Tyres rubbing on arches

[Tony Griffiths]

I took the grinder to reduce the steering stops on the Ruby, in an attempt to improve the turning circle and elbow other competitors from the winner’s position on auto tests. Even with this the tyres are nowhere near rubbing inside the wheel arches. This does indeed suggest that some suspension challenges are involved, if tyres of the correct size are fitted. I use Longstones, much preferable to certain cheap and not so cheerful tyres.

Decades ago I cut wedges out of the inner wheel arch to elbow aside those who had only modified the steering stops...though be careful not to go "over-centre" or, on early cars, allow the drag link to lift up the hand-throttle lever on the cross shaft.