Converting a Left to a Right

Tony255

Anyone know how much it would cost to convert a left hand drive car to a right hand drive, in the long term i would like to bring a mustang in from the US i dont want to get into the whole VRT issue just wondering how much it would cost to convert?

Thanks
Tony

colm_mcm

should be ridicuously espensive. I don't reckon there were RHD models built so parts like the dash would have to be fabricated.

I'll put my guess in at around E8,000

bazz26

It would cost silly money that you would never get back plus you would probably have to go to the UK to get the work done if possible. Cannot imagine anyone in Ireland doing this kind of work.

You might be better off keeping the money to tax and feed that V8.

Eoin

This refers more to classics, but just for example - if you do a search on carzone for Mustangs, the going rate for a 65/66 289 coupe is around the mid-teens. The only RHD conversion one there is going for a whopping 35K or so. You'd have to presume that a good chunk of that price difference is to recoup some of the expense of the conversion.

Owen

colm_mcm wrote:

I don't reckon there were RHD models built

There was indeed RHD Mustangs available in Australia. If you look on Carzone, there's one for sale at the moment. Parts should be difficult to source, but not impossible. Failing that, any decent toolmaker should be able to do linkages, etc if you're short OP. The Dash and Trims? You'll be needing an Aussie Classic specialist there.

Owen

eoin_s wrote:

This refers more to classics, but just for example - if you do a search on carzone for Mustangs, the going rate for a 65/66 289 coupe is around the mid-teens. The only RHD conversion one there is going for a whopping 35K or so. You'd have to presume that a good chunk of that price difference is to recoup some of the expense of the conversion.

The owner states it's original, and unmolested. He also documents that in Australia there were Mustangs available in RHD. The price is due to the rarity.

Eoin

ned78 wrote:

The owner states it's original, and unmolested. He also documents that in Australia there were Mustangs available in RHD. The price is due to the rarity.

I didn't realise that they came in RHD and had power steering as early as 66... Even the cleanest of clean 289 coupes seem to go for less than 20K, so 15K+ premium for RHD sounds quite high. Still, if it is RHD originally, then that's another conversation.

DonJose

http://mustangrhd.co.uk/rhd.htm

Pretty pricey

http://mustangrhd.co.uk/vehicles.htm

galwaytt

there was a RHD one at the Terenure car show last year, for Eur5k. Not a '60's, but a fairly awful '70's one.

8k for the change is about right. I know 2 people who've done LHD - RHD cars themselves in Galway..........not for the fainthearted.......

crosstownk

As others have said, the cost of conversion would be ridiculously expensive. Either try and source a RHD or just leave the US import as an LHD.

rebel.ranter

Two lads I know did a left to right hand conversion on a bull nose Scania a couple of weeks ago. They got a lot of the stuff fabricated. Scary stuff if you ask me. I mucked in with some of the wiring, it was long, tedious but straight forward. They bought a cab from a scrapped non-bull nose Scania to use as a donor for the dash etc.
Yer man always wanted a bull nose Scania but it was never made in right hand drive. It's now DOEd and pressed into service. It will shortly be getting a paint job & a body kit, brown & orange!!!

Would you be reallly be put off to the tune of €8k for inconvenience of driving from the wrong side, especially if it's not going to be a daily driver?? (Assuming it's not).
If you were willing to take on some of the work yourself it might not be as expensive to do though. Each to their own...