Brings back memories of my old four door Mk1 Escort, had springs assisted to raise the back end up, painted the rear axle red, fixed a red fog light behind the rear valance which was hidden from view and wired this into the lights.
Got stopped by a guy one night on the Thanet way as he thought my car was on fire, he wouldn't believe me till i turned the lights off, never got pulled myself, but a friend of a mate at college did in the Canterbury area.
I remember my mate Rich's Mk2 Cortina was jacked up, he took it to Lydden Hill circuit when they had the Christmas tree lights, not quite the quarter mile of Santa Pod, but was fun watching him, he ended up damaging his axle, another guy i can remember breaking his haft shafts which ended his day