Hi All

Even though I am downunder, I need to know what originally was in the LHD location as I am restoring my car as a RHD and would like to replicate the LHD, All I really need to know is which hole does the accelerator cable come out and what used in the hole between the clutch cable and what think is the accelerator cable hole??

I have used the search function and have downloaded some pics but have not been able to find these.

It would be really helpful if somebody could point out a pic showing the accelerator cable and the usage of the hole in between.


Cheers

David

probably where the speedo cable was routed

Ahh, never though of that, mine has been routed inside the car and goes though a hole in the tunnel...

I only wish these were made in RHD to avoid all the shenanigans of conversions.

divace73 wrote:Ahh, never though of that, mine has been routed inside the car and goes though a hole in the tunnel...

I only wish these were made in RHD to avoid all the shenanigans of conversions.

On a limited production car in its price range in a world where only 10% of the roadways are for RHD cars it would not make much economic sense to have done that.

Another way to look at it by population is that 65% of the worlds population lives where LHD is needed and 35% where RHD is needed.


Red = LHD
Blue = RHD

You need another color, a third one, purple would be appropriate, for Massachusetts.

DieselSpider wrote:

divace73 wrote: I only wish these were made in RHD to avoid all the shenanigans of conversions.

On a limited production car in its price range in a world where only 10% of the roadways are for RHD cars it would not make much economic sense to have done that.

Given that they (from my limited reading admittedly) produced around 200,000 Spiders and the Coupe was available in RHD form, producing a RHD Spider cannot have been a a big deal surely? My guess is purely down to marketing decisions. Given the UK was (and probably still is) a major market for soft tops, not wholly sure of the logic.

The Lancia Beta Spyder (Zagato) was produced in far fewer numbers (around 9,000 in total), but was available in RHD and LHD versions from the start. Admittedly it was a modded Coupe, but again there were nowhere near as many of those made (approx 90,000) as the number of 124 Spiders.

Peter

I think they figured that the UK market was dominated by the English brands (MG, Triumph, etc), and the US market was absorbing pretty much everything built, so no need to make the RHD effort. My understanding is that there has never been a very large market in the UK for Italian cars, is that pretty much true?

Pete

RRoller123 wrote:You need another color, a third one, purple would be appropriate, for Massachusetts.

They should provide a FAQ at the Logan Hertz counter
"Straight on Red after Stop (or slowing down a little)"
"The signage on the Interstate out of town is the speed limit, not route number."
"We have eliminated the stalk on the left side of the steering column because it is not used here."

We don't use the turn signals, because it's nobody's damned business where we are going.

And NEVER trust the "YIELD" sign when it is in your favor, if you visit us. You do so at your peril.

RRoller123 wrote:And NEVER trust the "YIELD" sign when it is in your favor, if you visit us. You do so at your peril.

Being passed on the right may hold up in court there as grounds for Justifiable Homicide too.

Once you've learned the rules of the road there its all just grand.

They should provide a FAQ at the Logan Hertz counter
"Straight on Red after Stop (or slowing down a little)"

In Massachusetts the rule is:

Yellow: Accelerate
Red: Keep going through
Green: Stop because you know they're coming through in the other direction

This actually happened to an Englishman in France who was totally drunk.

A French policeman stops the Englishman's car and asks if he has been drinking.

With great difficulty, the Englishman admits that he has been drinking all day, that his daughter got married that morning, and that he drank champagne and a few bottles of wine at the reception, and many single malts scotches thereafter.

Quite upset, the policeman proceeds to alcohol-test (breath test) the Englishman and verifies that he is indeed totally sloshed.

He asks the Englishman if he knows why, under French Law, he is going to be arrested.

The Englishman answers with a bit of humour,
"No sir, I do not! But while we're asking questions,
do you realize that this is a British car and
that my wife is driving . . . . on the other side?

Peteracs wrote:

DieselSpider wrote:

divace73 wrote: I only wish these were made in RHD to avoid all the shenanigans of conversions.

On a limited production car in its price range in a world where only 10% of the roadways are for RHD cars it would not make much economic sense to have done that.

Given that they (from my limited reading admittedly) produced around 200,000 Spiders and the Coupe was available in RHD form, producing a RHD Spider cannot have been a a big deal surely? My guess is purely down to marketing decisions. Given the UK was (and probably still is) a major market for soft tops, not wholly sure of the logic.

The Lancia Beta Spyder (Zagato) was produced in far fewer numbers (around 9,000 in total), but was available in RHD and LHD versions from the start. Admittedly it was a modded Coupe, but again there were nowhere near as many of those made (approx 90,000) as the number of 124 Spiders.

Peter

That is my thoughts, it really wouldn't have been too difficult as we use the RHD coupe parts for the transplant, I have this conspiracy theory that Fiat had a secret deal with MG not to produce them in RHD as it may have killed off the MGB??

aj81spider wrote: In Massachusetts the rule is:

Yellow: Accelerate

We experienced a ton of rear-end accidents in Maryland when red-light cameras were first introduced ... for this very reason. I myself had a split-second to choose between a $50 no-points ticket and an accelerating bread truck. I still had cardboard tags on the car, and wanted to preserve its virginity for at least a month!