By Robert Emslie
You know what speaks of luxury? Tailor made, that’s’ what. Bespoke accoutrements of a life well lived are where it’s at, and when it comes to cars, having custom bags that fit the boot is the ultimate way to separate the haves from the have nots.
Okay, that was totally elitist and kind of a douchie thing to say, sorry about that. It still goes without saying however, that – like having a barber give you a shave, or eating a steak from someplace without a salad bar – fitted luggage is an indicator of attainment. The question though, is who does it the best?
The whole idea of fitted luggage goes back to the era when an automobile’s trunk was just that, a trunk. Over the years, the ability to carry a small accompaniment of necessary belongings, say a toothbrush and a bottle of Courvoisier XO Imperial has been deemed so important that even LeMans rules mandate a storage area’s inclusion. And when it comes to some cars, owing to their shape, having bags that fit the car are also mandatory. Of the few cars that offer such a taste of the finer life, which do you think has the coolest baggage?
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I would take a McLaren F1 on a road trip.
<img src="http://px6.streetfire.net/0001/41/55/1561455_600.jpg">
Beat me to it (I even had the same picture chosen).
This was the only car I could think of with actual fitted luggage.
So, I plan on picking these up for the NSX whenever I win the lottery:
<img src="http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii123/steventbell/Miscellaneous%20Pictures/2CAE8443-5A95-4133-93A3-8B29708A629C-522-0000003329A733FA.jpg" width=550>
This 1964 Ferrari Superfast Series I. Buckle, buckle, buckle up.
<img src="http://www.carryology.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/superfast-luggage.jpeg"width="500"/>
I'll see your Superfast, and raise you a Gullwing. http://www.landmarkcars.co.uk/stock/Mercedes-Benz…
Nice!
Holland & Holland Range Rover, it all depends where your priorities for luggage are.
<img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2009/09/rr_hh_of_lo_06.jpg" width="600">
<img src="http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2010/ghij/2010-Holland-And-Holland-Range-Rover-by-Overfinch-Rear-Angle-3-1024×768.jpg" width="600">
Ferrari F40?
[img ]http://www.automobiliac.com/storage/f40_with_fitted_luggage_1-800-600.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1343424588894[/img]
<img src="http://www.automobiliac.com/storage/f40_with_fitted_luggage_1-800-600.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1343424588894%5B" width="600">
Here ya go:
<img src="http://www.automobiliac.com/storage/f40_with_fitted_luggage_1-800-600.jpg" width=600>
Or the Maserati Quattroporte luggae. Looks pretty ok.
<img src="http://web.maserati.com/mediaObject/COM/models/Genuine/Pelletteria/030060M0/resolutions/res-694×384/030060M0.jpg" width="600">
Does this count?
<img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-46S0YdJgguo/TqCItcdlZ8I/AAAAAAAAC2k/YqyVEJLp27Y/s320/Bill+Kolb+%2526+GT40.jpg"width=500>
$kaycog, how did you miss this one?
Those are for pretenders. I prefer my luggage to have a fitted car.
<img src="http://www.americanbantam.com/images/suitcase.jpg">
That looks like a one off. Centaur did actually sell a few hundred of these back in the 1960s.
<img src="http://www.caroholic.com/images/CentaurMtrScooter1961_2.jpg"width=500>
It was a Mazda engineering project.
http://www.roadraceengineering.com/suitcasecar.ht…
The fold-up scooter was a production item for Honda, though.
<img src="http://www.bikervoodoo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/motocompo-03.jpg" width=500>
Motocompo…FTMFW!!!!!!!!
I did run across this website. Apparently this guy will make you a set of fitted luggage for whatever car you choose. http://www.tarischarysyn.com/
He's mentioned in this article about bespoke luggage…
http://www.carryology.com/2011/01/31/classic-vint…
This being the Hooniverse, custom luggage should be cheap.
<img src="http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/01-Aug-2011/59298-HaveDuctTapeWillTravel8x10-1.JPG" width="600">
Works great until the TSA agent says, "Please open your bag, sir."
Not a problem at all…there's another roll of duct tape inside.
"…but we'll need to confiscate that box cutter."
<img src="http://images.motorcycle-usa.com/PhotoGallerys/2010-can-am-spyder-rt-14.jpg" width="500">
Can-Am Spyder. Because rollaway.
