bored and thinking

[stegomon]

could you import a right hand drive sploder from the uk and stick all of the guts into a ranger and drive a ranger like that? think it would be great out on the trails and of course delivering mail a tad easier

 

[BRUTUS_T_HOG]

only one way to find out. waiting for you to do it now lol

 

[stegomon]

sweet. as long as you say it is ok

 

[BlueChariot]

Are you basicly asking if this would be a good way to change a Ranger from left hand drive to right hand drive?

 

[mhughes165]

Are you basicly asking if this would be a good way to change a Ranger from left hand drive to right hand drive?

for all the trouble just import the RHD ranger lol, in that year it passed all us safety specs so its as easy to import as a sploder

 

[Mac]

Might be great for trails but would scare the hell out of me on the road trying to pass someone.
Dave

 

[BRUTUS_T_HOG]

driving RHD isn't that weird after a few times doing it. I get to drive mail trucks all the time lol and they are chevy S-10 chassis

 

[BlueChariot]

Not to knock the idea, but aside from the slightly different perspective on a trail, how would this be worth the effort seeing as it complicates road driving? Not to knock it, I just don't follow the reasoning.

 

[ranger_mclaren]

I really don't see how it would make it easier on the trails. You'd still be on one side of the truck. Now if you kept both steering wheels and could jump back and forth or made it center drive.....

 

[yodaman1151]

if it were RHD then you would have issues seeing.. the... driver's side? ha ha you get it

 

[BlueChariot]

I really don't see how it would make it easier on the trails. You'd still be on one side of the truck. Now if you kept both steering wheels and could jump back and forth or made it center drive.....

For the average guy, center drive is possible but a whole new can of worms that I certainly wouldn't open. Cool? Yes, as the McLaren F1 was center drive with abreast seating to either side. But converting to center and having it not look and feel like diahrrea of the welder is horrendously difficult.

That being said I wouldn't mind a RHD car, namely an old Mini (I figure, they're so small being on the right side wouldn't make much trouble) or a Skyline as that's the only way they come.

 

[ranger_mclaren]

For the average guy, center drive is possible but a whole new can of worms that I certainly wouldn't open. Cool? Yes, as the McLaren F1 was center drive with abreast seating to either side. But converting to center and having it not look and feel like diahrrea of the welder is horrendously difficult.

That being said I wouldn't mind a RHD car, namely an old Mini (I figure, they're so small being on the right side wouldn't make much trouble) or a Skyline as that's the only way they come.

Exactly, Most people who want RHD is people who buy a car that is originaly made in right hand drive and want to make the car more valuble or want to earn more points at a car show. ie: Honda Civic, integra type R. If you can find one in RHD that was imported from Japan your sitting on gold but you can import the stuff to make them RHD and give them JDM front ends, JDM engines, etc, etc.

Trust me I know my way around a Mc Laren F1. The passenger seats was removed in order to be sold in US. After the car was yours you could put them back in. They also had to have extra bumpers added to the front of them to pass height regulations for DOT. Which was also usually removed from the new owners. (simular to the front bumper added to the front of a Lamborghini Countach.) I have several books and magazines on nothing but Gordan Murry and the Mc Laren. I also had Die cast of the mclaren from 1:43 scal up to 1:18 scale and I'm saving to buy a 1:12 scale. Sorry Thread jack done.

 

[BlueChariot]

Exactly, Most people who want RHD is people who buy a car that is originaly made in right hand drive and want to make the car more valuble or want to earn more points at a car show. ie: Honda Civic, integra type R. If you can find one in RHD that was imported from Japan your sitting on gold but you can import the stuff to make them RHD and give them JDM front ends, JDM engines, etc, etc.

Trust me I know my way around a Mc Laren F1. The passenger seats was removed in order to be sold in US. After the car was yours you could put them back in. They also had to have extra bumpers added to the front of them to pass height regulations for DOT. Which was also usually removed from the new owners. (simular to the front bumper added to the front of a Lamborghini Countach.) I have several books and magazines on nothing but Gordan Murry and the Mc Laren. I also had Die cast of the mclaren from 1:43 scal up to 1:18 scale and I'm saving to buy a 1:12 scale. Sorry Thread jack done.

Correct, as far as the layout of things like steering, it should be left like when it was from the factory. Another reason is, alot of the times with cars on a more average persons level, not something like a lamborghini, when you get a version that has drive on the opposite side, you'll find slightly worse fit and finish from what I've seen.

I did not know the seat fact about the F1, and I did assume by your name you were familiar with those types, unless for some odd reason your name references ASC

Also sorry for the thread jack.

 

[stegomon]

it would just be fun. that is all

 

[Frank The Tank]

I hate driving RHD........ I've driven a lot of mail jeeps and they don't do anything special for me at all... shifting left handed sucks!!!!!