Here are a few of my early mods to make the car more practical, and in the case of the steering wheel, more visually attractive [to my eyes at least].

The mudguard was made up from a bit of ali. I happened to have around, ideally it could be longer at the back, as mud is still kicked up all over the rear inside of the bodywork, however, I will eventually remedy this with a rubber mudflap, which should do the trick.

The parcel shelf was made from a bit of plastic facia board with car trim carpet glued on, it slides in between the chassis tubes and under the two vertical pieces of wood either side, it is then fixed with a wood screw into the bottom of the wood, easy, cheap and above all, invaluable.