When travelling does anyone use the shelf behind the seats (where the hood drops into) to store luggage. If you do how much can it hold?
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Dunno about the NC
But Roof Up in my 2005 NB
Loads of small items [trick is…take items out of luggage] then you can store in hood space, under and behind seats etc
Largest item to go in this space was a trained male Cocker Spaniel !
Just stay safe and ensure you can see out out rear window 
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It’s not so much about how much it will hold, although that plastic shelf won’t hold much, it’s more about getting the stuff in there through the gaps in the roll bars.
That plastic shelf doesn’t look too sturdy to me. There’s loads of room behind the seats without it though
Quite a lot of shopping goes in with a PRHT, but only if the bags are small enough to pass the headrest hoops while squeezing under the lid. The carpeted metal floor of that space is strong.
BUT!! BUT!! BUT!!
Beware of leaving something, anything, in there when you decide to drop the lid, as this mistake is likely to be catastrophically expensive!!
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Love to see a picture of the cocker on the parcel shelf!
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If you need extra storage on your trip you’ve either got too much to go in, thin it down or you’ve bought the wrong car.
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I completely concur having left a small laptop-sized bag in there whilst on a road trip. My advice would be to fit a Perspex wind deflector ( from MX5 parts) which prevents access and any temptation to store any item in the space! Tale of woe here:
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Me Too
That is one pic I didn’t take of him and he passed away in 2015
It was only on short journeys when a human was sitting in HIS front passenger seat
Instruction was “In the back !” and up he’d go …bless him…best Cocker I’ve ever had [3 previously]
Daft…but I miss him still
Nowadays it would be illegal as they have to be harnessed
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I tend to use the shelf behind the seats on my NC soft top as somewhere to chuck my jacket or hoodie into. If the car’s going to be sitting for any length of time then I’ll put one of those household dehumidifiers onto the shelf to help absorb any moisture in the cabin.
The only issue is that you can’t put the roof down, and don’t forget about the stuff in there.
An alternative for rear storage of soft stuff like clothes is the vac-bag, eg 20" x 28" flat, but our ideal old 18" x 30" bags were not immediately available on a quick search just now.
Suppliers keep changing and lots of various sizes are available and often with a hand pump as well.
They end up quite slim, stiffness depending on how deep the vacuum, and we can often fit one or two between each seat-back and the rear trim.
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Absolutely the best and safest solution
This. I generally try to avoid catastrophe by making it impossible to happen. I’m in IT and anything that is important and can be automated and would otherwise be dependent on a human gets automated. Don’t trust your memory for this kind of stuff. It’s an expensive mistake.
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