With each passing year the bar gets raised even higher for what constitutes a “good” trunk install which in turn pushes builders to be more and more creative.
The set up in my car is pretty simple, and tucked away, but the truck might need to get a hardline or two after pulling this one together.
Going to take things way back to 2011 and one of the first hardline set ups I had seen at the time, clean simple, with still a lot of usable trunk spaceI am going to stretch the definition of the word trunk here only because this is still one of the most unusual air tanks I have ever seen.When I saw this at Megaspeed in 2013 I couldn’t help but chuckle, it certainly is cleverAnother clever one, this is from Berlin Klassik a few years agoIf you like you’re trunk a little more “A Gentleman’s study”…A lot of people are doing wood floors today but Tim’s was an early favorite of mine when he finished it in 2011 or soNot every car featured today is more on the form side of the fence, this tri-five Chevy has a very tidy trunk with a roll cage integrated, fuel cell, and relocated batteryThis was a local Wagovan fed by a bottle hidden in a sub box, I’ve always thought it was really cleverThis set up is really neat, every component fits into a lower floor cargo area and matches one anotherThis is super era correct lowrider with those quad 8″ Audiobahn subs and velour everywhereIf you want something a little more contemporary how about this……or this…..or this of courseIf all of the above is a little too much for you how about a set up hidden under vintage luggagePretty sure a battery is tucked under that other piece as wellThis Caddy owned by Tim, one half of Tim and Brenda’s place, has a very nicely done trunk full of false panelsI’m sure somewhere people who collect vintage fire fighting equipment are up in arms over them being converted to air tanksBut it really is a great re-purpose of old equipmentI imagine this tank fills in no time with 4 compressorsHardlines have really become quite popular the last few years, I remember when most were done by Swoops and few were out this wayThe hardlines here are nicely formed but I am mostly posting this because of the small K&N filters on the compressors. Neat ideaThis trunk combines a lot of what we’ve seen above, false panels, flooring, hardlines, and subsKevin at Chop Shop has done a LOT of wicked trunk installs the past year or soA few people came together to make this one a reality with the coating and upholstery, and it looks great over allUnix Performance took the minimalist approach to their ever changing mk 1 a few years agoQuite like how it hangs off the roll bar, and above the awesome “spare”
I’m going to call this one here, but I don’t think it will be the last. I wonder what the next trend will be?
