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Britfish · Post by **Britfish** » Fri Feb 01, 13 9:08 pm

http://s1337.beta.photobucket.com/user/ ... 1498623815

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Fri Feb 01, 13 9:17 pm

Looks like a good project, body looks solid and straight, are you putting it back to LHD, parts should be easily sorced over your side of the pond?

drewcrane · Post by **drewcrane** » Fri Feb 01, 13 9:56 pm

That is a very cool and rare car ,have fun

Mossy68 · Post by **Mossy68** » Fri Feb 01, 13 10:02 pm

Are these pics 'as found'?
Lovely rare old car with an interesting history

Dave81 · Post by **Dave81** » Sat Feb 02, 13 7:43 pm

Hope Sully's keeping it original because he pointed out its rarity!

Would expect its a big talking point at the local meets!

Great photo's of the barn find, very atmospheric!

Would love to buy a property with an old barn on the land and find a treat like this hidden away!

Look forward to progress photo's!

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Sat Feb 02, 13 8:50 pm

Bulkhead is different, either left hand drive or right hand drive was not made to change over, hell of a job to change it , or change the whole firewall keep it RHD !!!

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Mon Feb 04, 13 9:00 am

Carl wrote:Looks like a good project, body looks solid and straight, are you putting it back to LHD, parts should be easily sorced over your side of the pond?

it was never left hand drive

Hamtamk production line to UK RHD all the way

with Euro spec. torsion bars brakes and heavy duty rear suspension

dave

Carl · Post by **Carl** » Mon Feb 04, 13 9:49 am

of course silly me

Post by **MattH** » Mon Feb 04, 13 8:41 pm

There is more than one RHD conv over stateside then.
The one Alex Doig owned went back, that was RHD and red IIRC.

Dave999 · Post by **Dave999** » Thu Feb 07, 13 9:55 am

Carl wrote:of course silly me

not at all

given that 99.9999999999% of mopars produced were left hand drive

why wouldn't a barracuda from a US factory be left hand drive...

but for 2 years they made some RHD stuff

prior to that only the canadian factories did RHD in the 50s for RHD canada. hence dodge lancers and royals etc RHD some assembled in kew some in ausstralia some in SA

australia and south africa took advantage with CKD kits until about 1962 when both got chrylser owned or heaviliy subsidised factories, shared their RHD technology as the supplies from the US dried up.

different case for the steering box, internals the same with the ballnut back wards and meshing with the sector mirror image style
different lower balljoints
different dash
peddle box
bellhousings clutch

other than that all the same

after 68 i believe the only place doing RHD was australia and SA for Mopars of American origin

worked the other way as well

hillman avenger RHD plymouth cricket LHD

chrysler/simca 1800 LHD and french chrysler centura RHD version and aussie