Wheel Arches
As you can see in a lot of the photos, the wheels stick out a good six inches from the edge of the body. This is an MOT fail, so it was time to buy some flexible wheel arches.
The flexi wheel arches
I got mine straight from Tomcat Motorsport, but wherever you go, be ready for a smack in the wallet – these chunks of rubber cost around £220!
The wider ones actually come in two parts (one part is more solid rubber and you bolt some less solid rubber to it, as a six-inch lump of ‘floppy’ rubber wouldn’t be strong enough) which you put together yourself.
The front arch.
Then we riveted them to the car.
The rear arch
Meanwhile, my put-upon brother continued sorting out the electrics…
Nearly there!
While the smallest mechanic tested out the newly-fitted passenger seat.
I'm not sure he's got the hang of that spanner...