True Whooligan, I have always been a big fan of " street machines " mods, hence the bonnet vents, bonnet mounted windscreen washers, deletion of the false fuel cap and some other minor mods, though it doesn't seem to be such a big issue with mechanical upgrades- out of sight, out of mind! Also I just like my cars to be different! Len

Nice work Len! I'm really liking the scallops/ stripe work you've done there. Too cool :D

Looks good Len, I just read a street machine article about the 90's graphics style cars, spot on there with yours mate...
Cheers Drew...

Hi All,
have now got some full time work so could afford for my sparky mate to come round and get my electrics sorted ie getting my " new " globe holders sorted.  Got a couple of spare light bodies, made up a cardboard template to reshape the mounting holes, a few minutes work with a die grinder had them done and the holders inserted and glued into place. Attached wiring according to wiring diagram but no joy- lights going on and off all over the place.  Pulled out the back seat and rear bulkhead, kick panels and switch panel to give access to sparky. I had changed the rear loom over during the rebuild so wiring colours were different. After much testing and recording, worked out new earths, switching wire for the reverse on gearbox, and hey presto! Got plugs made up so now one click disconnect.  Connection in the switch panel are crap so got him to wire up another fuse box to use for accessory / ignition feeds to attach set of gauges and other assorted add-ons.  Hooray!!  First test drive on Cruise Night had the cops following me but not pulled up " do you realise , Sir that your taillights are faulty ' as well as no comment from other club members who always tell me!  Worst part is having to put it all back together again!

Hi All,
Little project I have been working on to neaten up my boot space which is pretty rough in spots, so boxing it up to hide battery etc. Didn't want to custom- make sheeting for under parcel tray section so a quick trip to the wreckers got me moulded sheet from a Falcon boot. Take some measurements, trim to size, a coat of vinyl spray to change from charcoal to black. Got a bit of alloy mesh spare so cut to shape and make a couple of infill panels and sit a LED lamp in place as a boot light. The holes predrilled in the underside of the parcel shelf lip are too big for push in plugs so bulked up some inserts to take them.  The hardest part will be to put some packing on the underside of the shelf to level it out and give me a flat surface to mount the underside tray to, probably with Velcro. Pics so far. Have just about sorted templates for the side and rear panels.  Plan is to fit some foam to sheeting and cover in vinyl, hold in place with push in plugs or Velcro.  Cyclone Debbie was a non event for me, just took time to prep the house and yard and then put everything back again. Had a day off but couldn't work on the car with the stuff stored in the carport.  Glad I kept my car cover on as I was looking after my daughters dogs, both ditzy small dogs who both decided to jump on the bonnet of the RS to look around . Told my daughter she was lucky to get them back in one piece!!  Len

Nice work Len, as always thinking outside of the circle with the re-purposing of parts.
I did think of you and the car with the cyclone coming, happy all's turned out good on your end.
Cheers Drew

That's a great idea Len, I'm gonna add that to the 'to do list'.
 
My cars previous owner added some 6x 9' into the parcel tray.
They sound great actually, but he did it using a can opener and it looks shocking every time you open the boot.
 

Exactly, Deano.  I have 6x9's in my rear shelf, the holes are reasonably neat but still have the base of the speakers and wiring sticking through, looks ugly.  Len

Got some pics of my boot install, some tweaks to make it fit a bit better, got some tips  on how from a guy at a car show this morning.  Doing a fill-in panel for around the fuel inlet cover and latch is a pain!  Len

Looking tidy NQRS, it's always good to see people coming up with new ideas.