Lin -
Probably a nifty idea would be to attach the battery cutoff to a Pyle switch
activated solenoid. This would give you theft protection, but also make it
easier for you to turn on the battery for those times when you get in the
car but forget to turn on the battery switch (I do this all the time).
Thanks for the great idea... looks like a nice system.
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On 8/23/06, linwood rose <linwoodrose@mac.com> wrote:
>
> 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
> clickers, 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 on if I want the
> interior/boot lights to stay on.
>
> The wiring schematic can be found here. Just click on the image to
> get a larger picture:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/linwoodrose/PhotoAlbum36.html
>
>
>
> 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
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