Box Saloon rear wheel arch covers

[Hugh Barnes]

Many years ago, when I did the bodywork restoration on my Box Saloon, I had new wheel arches fitted. To my shame, I never got round to fitting the upholstery covers. I recall that as original (as my car was at the time) they were affixed by small pins tacking the covers onto ply strips that were rivitted(?) to the wheel arch. These, of course, are now missing.

How have people dealt with this? I'm wondering if I should refit the ply tacking strips (either by rivit or adhesive such as silicone) or just leave the out and glue the edges of the covers to the metal. I will be replacing the horse hair padding that was originally fitted with a thin layer of polyester wadding I have.

Your thoughts and experiences would be gratefully received..