I managed to get half a day to myself, and took the luggage carrier and spare wheel off to see if I could smarten things up a bit. There's not much scope under there. The rear frame 'bonnet catches' have a wire which is supposed to run in a groove in the wood, but on mine is a bit slack. I've held it up by slotting a plastic tube behind the centre rear brakelamp bracket. All I could do was to add some thin neoprene to stop the tyre rubbing on the metal plate and cross timbers. I also blew the metal plate over with some satin black, and added a bit more wax rust proofing. I didn't take a 'before' picture, but here's the result. The neoprene shows up as four triangles, and there's a thin horizontal strip where the inner part of the wheel rests, plus a piece on each of the horizontal timbers. It's as tidy as I can make it for now.
