The Dark Wob

More pics of the problem pipes

They look similar to the oil cooler pipes on my bike. I took those to Pirtek & got new flexi bits fitted to the original ends. They even had a choice of pipe so I could pick how flexible it was.

Actually I think it may have been Pirtek I used. No harm to them - it was down to me to get them fitted and I didn't really think it through - as well as it being a bastard to get to

mercrocker wrote: ↑Tue Oct 13, 2020 9:31 am It was fairly commonplace at one time, particularly down in Oz where RHD was mandatory. I used to drive a Caddy Seville loan car which had been done that way, it did cross my mind what would happen if the chain snapped....I don't think it was duplex or anything sophisticated like that.

It goes one better here, a lot of vehicles get fitted with big meccano screwed into the dashboard, a pulley fitted to the old steering wheel splines and a rubber fan belt run to the passenger side to steer with.

RUBBER FAN BELT.

Let that sink in a while

PhilA wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 1:08 am It goes one better here, a lot of vehicles get fitted with big meccano screwed into the dashboard, a pulley fitted to the old steering wheel splines and a rubber fan belt run to the passenger side to steer with.

RUBBER FAN BELT.

Let that sink in a while

Phil - why are people doing this in the USA?

Maybe some obscure uk or jap cars weren't made in left hand drive form.

This is what I finished up with. Not pretty but it works. You can clearly see the BFO steering box in the way which is why the LHD spin-on filer couldn't work for RHD.

Incidentally, one of many quirks of the RHD is that the collapsible steering column that was new for 1968 in the USA didn't make it to RHD models - we kept the old "spear you in the chest" version.

paulplom wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 10:08 am Maybe some obscure uk or jap cars weren't made in left hand drive form.

There was lots going on in the late 50s/1960s with regard to a few major countries and provinces changing from Keep Left to Keep Right traffic systems as well. Also some places (notably Australia) don't permit LHD which throws up some interesting engineering solutions to say the least....

Countries that drove on the Left and built cars were at a disadvantage unless they productionised accordingly, which is the reason many British volume cars had symmetrical dashboards and centrally mounted instruments. The Japs made big inroads to America, particularly on the western seaboard but they had comparatively few model ranges.

Certainly Rambler were eyeing the UK market very strongly - I have brochures for both the '65 and '66 range specifically in RHD form but as AMCRebel points out they weren't always updated as the LHD cars were as presumably the market didn't warrant the additional expense.

AMCrebel wrote: ↑Wed Oct 14, 2020 9:47 am Phil - why are people doing this in the USA?

Postal workers. Drive down the right side of the street with traffic, lean out and put mail in mailbox. Requires RHD vehicle, and importing an RHD vehicle is a pain, so spatchcocked contraptions are added to LHD vehicles.