Colours and interior

As I'm technically building this car for "she who must be obeyed" - the recent trip to the kit car show and the AK stand in particular looks like its going to increase the budget somewhat.

She's always wanted it Red and I thought I'd get away with a standard Jaguar off-the shelf colour.
Unfortunately she's decided on the new AK demo car colour which is a dark cherry - candy. Basically its a candy apple red painted on a black undercoat.

Now she says this is what she always wanted and that Wendy and Jon have nicked her idea! However - I've had a quote and its a lot more than I was planning.

AK demo car - "Rufus"

We won't be having the stripes!

For the interior I was going to go with a standard interior with the carpeted rear bulkhead. I personally don't see the point of doing that bit in leather. However - we've placed an order for a full leather interior including the rear bulkhead and thrown in a leather covered tunnel for good measure. The colour scheme is anthracite with perforated leather.

 - I wonder who wears the trousers in our house?

Brake Light Switch

There are a couple of options for the brake light switch:

• Pressure switch added to brake circuit
• Micro switch connected to brake lever

I've chosen the later route - I don't think there's a right or wrong way however.

So I've used a small switch from CBS and constructed a bracket attached to the pedal box.

The bracket prevents the switch from rotating and is strong enough to resist knocks but is well out of reach of your foot on the brake pedal.

When the assembly is fitted to the car - I found that the lever did not fully return to make contact with the switch  - so the brake lights were permanently on. I adjusted this by adding a clip to the brake lever to make up the gap.
With this arrangement, the lightest touch on the pedal gets the lights on.

Micro Switch