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Okay, yes. I am killing time while serious body work is getting done, but I thought I would share another little modification I have made. I decided that I wanted to install some courtesy lights in the interior and boot of my BT7. I wanted to do so without having to drill any new holes, and I especially did not want to drill holes in the door jams for switches to activate the lights. The following describes my solution. I am sure others have done this but I thought I would pass along my approach in case anyone was interested.
I made a few simple brackets for the lamps themselves that were purchased from Victoria British. Most all of the parts houses carry interior accessory lights, it is just a matter of what you like. I went with the Victoria British lights because the housing for the bulb also had a mounting bracket that was close to what I wanted. I mounted the lights in the footwells of the interior where they provide plenty of light, but are not seen.
To avoid swiches in the door jams, I purchased a keyless remote. The one I acquired from Pyle was about $40.00. It included two remote āclickersā, the control module, and the wiring. I grossly underutilized all that the Pyle system makes possible, but I was after simplicity. I just cut off all the extra wires, but I can imagine a few other very practical uses. For example, the fuel pump could be wired in and the remote could be used as an anit-theft device by controlling the activation/deactivation of the pump.
The button on the remote to unlock the car (obviously not needed on a BT7 roadster!) is now pushed to activate the interior/boot lights. As I approach the car at night I can click the remote and my interior and boot lights will come on for about 30-40 seconds and then they extinguish on there own with no other action required.
I wired in a toggle switch located under the dash (unseen by others) which will overide the remote that I can switch āonā if I want the interior/boot lights to stay on.
The wiring schematic is attached.
All very simple, clean and unobtrusive. Now if I can just figure out how to disguise that much-to-modern looking remote to look like a british key fob!
Lin Rose
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye
I made a few simple brackets for the lamps themselves that were purchased from Victoria British. Most all of the parts houses carry interior accessory lights, it is just a matter of what you like. I went with the Victoria British lights because the housing for the bulb also had a mounting bracket that was close to what I wanted. I mounted the lights in the footwells of the interior where they provide plenty of light, but are not seen.
To avoid swiches in the door jams, I purchased a keyless remote. The one I acquired from Pyle was about $40.00. It included two remote āclickersā, the control module, and the wiring. I grossly underutilized all that the Pyle system makes possible, but I was after simplicity. I just cut off all the extra wires, but I can imagine a few other very practical uses. For example, the fuel pump could be wired in and the remote could be used as an anit-theft device by controlling the activation/deactivation of the pump.
The button on the remote to unlock the car (obviously not needed on a BT7 roadster!) is now pushed to activate the interior/boot lights. As I approach the car at night I can click the remote and my interior and boot lights will come on for about 30-40 seconds and then they extinguish on there own with no other action required.
I wired in a toggle switch located under the dash (unseen by others) which will overide the remote that I can switch āonā if I want the interior/boot lights to stay on.
The wiring schematic is attached.
All very simple, clean and unobtrusive. Now if I can just figure out how to disguise that much-to-modern looking remote to look like a british key fob!
Lin Rose
1960 BT7 in restoration
1959 Bugeye
