[DeTomaso] Air Con Down under

[Julian Kift]

When I lived in Australia I owned a Corvette which had been converted to RHD, at that time it was mandatory. I spent some time looking for that car before I came across a professional conversion with a complete switch over that I felt safe driving, many were simply a chain wheel from the steering column to the oem rack and a series of linkages for pedals.... downright scary and in my opinion a lot unsafer than just driving the LHD.
 
When they fist allowed LHD I think the down side was you have to have a huge sticker across the rear saying "CAUTION - LEFT HAND DRIVE"
 
My upside was as I was there as a temporary worker on a 4 year visa I could drive under my US license, that saved me more than one ticket once the Cop looking at it and figured it ws more hassle than it was worth to process.
 
Julian
 
> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:12:01 -0800
> From: steven.liebenow at att.net
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Air Con Down under
> 
> Would you believe that the 60's big block (or small block) RHD Mustangs, 
> Cougars, etc that went down under ALSO used the large tube thingy to go across 
> the entire dash to run those huge 11.5" clutches......
> 
> Apparently it used to be a law that any car, classic included, was required to 
> be converted to RHD. I believe recent history has seen that requirement go by 
> the wayside....... however now someone was trying to legislate all old cars off 
> the roads......ugh! Did they catch Kaliforniafever there now????
> 
> No one ever manufactured inverse image bellhousings......for these cars 
> anyway....
> 
> 
> Steve
> 
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