I love the RHD except for the location of the signal light indicator. I
used to always be hitting air on the left side. Now I'm hitting air on the
right side in the wagon.
I don't drive it in heavy traffic though and the car is not so wide that I
can't lean over a bit when getting out of a parking spot. I also don't have
a roof to block my view.
Would you consider re-shelling it as a roadster? That's what I would be
interested in.
The RHDs in Canada can only be brought in if you have owned the car for 6
months and you are not able to sell it for at least 1 year. It is not legal
to convert a LHD to RHD. At least, that is my understanding. When I
licensed it, there was no complication, or record made of the RHD thing.
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Clarici <spritenut@Exit109.com>
To: Wiedemeyer <boxweed@thebest.net>
Cc: Lancer7676@aol.com <Lancer7676@aol.com>; spridgets list
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: July 4, 1999 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: The GT (Kinda long)
>Wiedemeyer wrote:
>>
>> David,
>>
>> I can tell you from experience that a right-hand drive car is not much
fun
>> to drive in the U.S. You can never see what you need to see on the road
>> ahead, and if your signals aren't working, there's no way to let people
>> behind you know when you're going to turn. I had a right-hand drive
Morgan
>> and only ended up keeping it a few months because of the frustration!
Take
>> this into consideration before spending a lot of time restoring this car.
>> (Maybe if you know someone with a right-hand drive car, you could try it
out
>> for a few hours in traffic to see what I mean.
>
>Bob
>
>I drive a right hand drive spridget all the time.
>Yes passing does pose a problem sometimes, and drive up windows are a
>bear, but all in all, RHD is not that bad. It does take a bit of getting
>used too.
>
>Converting RHD to LHD is no problem on this side of the pond. Left to
>right is a bit harder to do since the parts would have to come from
>England.
>
>I say restore the GT, keep it RHD, if it does cause problems, it is an
>easy swap back to LHD.
>
>They don't make em anymore and if it gets scrapped, that's one less MG.
>
>My.02
>
>
>--
>Frank Clarici
>Toms River, NJ
>Bugeye Sprite
>67 Sprite
>59 A40
>http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut/
>
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