The main thing in my memory re the rattlesnake kit was a 1991 episode of Beadles About where a woman is stitched up and her car is crushed - an RS in a rattlesnake kit !!!

I remember when i was 17 and wishing I had a rattlesnake kitted RS and I couldnt beleive they were doing it for a stunt !!!

check this utube link - i have found the episode in question

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n2D-GEIHf0w

God how times change - it looks terrible now.