<img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41X32Dcgf6L._SY300_.jpg">
But…adults on tricycles…
(I've considered one, since #twowheelsbad almost killed me 'about 13 years back)
Get past whatever averse connotation the concept of three wheels is conjuring up in your head, and go try one. They are a whole lot of fun, as long as you think of them as a cross between a four-wheeler ATV, go-kart and snowmobile, and get a motorcyclists' expectations out of your head.
Tanshanomi, I was just wondering: Unless "Snap Judgements" has given me the wrong impression, you've got to ride quite a lot of different bikes over the years, some of which are rare and dream bikes for others. After riding all those bikes, what lead to you getting a Spyder?
Perhaps he couldn't find an HMV Freeway.
My wife. >RIMSHOT<
Actually, I mean that somewhat seriously. Sarah was always a bit nervous about riding her motorcycle in bad weather or tricky traffic conditions, so we always stayed close to home when we rode together. When she saw a Lehman Sportster trike conversion at the local Harley dealer, she was really interested. I told her that she wouldn't like it, and if she wanted to look into three wheels, she should go test ride a Spyder. She did and a week later had an RT touring model. Suddenly we were taking three and four day trips, heading out in the pouring rain…in short, riding a whole lot more miles in more varied conditions and having a lot more fun together.
I started out in more of a "well, that's fine for YOU, buuuut…" attitude. However, over the past year I have really come around. Spyders are just as much fun as a motorcycle. They're a totally different KIND of fun, so I like having both experiences.
My wife has actually suggested recently that we get one. If we had cash, we'd have it now before she changed her mind.
I understand, but one of the huge appeals to me about #twowheelsGOOD was lean angle.
I mean, my wife trusted me enough to drag her pegs on the ST1100, as long as I provided at least a couple of seconds of warning…though she knows me well enough to see it coming from a good ways off.
I may have to investigate a leaning sidecar rig in the future. Dunno.
Wait! You have a Can Am, Tashanomi? Hmmmm….
I may have to chat with you in the future about this.
The motorcoach has it pluses, like it's easier to sleep in a vehicle rather than on.
Though, if you're tired enough, a mounted tankbag makes a decent pillow. Freaks people out in rest areas, though…
Does this count?
<img src="http://www.odysseyauto.com/weapons_security/images/impala-weaponsdrawer.jpg"width=500>
If that's your car, whatever you say counts, counts.
If that's a drawer, what happened to the back seat?
Well, it's a police impala judging by the light bar, the seats do get swapped out so changing the dimensions a bit wouldn't be out of the question. Plus, those trunks are rather large.
300SL Gullwing, in tan:
<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvpxknzNdv1qfzkq6o1_500.jpg">
And in blue:
<img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3545/3547839132_35f2af5f52_z.jpg?zz=1">
Nearly* every owner of a '57-59 Ford retractable would love to have a set of the optional Space Saver Luggage:
<img src="http://www.jerrysclassiccars.com/100_2480.jpg">
to the extent that it's been reproduced:
http://www.jerrysclassiccars.com/1957-59 space%…..
*Owners of the very early '57s which were made without the luggage tub† may be somewhat less keen on it.
†Bespoke luggage is admittedly less of a challenge when it's essentially a matter of fitting rectangular boxes into a rectangular box.
Doesn't quite have the panache of many of the selections above, but it gets my vote because I had a set!
<img src="http://www.r53.nl/images/014.jpg" width="400">
<img src="http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzUwWDEwMDA=/$T2eC16NHJGwFFZQGkEMKBRmmVIDlQw~~48_12.JPG">
The CBX's luggage, and that of the V45/V65 Sabres', I always thought were the coolest hard bags.
Small, sure, but you get good at packing.
I saw a photo somewhere on the interwebs that showed the Daihatsu D-X concept car with fitted luggage. My google-fu is failing me now, but here's a photo of the car just because I really like looking at it.
<img src="http://www.designbuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/daihatsu_d_x_concept_car_niaht.jpg" width="512">
If we're going concept, if I remember right the doors of the Mitsubishi SUP were suitcases, and the seatbacks were backpacks.
<img src="http://archive.cardesignnews.com/autoshows/2002/detroit/preview/mitsu-sup/images/mitsu-sup2472s.jpg">
I see your concept's door luggage and raise you a beverage cooler.
