Some of you might have had a problem with things rolling around in your trunk. My solution might not be especially amazing, but it works nicely.
I found that a strawberry box fits perfectly between the wheel well and the back of the trunk. These boxes are called "flats" and are made of heavy cardboard. They are used to hold quarts of fresh strawberries and you can get them for free from the produce section of your grocery store. It holds my scissor jack, fire extinguisher, a small tool kit, and a other few odds and ends.
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The box would slide around across the trunk, though, when making turns. I used scissors and cut a strip of aluminum from an old license plate and bent it into an N-shaped bracket. Then I used pliers and crimped one end to the box and the other end around a magnet. I had first wrapped a piece of duct tape around the magnet so that it could be gripped better and not slide as easily out of the aluminum bracket. You can buy magnets at Home Depot or off E-bay.
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The magnet attached itself to the inner fender with a "thunk" and it holds the box securely in place.
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Notice the squirt bottle. That is for if I need to clean the windshield since "The Wonder Falcon" does not have the windshield washer option.
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