angela Lane" cupholder in my car. Two rolls of tape-- black duct tape for my side, blue painters tape for Jeanie
... for when only the finest will do.
That is no joke, the roll of duct tape REALLY works well. I used that a few times when going places in the Spyder early.
I use the regular grey tape, it compliments the red seats/white paint and salt-and-pepper carpet.
We on here first got into this cupholder discussion when I was living in Rhode Island, the state where there are at least two boats per capita. That said, at the time of the first discussion I was transitioning from our disastrous power boat era (don't ask) back to a sailboat, something without a motor that moves slowly enough (most of the time) that I can't really get into much trouble.
Anyway, since I was restoring an old Gaff-Rigged Cape Dory at the time I was spending a lot of time (and buck$) at West Marine and picked up a couple of these as one of those impulse purchases (pretty much everything I bought at West was on impulse, just walking through the store in Newport).
https://www.westmarine.com/buy..._003_502?recordNum=2
Super functional, super easy to use (without even looking at it) and $6 bucks a pop.
My only complaint is that holding a 2-cup Yeti thermo travel cup is a bit much for these if you're cornering a lot. Other than that, they're great.
Gordon: That is a cheap and simple solution to the cup holder problem.
Ha! Good call Gordon. I put four of those in my 1991 Westfalia and used them all the time.
It was an automatic so I screwed them into both sides of the shift console up front.
In back we put a couple to hold beers when parked.....
https://grammarist.com/interes...d%20of%20duct%20tape.
Duct tape. Duck tape is a brand of tape, like Kleenex is a brand of facial tissue.
Duct tape was originally designed to seal, you know, ducts.
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duct tape wasnt holding for long in this particular application,,bought some gorilla silver tape,,now thats ductape X10
@Gordon Nichols posted:We on here first got into this cupholder discussion when I was living in Rhode Island, the state where there are at least two boats per capita. That said, at the time of the first discussion I was transitioning from our disastrous power boat era (don't ask) back to a sailboat, something without a motor that moves slowly enough (most of the time) that I can't really get into much trouble.
Anyway, since I was restoring an old Gaff-Rigged Cape Dory at the time I was spending a lot of time (and buck$) at West Marine and picked up a couple of these as one of those impulse purchases (pretty much everything I bought at West was on impulse, just walking through the store in Newport).
https://www.westmarine.com/buy..._003_502?recordNum=2
Super functional, super easy to use (without even looking at it) and $6 bucks a pop.
My only complaint is that holding a 2-cup Yeti thermo travel cup is a bit much for these if you're cornering a lot. Other than that, they're great.
I put one of these in my VS about10 years ago - on the side wall, to the left of my "clutch leg" just within easy reach and it's come in handy many times. A perfect fit for a beer, er...I mean a Coke, and also a Grande size Starbucks. When it's not in use, it folds up and, being black, is totally unseen with my black carpet. I give it a "thumbs-up" 
Here is a link to a cup holder discussion that shows my Santana cup holders in the door. One minor issue is that the door panel is not quite vertical to the cup is tilted a bit.