<img src="http://image.highperformancepontiac.com/f/8831282/hppp_0604_10z+1989_pontiac_stinger_suv+removable_panel.jpg" width="512">
Ferrari powered Rambler wagon:
<img src="http://pictures.topspeed.com/IMG/crop/200809/new-article-3_600x0w.jpg">
Ahem.
http://hooniverse.info/2013/04/29/hoons-day-out-le…
Unfortunately I can't seem to find the picture of my old Accord with all my worldly possessions fitted into it. Just this, but with the back end sagging a few inches lower.
<img src="http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z313/ndrwhrnr/DSC_1348.jpg" width="600">
The luggage did not shift in the slightest, so fitted was it. Very few things are more bespoke or luxurious than being able to stow a 12-pack of Dr Pepper in a custom made nook right behind your shoulder. Rearward visibility was minimal, but such is the price of driving a supercar.
When I was 18, everything I owned fit in the trunk and back seat of my 1986 626, and I do mean everything. The car took it all in stride, whisking me across the mid-South as I went to college and back home again.
At one point, when I was 28, everything I owned fit inside a Toyota Tercel 2-door sedan, with the exception of a Honda MB-5.
That's not a bad thing. The older I get, the more I like the idea of traveling light through life. Stuff slows you down. Stuff ties you to places you don't want to be. Stuff makes you worry about your stuff. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
I'm 26. I own too much crap.
23 and agree.
I had too much crap at 19, back then it took a full size K-5 Blazer to haul around just the stuff I took to live away on co-op work quarters. 20+ moves in 5 years wasn't fun. (Eight co-op quarters, two moves each (really four since I went home for a week in between) and a few different dorm rooms and apartments.) I could pack that Blazer where a mouse couldn't get from front to back.
Dude, just wait.
I have no idea, ever, that my wife and I could accumulate enough stuff, stuff we like & use, to have a 3K square foot house, with a 2.5 car garage, and not have empty rooms.
Granted, quite a bit is furniture, which we try not to get attached to, though there are some things I won't let go of. Pinball machines (3), stereo equipment, the current bedroom furniture…shit…it's happening….
We won't move house again!
No, no, won't get moved again!
I miss that. All it took was a mattress and I was dun-fer moving in my car!
Two years later, I've got pots and pans, and a dresser and a desk and I might even buy a couch. I kinda miss my freedom.
Isn't college great? The trip I mentioned was from Iowa to BC after I graduated. I went into the median sideways at 60 after trying to slow down on black ice. This was in the middle of nowhere, South Dakota, in December. After the initial adrenaline and thanks to God for still being alive, I surveyed the vehicle and found my stuff was packed in so tight that nothing had really moved. The only evidence of an incident was dead grass stuck between rims and tires. One of my favorite road trip stories and I may have told it here before.
Yeah, when my wife and I moved from Dallas to Colorado, a three bedroom house in a '95 Intrepid, a '94 Grand Cherokee, and two U-haul trailers, one 6×12 the other (second trip) a 5×10…oh, yeah, there was a third trip for motorcycles, but that one doesn't really count…it was winter…the U-haul guys kinda looked at me with a raised eyebrow when I said I didn't need moving blankets.
They have no idea how tightly stuff can be packed, yet remain undamaged.
This skill can also pay off when your place is threatened by fire, and if you leave, you can't return (per the fire chief). You pack every single thing you want to keep, and can move, into two cars, leaving room in each vehicle for the driver and one kitteh.
Same Intrepid/Grand Cherokee combo. Also had both bikes on the trailer and the storage space on said trailer packed full of gear.
Thankfully, it was for naught.
I'd have been pissed if my pinball machines burned…
I met Horacio Pagani once while he was presenting. The Zonda he had with him was owned by a man in NY. At the time it was the only zonda in the states. Anyways, the car came with luggage, a watch, and two pairs of shoes (one dress, and one race). All of this was hand crafted with the same material used for that specific car's interior – in this case light blue suede with dark blue leather accents.
I couldnt find any pictures of this absurdly beautiful schwag. However, while searching I found this bag that comes with the Huyara.
<img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qTqxBMZC65I/UC1UO98r0UI/AAAAAAAIm6Q/v7r4zwYMRmU/s1600/Pagaini-Man-Bag-1.jpg">
It looks like it won't actually fit much, but with that much style, who cares!
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