Re: Barries's 1950 standard 8
Posted by africapackard On 2010/5/25 2:43:18
All the 48 to 50's that I have seen here are right hand drive. Also, none of them has heaters installed. Also this convertible.
The clutch, throttle and shift linkages has been converted over to the right hand side of the car. The steering gear misses the manifolds with a comfortable margin. See photos. They were taken when I was busy with dismantling so the car was extremely dirty. It is very difficult to work on the brake reservoir and to fill it without spills is next to impossible. The clutch linkage works with a pully and cable system on my car will look at the convertible again to compare. The throttle linkage is plain and simple. Gearshift also works easily, but does interfere a bit with the road draft tube. Might be why mine does not have one. Will have to move the rocker side covers so that the draft tube is on the front one. Michael in Britain also have a right hand drive car imported from Rhodesia, probably came from South Africa anyway. Maybe he can provide us with his take on this as well.
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The clutch, throttle and shift linkages has been converted over to the right hand side of the car. The steering gear misses the manifolds with a comfortable margin. See photos. They were taken when I was busy with dismantling so the car was extremely dirty. It is very difficult to work on the brake reservoir and to fill it without spills is next to impossible. The clutch linkage works with a pully and cable system on my car will look at the convertible again to compare. The throttle linkage is plain and simple. Gearshift also works easily, but does interfere a bit with the road draft tube. Might be why mine does not have one. Will have to move the rocker side covers so that the draft tube is on the front one. Michael in Britain also have a right hand drive car imported from Rhodesia, probably came from South Africa anyway. Maybe he can provide us with his take on this as well.
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