I'll be fitting an isolator switch to mine and definitely a cover after reading this.

Having it hidden inside the car is a good idea too. Bonus security.

I changed a wheel and just threw my jack into the boot, down the bump driveway and the jack shorted between the +'ve terminal and the metal fuel line to the RH tank - interior full of smoke, jumped out, opened the boot, flames jumping out at me, back in, grab the extinguisher and put it out....

everyone needs proper battery terminal covers AND a fire extinguisher in an accessible place

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Battery cover and don't have stuff floating around the boot..

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67 Deluxe
Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..

When holding a Drone to connect a Lipo battery and it goes up you throw the drone away without considering how much damage to the drone you gave to fix

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Mk 1 Cooper S 1965
If you could erase all your mistakes of the past
You would also erase the wisdom of your present
Remember the lesson not the disappointment.

The cover doesn't need to be too fancy. A rubber matt over the whole floor of the boot will do.

The isolators with the round knob on them do the trick in the boot and aren't expensive. Isolate in a jiffy.

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Cheers
Alec
1275LS - July 78 - XNFAD18Y/102918

I have a boot board sitting on the Contessa spare wheel and all my junk, jack etc in a plastic bin.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.