Custom Trunk Enclosure
First we start off with a selection of random just parts lying around and try to wonder what to do with them all. A sensible person would throw it all away or sell it on eBay because it's just junk.

But you decide to put it all together, find out you have something that works, and say "I know, I'll put it in the car!"

Well, now how do I fit all that in the car and make it look good? At this point I still needed to finish my trunk. It had been "in progress" for about 9 months, so I might as well do something about it. I started out designing it with my impressive MS Paint skills.

I started buying parts that I needed for what should be a cheap project (because I already have some of the parts). Wood, tools I realized I needed, a smaller keyboard (the one in the top image was the 'new' small keyboard), a power inverter, a FM transmitter, rollers for the sliding drawer... Cheap project, remember?

As I was waiting for more parts to arrive from ebay, I worked more with MS Paint to get a few better looking designs.

I then started measuring the trunk, and realized that Paseo trunks are small and that the original plans just would not work. (No room for circus clowns, rubber chickens, and a race track.) I had space limitations here.

I used a piece of cardboard to cut the design. This was much easier to carry around between the car and three floors up to my apartment. I took the cardboard design and traced it around the wood.

Then I made the necessary cuts: the holes, rectangles, sliding drawer.

Here is a hint for everyone: Liquid nail is the cure for everything. Forget about all other glue and nails. This is the way to go. Well, almost. I used a few screws for added support, but at least a tube of liquid nail on this project. The carpet is liquid nailed down (quite well compare to what I expected.) Just don't use too much or it will seep through.

Now if you do this correctly, everything will fall right into place. Measure once, cut twice. That does not sound quite right. Reverse that. Even then, sometimes you have to cut twice when you miss-judge a lip in the trunk. Sometimes it is safer cut less than you think is correct, check it, and cut again.

Finally you will end with something looking a little like this. Assuming you ignored all my advice, hired a professional, and paid more than you expected. In all seriousness, this is not a hard project to tackle. After the design process was completed, the rest may have taken only two weeks to complete.

Parts used:
-500Mhz AMD Athlon Processor.
-128Mb Ram.
-Random motherboard that supports AMD.
-64Mb Graphics card with TV out.
-Soundblaster Soundcard.
-TV-in card.
-10Gb Harddrive.
-DVD-Rom + CD-RW
-5" LCD screen.
-USB port.
-400W Power inverter.
-FM Transmitter.
-Mini Keyboard with touchpad mouse.

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