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: Right Hand Drive Camaro & Impala


RyanNilcea05
Jul 18th, 08, 4:29 PM
I though these were pretty cool and wanted to share them.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/CAMARO-1977-LT-RIGHT-HAND-DRIVE-350-T350-LSD_W0QQitemZ130232918160QQihZ003QQcategoryZ35227Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1969-Chevy-impala_W0QQitemZ250271588748QQihZ015QQcategoryZ101 895QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

1badss396
Jul 18th, 08, 4:44 PM
I bet its real fun finding a dash pad for those cars?

RyanNilcea05
Jul 18th, 08, 4:53 PM
Ha! Brad, that's a good one!

anychevy
Jul 18th, 08, 9:35 PM
I bet its real fun finding a dash pad for those cars?
I like the phrase "properly converted" :sad: Believe me, there's no such thing :noway:

Andy69
Jul 18th, 08, 11:15 PM
I bet its real fun finding a dash pad for those cars?

just turn a regular one inside out

1badss396
Jul 18th, 08, 11:20 PM
just turn a regular one inside outYou know those Aussi guys do that to everything :D
I can see Dave kicking wombats and Roo's now.

LevonH
Jul 19th, 08, 12:04 AM
Interesting how the remote control mirror is still on only the drivers side.

rianbechtold
Jul 19th, 08, 5:26 AM
I thought they had Km/h speedometers? I have seen them for sale before, they get LOTS of money!

rianbechtold
Jul 19th, 08, 5:29 AM
I bet its real fun finding a dash pad for those cars?

LOL, I wonder what the steering gear boxes look like:confused:

RyanNilcea05
Jul 19th, 08, 9:59 AM
Were these produced this way, or were they converted?

1badss396
Jul 19th, 08, 2:16 PM
Were these produced this way, or were they converted?They were produced that way...:yes: if even shows it in your AIM:yes:

RyanNilcea05
Jul 19th, 08, 3:26 PM
Aim?

prefectca
Jul 20th, 08, 9:53 PM
Were these produced this way, or were they converted?

The GM plant in Oshawa Ontario Canada built a lot of right hand drive cars for export. I think that is what the seller means by "properly converted" instead of an Australian company doing the conversion. If you get a chance to see some of these Australian Chevies on the net. the instrument panels could be interesting. The Oshawa plant would manufacture a run of components to build right hand drive cars and any left over would be used in the next years model. 1967 Chevies with 1965 dashes is one example I have seen.

Paul

1badss396
Jul 20th, 08, 9:55 PM
Aim?Assembly Instruction Manuel

anychevy
Jul 22nd, 08, 5:27 AM
The GM plant in Oshawa Ontario Canada built a lot of right hand drive cars for export.
Paul
Full size Chevrolet and Pontiac only, if GM made anything else RHD ? We didn't get it.
All the F and A body stuff you see for sale in OZ has been converted (usually badly)
Sometimes they would cut the frame and box the LHD steering box on the RH side :sad:
The dashbaords are usually cut and welded in sections or made of fibreglass
The wiring aint pretty either, as you can probably imagine :thumbsup: She'll be right mate !

Keith Tedford
Jul 22nd, 08, 5:52 AM
I think you will find that the same dash would be used throughout a given body style model run. The '66-67 RH drive Chevelles would have the same dash as would the '68-'69 Chevelles and so on. Production runs weren't large enough to warrant changes every year.