Finally! Super Rare Find #1!

Obviously, for the GT-R, with things out of production, some parts are harder to find than others.  This is one of them.

From http://www.r33gt-r.com/p/nissan-oem-catalog-1996-r33-skyline.html

This is something that I spotted in the R33 Skyline catalog - page above - but never could find until just last week when a friend gave me a heads up that something interesting was on Yahoo Auctions.

Here is the box it came in, alongside another rare find (blog post soon!)

Wrong - this is the Trunk Bag that was a dealer option for both the 4 door and 2 door cars (I was too lazy to scan it in so took a photo with my phone):

I've been searching for this for over 10 years - a long time ago a friend in the car business offered to remove one from one of his cars and give it to me, and I declined. Been kicking myself ever since.

But at long last, here it is.  And here are some shots of front - side flaps closed
Here are some shots of front - side flaps open
And the backside, where it attaches to the underside of the trunk - you use plastic retainer clips and the holes in the yellow belts to attach.
Installation is simple - you don't need to have the cold region spec under trunk liner but it sure does make it look nice, right?
Voila! Except, as I point out with the green arrows, I have to do something about those dangling straps. Any ideas?
So a close up - note the period correct Nissan logo!

To be honest, not sure it is as clean as some of the OEM toolkit designs I've seen from BMW and other OEMs.  On the other hand, I doubt given how it's attached that it could serve the basis of a tool kit.  Most likely perhaps this could be used to store a nice golf umbrella out of the way, and not rolling about in the trunk?

Again, not sure if I will keep this long term in my car, not only because I can't figure out what to put inside it, but also because I think I like the clean look of the trunk lid without it.  I guess I will have to think about this... 

Meanwhile in my next post I found something super cool, and for less than 300 yen.  Can't wait to show you guys!