Re: RHD

["Donald Queen" <donqueen@Inreach.com>]

I have tried unsuccessfully for years to drive a RHD car.

Suffice to say that my picture is posted on the wall of every Hertz office
in Great Britain.
Don Queen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Meis" <pmeis@wfubmc.edu>
To: "Vintage" <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 7:28 AM
Subject: RHD


> One of the oddities about RHD to me is the fact that despite roads being
> governed by traffic on the right, many expensive European sports cars of
the
> twenties and thirties had RHD. I believe this included Hispano-Suiza, and
> Alfa. The reasons for this choice are not clear to me. Was this a way of
> pretending that these grand tourers were meant for competition? Perhaps
the
> Alfisti on the list can enlighten us.
> Paul Meis, Team Escargot
> 69 NTM sports racer, RHD
> Honda S2000, LHD