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1. RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 20:54:31 +0100
Greetings from a new Midget owner :-) I have just purchased a 1973 MG Midget which is now being shipped from the UK. The car is RHD and I am considering to convert it to LHD. Is this a simple convers
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00160.html (7,602 bytes)

2. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 13:10:03 -0500 (EST)
Not really alot of work. You will need a LHD dash and also the corresponding switches if thet RHD dash has rocker switches as opposed to toggle switches. You will also need a LHD steering rack. Other
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00164.html (8,418 bytes)

3. RE: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 16:11:42 -0500
Don't do it. It's unique, sets it apart. Ralph Giro Gainesville, FL 72 Midget Vintage Racer (Rusty) 67 Midget - Long Term Resto. Greetings from a new Midget owner :-) I have just purchased a 1973 MG
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00166.html (8,362 bytes)

4. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 19:06:49 -0500
From RHD to LHD over here is pretty easy. Lots of parts and probably many listers who might want to trade for your RHD set up. I am running a RHD car now, other then the drive up windows, it's no pro
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00175.html (9,063 bytes)

5. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:55:01 -0600
part might be getting used to shifting with your left hand. There is also the intense joy of passing a car on a two-lane highway... One of our clubmembers has an RHD MGC and I was ROFLMAO last Fall
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00179.html (8,290 bytes)

6. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 20:08:15 -0500
do not forget new headlights! due to the specific RH or LH focus of the chuck. -- Original Message -- From "Frank Clarici" <spritenut at Exit109.com> To: "Ketil Oftedahl" <ketil@oftedahl.no> Cc: "Spr
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00183.html (9,651 bytes)

7. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:40:48 -0600
That's strange, I don't recall ever having bought handed bulbs for my cars, the bulbs don't seem to care which side of the car they will be on... David Lieb RWA Midgets /// unsubscribe/change addres
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00189.html (8,426 bytes)

8. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2003 18:25:55 -0800
Oh, that's funny!! Actually, on LHD cars, they have what is known as "Dip right" headlamps. When you go from high beam to low, the lows are then spotted to the right as compared to the highs. That wa
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00195.html (9,355 bytes)

9. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 19:07:05 -0800
You only have to be careful if you take the car to the southern hemisphere where it will be upside down and reverse the aim of the lights. the cars, /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordo
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00196.html (8,903 bytes)

10. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 22:12:03 -0500
yup! it has to do with the orientation of the focusing of the lense. at one point that was the basis for all imported cars being brought into the united states needing to have sealed beams. what are
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00198.html (11,083 bytes)

11. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 06:56:54 EST
<< do not forget new headlights! due to the specific RH or LH focus of the If you've ever driven a rhd car on the continent and got many, many angry high beam flashes at night (even with a "conversio
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00210.html (9,038 bytes)

12. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2003 06:26:54 -0600
Well I'll be dipped! Who'd a thunk it?! So it is an issue of alignment of the filaments to each other within the headlight. Makes sense, I guess. David Lieb LHD Midgets /// unsubscribe/change address
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00212.html (9,393 bytes)

13. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:08:15 +0100
Thanks to everybody who have provided advise and/or opinions :-) The headlights will have to be changed anyway - unless they give a 100% symmetric light pattern. If they are asymmetric the "wrong" wa
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00318.html (9,360 bytes)

14. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 11:36:45 -0800
Let's not be gender specific here! I never could get Gary to try to drive my RHD Morris Minor, even though I did offer once in a weak moment. I loved pulling up to a nicely restored "Whatever" and t
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00346.html (9,326 bytes)

15. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:14:55 -0800
Hi Kate, Your story about being stopped by a cop one night is still the greatest. Fill them in on it!! Later, Paul A /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// htt
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00351.html (9,771 bytes)

16. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 17:53:34 -0500
Your inspectors are thorough. I doubt that headlight aim gets checked here more than 1% of the time. no-off; bright-dim; next . . . Robert D. -- Original Message -- /// unsubscribe/change address req
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00357.html (9,077 bytes)

17. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 18:09:41 -0500
Obviously I meant 'on-off'. : ) -- Original Message -- here /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00358.html (9,020 bytes)

18. Fw: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 19:08:26 -0500
forget the darn trailer thing.... -- Original Message -- From "Charles Christ" <cfchrist at earthlink.net> To: "Robert Duquette" <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>; "Spridgets" <Spridgets@autox.team.net>
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00363.html (9,815 bytes)

19. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 18:26:47 -0600
Hell Chris, he can't find the correct coast, much less the correct seat. My thought on this is, Bob was hired as a baggage handler, and when it was break time, he sat down in the wrong seat!!! He has
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00365.html (9,043 bytes)

20. Re: RHD/LHD conversion (score: 1)
Author: Unknown
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 18:29:29 -0600
I went in to get the P.A. inspected, and I asked them to adjust the headlamps. had to LOOK to find the machine. The painted line on the floor, that the machine is placed upon, is a REQUIREMENT for hi
/html/spridgets/2003-03/msg00366.html (9,586 bytes)


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