Richard accidentally spends almost the same amount of money on as he would have done for GTI alloys in his quest to tidy up his Peugeot 205
1994 PEUGEOT 205 1.1 JUNIOR
Call me pedantic, but I do like original-spec features on cars. That’s especially true of things like radios and wheels. Give me an old push-button Radiomobile on a Rover P6 or a Blaupunkt Toronto SQR 46 in a Porsche 911 over some gaudy modern ICE system any day. And I much prefer standard steel wheels with hubcaps on early MGBs and Sixties’ Jaguars rather than the now-common wires.
However I’ve made an exception with my Peugeot 205 1.1 Junior. While I’m fine with its original fully-functional but tinny Peugeot-branded Clarion radio, the wheel trims for these mid-Nineties special editions were just horrible; they’re flimsy,look cheap and rarely fit well after a few years. Then when one of mine disappeared at speed on the A1 and another developed a huge crack, it was all the excuse I needed to finally get around to upgrading.
This proved to be a surprisingly convoluted business. My go-to trims were the futuristic-looking ‘aerodynamic’ slotted ones found on many Eighties’ 205s (including Juniors). The challenge was finding some where the bolt-hole retaining clips hadn’t rusted away. Eventually I collected four in good nick, onl
