Doug’s RCR Jaguar D Type Build.
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Doug M
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I’ve been out of town and also busy with family summer fun crap, but I’ve gotten a chance to get some progress made that is reasonably worthy of an update on my build thread.
Most of the wiring is finished. The compact nature of this car made it a bit challenging to find a decent mounting spot for the relays. Still some buttoning up to do.
While the main instrumentation is supposed to look authentic, I purposely chose two mismatched fuel and voltage gauges for the ‘add on’ gauge cluster. I also mounted the fuel gauge 90 degrees for better visual clarity.
I’ve said this several times already, so apologies. I like my old cars to look stock but to have unseen modern upgrades for safety and reliability. So while the entire car has a modern wiring harness, I used cloth covered wire and looms and various other retro electrical doodads that look authentic (hopefully) yet aren’t connected to anything. Drawing from my scale modeling and prop making experience, I aged the cloth wires with some black and brown dust made from kids sidewalk chalk.
The passenger side fuse panel is all fake wiring. I made a point to use original E-Type wire clamps found on eBay and I finished everything using slotted screws. The cover of the hollowed out voltage regulator can be removed for easy access to the modern blade fuse block.
Another ‘modification’ which I’ve seen in many pictures is replacing the glove box compartment on the right side with an aluminum panel. Because I only have my right arm, I used this as the location for the most needed controls. Horn, hazard, push button start, turn signal, four buttons for the push button transmission controller, and a two stage switch for the electric emergency brake.
I also fabricated a small panel for a fan switch, a fuel pump kill switch, and an A/B selector switch for the dash panel. The A position will illuminate the gauges with their internal lighting, and the B position will illuminate the dash with just the more original blue tinted ‘black light’. This is an option that I doubt I’ll use that much, but it’ll be good to have.
Most of the wiring is finished. The compact nature of this car made it a bit challenging to find a decent mounting spot for the relays. Still some buttoning up to do.
While the main instrumentation is supposed to look authentic, I purposely chose two mismatched fuel and voltage gauges for the ‘add on’ gauge cluster. I also mounted the fuel gauge 90 degrees for better visual clarity.
I’ve said this several times already, so apologies. I like my old cars to look stock but to have unseen modern upgrades for safety and reliability. So while the entire car has a modern wiring harness, I used cloth covered wire and looms and various other retro electrical doodads that look authentic (hopefully) yet aren’t connected to anything. Drawing from my scale modeling and prop making experience, I aged the cloth wires with some black and brown dust made from kids sidewalk chalk.
The passenger side fuse panel is all fake wiring. I made a point to use original E-Type wire clamps found on eBay and I finished everything using slotted screws. The cover of the hollowed out voltage regulator can be removed for easy access to the modern blade fuse block.
Another ‘modification’ which I’ve seen in many pictures is replacing the glove box compartment on the right side with an aluminum panel. Because I only have my right arm, I used this as the location for the most needed controls. Horn, hazard, push button start, turn signal, four buttons for the push button transmission controller, and a two stage switch for the electric emergency brake.
I also fabricated a small panel for a fan switch, a fuel pump kill switch, and an A/B selector switch for the dash panel. The A position will illuminate the gauges with their internal lighting, and the B position will illuminate the dash with just the more original blue tinted ‘black light’. This is an option that I doubt I’ll use that much, but it’ll be good to have.
