Right hand drive Charger conversions

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Tue May 16, 06 1:43 pm

I had a right hand drive Mustang(1 of 33)sold new by Ford in the UK
I much prefere left hand drive it feels better(and easyer to sell if need be)i strugled to sell the Mustang just because it was a right hand drive people wanted left hookers.
It was a chain conversion if you were wondering?It was shipped with the conversion kit in the trunk from the US and Ford UK did the conversion very good no problems,but it made the car have no feel at all it was like a computer game no feeling in the steering at all and it was a pig to get at electrics due to a big box under the dash which had the chain inside.
It seems to me to be more trouble than it is worth,not to mention expense!its your choice though so i respect that.
If you have bench seats you can just slide across anyway

Welcome to the forum

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue May 16, 06 2:07 pm

What about that RHD silver 68 fury, is that still around?

Dave-R · Post by **Dave-R** » Tue May 16, 06 2:21 pm

WillDatsun wrote:What about that RHD silver 68 fury, is that still around?

Adam took a photo of it here. http://www.mopartalk.co.uk/mopartalk/vi ... 7882#77882

Russ.
No worries mate. I'm just trying to stop you getting into something too deep for you. I hate these "hypothetical" threads because they are usually just a waste of time. There are enough people around here with real world problems thanks very much.

Trigger_Andy · Post by **Trigger_Andy** » Tue May 16, 06 3:03 pm

Dave, here's a hypothetical question for ya! How hard would it be to convert my Barracuda back to left hand drive? Has anyone done anythink like it before?
Andy

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue May 16, 06 5:25 pm

Tyreman: Yes my friend had a chain conversion, apart from the idea of a chain controlling steering scares me into a cold sweat, it's another 'saggy' area where you're going to introduce some play and nice vague steering as you said. Hence why I'd sooner avoid it,

Dave: I'm saying it's hypothetical just to keep the LHD'ers off my back for now. The point of this thread is to see what would be involved, what started off as "are there any cars I can swap parts with" has turned into a "which part of the original car will be left"... without this thread I may very well have bought one blind thinking I could have just swapped a few bits around

Also it will let me know how 'deep' I'm going in, in case it's too much and I decide to instead buy a Mondeo or something...

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue May 16, 06 5:34 pm

There was a 69 Daytona converted in Aus some years back. What happened to that?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue May 16, 06 5:40 pm

Oooh Plymouth Furys are pretty cars, an aquaintence has one (you can find him on www.talkaudio.co.uk).

I am now maintaining a vague list of things that would be involved in a "as if it came from the factory" conversion at the beginning of this thread.

I'll do some googling and see what more details I can come up with, probably 0.

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Tue May 16, 06 5:49 pm

Heres how too do it

A job well done

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue May 16, 06 6:07 pm

LMAO, yes I could get some titan dual driving instructor controls, then at MMA meets I could arrive LHD style, then RHD for when I'm alone

That is brilliant though, hope that belt is properly tensioned

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue May 16, 06 6:23 pm

I know it's a Mustang, but this guy did something similar (without the offset issues that doubles the headache of course) http://www.justmustangs.com.au/html/LHD ... rsion.html and it looks pretty tidy.

Added wiper sweep modification to list.

TYREMAN · Post by **TYREMAN** » Tue May 16, 06 6:25 pm

not my work

i nicked the pic from a past thread thought it was worth saving

WARNING NO Ties, Jewlry,etc to be worn whilst driving this,hair mus be in a hair net.
One good thing about the Mclaren F1 is that the steering wheel is perfectly central with one seat in the front

.I dont know how they manage that?
I saw a car on one of the auto programs from one of the USAs big three that they are working on that can change from one side to the other

Its still a concept car at the moment but it may go ahead in the future?

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue May 16, 06 6:54 pm

Tyreman: LOL

What was complicated about the F1 that would make the seat being central difficult? The engine is behind the driver so nothing to get in the way

Yeh that GM concept car, drive by wire, some of the bikes use it now as well. Infact even the new (or rather 2000 model) Vauxhall Omega has a fly by wire throttle. No reason you couldn't do the same with the steering

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Tue May 16, 06 7:24 pm

Hi. I'm not a big LHD'er (I'm not really fussy) andI know this has been covered but driving a LHD is part of the parcel of driving a yank. If you desperatley want a RHD car, for the money and time you will be spending on such a project wouldn't you be better off either buying an Australian motor, or wait untill Dodge vehicles go on sale in the UK.

And were getting some of the big stuff too.

Also you don't have to slide across the car at McDonalds, you just go through in reverse.

Ian Z · Post by **Ian Z** » Tue May 16, 06 7:27 pm

i've always fancied having steering and controls in the centre after seeing concept cars in the past. A lady on both sides and multiambidexterousnous. Any ideas or experience?
BTW I already have a bench seat, do you think that would help?

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