I'm still waiting on a response from the guy I'd been in touch with and had been through these problems with him.
1. The Hills Alive luggage is hard not soft so that you pack what you have into the bag in your room knowing the hard case will fit into the boot. As Rob quite rightly pointed out, there is no point in making it soft as you might just as well use a soft leather sports bag or carrier bags. This is to maximise AVAILABLE space in the boot.
I've a garage full of odd sized bags and no matter what I tried I still ended up with usable space being wasted. I bought a set of roll along luggage which work fine but leave about 4 inches of space that could be used. When I get around to it I'll post up some pictures.
2. The boot brackets and guide rails on the floor of the boot indicating where not to lay anything to allow the brackets to descend severely compromise space in the boot. Therefore the only real possibility for a bag/s is between the guide rails and possibly another smaller bag below this in the deeper cavity (between the brackets).
I've found that two roll alongs work well but they have to be soft sided to get them in.
4. Inside the boot on what would in effect be the boot top plate/roof, in front of the hood cavity there are lights (inside the boot). this fitting means any bag would have to avoid these and this roof is slightly angled so any bag would also need to be angled.
The other problem with the lights is once you have anything in the boot they are pointless. I've moved mine to the bulkhead.
5. The spaces either side of the boot lid bracket guide rails are too small to make a decent bag and therefore it was felt best left to store softer luggage (i.e. shoe bags etc..).
Over the winter I'm going to make a couple of boxes to fit in the lower section that's between the guide rail and body, these can then be used for tyre gunk, tools etc. I found a couple of soft bags that will then fit snug on top of these for shoes etc.
I think Series 5 Aero luggage is going to be work in progress, but the person that nails it needs to get Morgan to start supplying it.
I'll post some pictures up once I get some hosting sorted out.
