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bfit:

--- Quote from: 70vette on July 22, 2016, 09:16:08 AM ---I have been collecting parts for the last three months. I have to say it has been the most frustrating experience I have had. I still am waiting for a shipment of bits from a so called reputable supplier in the States :lol:. Put the order in on the 31st of May, was supposed to to be here in 10 days....i'm still waiting for it. Some of the bits I need are in that shipment and because I didn't want to have bits of car all over the garage for a couple of months I have refrained from pulling it apart.

Bfit : I did go with the Borgasen box. I figured that it was more stock looking than a rack and doesn't hang low like a rack. Also some of the top Autocross Corvettes in the States use them so I figured if it was good enough for them, who am I to argue.

Just out of curiosity do you have a non power steer Pitman arm? Not that it is an issue. I have a non power drag link and a power steer Pitman and it will all fit. Just figured if I could find a non power Pitman that it would be optimum

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I just may have one Ill check that Saturday.
Bfit

bfit:
No luck on the pitman arm I only have the power steer units
Bfit

bootlegger:
A mate of mine is converting a 67 427 roadster back to Left hand drive. It came here new..
Ive got a 67 ss impala 396 coupe.
It was converted to rhd by bill buckle when it was new. The conversion is terrible (steering box sunken into the chassis).
A few weeks ago I picked up a rhd chassis and im going to fix it once and for all.
Surprisingly the original conversion is hanging in there.

70vette:

--- Quote from: Bfit on July 27, 2016, 09:58:54 AM ---No luck on the pitman arm I only have the power steer units
Bfit


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Thanks for checking Bfit. It's not really an issue, the power steer one I have will do the job no problem but if there was a non steer one around I just figure that it would be optiimum for the conversion.


--- Quote from: bootlegger on July 28, 2016, 10:45:53 PM ---A mate of mine is converting a 67 427 roadster back to Left hand drive. It came here new..
Ive got a 67 ss impala 396 coupe.
It was converted to rhd by bill buckle when it was new. The conversion is terrible (steering box sunken into the chassis).
A few weeks ago I picked up a rhd chassis and im going to fix it once and for all.
Surprisingly the original conversion is hanging in there.

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I think these cars of ours are just not meant to be converted to RHD as they were never engineered to be as such. I know there are cars out there that have been converted well; with a high level of engineering and workmanship and to the uninitiated they look right and feel right but if you know what to look for they still are a compromise.
My car has been right hand drive since 1995 and like I have said elsewhere it's driving dynamics were fine and dandy and I drive different modern cars every day but after driving one with a modern LHD steering box (Borgasen) I was amazed at the way it drove and felt. Just the extra space in the left hand side was a godsend.
Some larger cars are bit different as they can be converted successfully due to their extra space and the fact some of their architecture is shared with our right hand drive cars. E.g Mustang/Falcon.

bootlegger:
My 67 ss 396 ss coupe came here new and was converted by Bill Buckle. Although it has held up for fifty years the conversion is terrible.
They cut the chassis and boxed the steering box into it.
Three weeks ago I picked up a factory RHD chassis. Hoepfully I can sort it out that way.

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