which non-mk1 wheel arches fit the mk1?

phild · Post by **phild** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:17 am

Hi,
There are far too many Mk1's going to the scrappy at the moment which with a little T&C could be given a new lease of life (and I don't mean a little filler and a can of spray from Halfords to off load it to some unassuming buyer).
I am going to replace the wheel arches on my 88 mk1, I don't want to have to buy Toyota ones, in fact I'm trying to minimse the cost accross the board to see how little it can cost to repair a "sad mk1" and get it back into a good road worthy condition, I'm taking pics along the way to do a "how to".
I have heard that mazda 323 arches (from a certain year) are a good fit but can someone definitively give me info from their experience. I don't mind some simple and minor alterations to make them fit but don't want to be re-fabricating too much.
Thanks
Phil[/code]

mr2micablue · Post by **mr2micablue** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:34 am

Hi the nova mk1 rear fit not sure if it was the 2 door or 4 door model . I got that from my mate jimmy who is a body man and owner of a mk1 as he fitted them to his car , and is a member of the nw group. I hope this is some help to you . Mark

Post by **Lauren** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:37 pm

mr2micablue wrote:Hi the nova mk1 rear fit not sure if it was the 2 door or 4 door model . I got that from my mate jimmy who is a body man and owner of a mk1 as he fitted them to his car , and is a member of the nw group. I hope this is some help to you . Mark

the 3 door ones are box type arches, so it must be the 5 door ones.

sthomson1 · Post by **sthomson1** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:24 pm

datsun cherry N12 (3 door) arches fit.
£12 each fron CV panels in Glasgow.

RichardMorgan · Post by **RichardMorgan** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 5:31 pm

I paid £11 for a Datsun Cherry arch for my red NA around 6 years ago. Richard Morgan

Just noticed, this is my 50th post

- soon be overtaking Lauren's 5,010!

phild · Post by **phild** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:55 am

Thanks people
I have ordered the cherry wheel arches, £13 each side + vat
so next job is to measure up, do a bit of fettling (I expect) and get welding.
Looking forwards to seeing some improvement cos' the car looks a bit sad in pieces at the moment

Still, once you get past the obvious rust, it really isn't as bad as I had expected.

stevenb · Post by **stevenb** » Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:17 pm

Good stuff mate. See if you can do some before and after and during pics as this info is always useful to mk1 owners.

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