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Old 08-04-2005, 03:43 PM
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On the wrong side!!

Do you guys over there in aus drive on the wrong side of the road like we do and ifso did they make a 70's f series pick up RHD? be a bit of a mission to swap from LHD to RHD tho eh!!
 
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Old 08-04-2005, 06:01 PM
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Yes we drive on the "wrong side of the road".
And yes, we had late 70's F-Series produced in RHD here in Australia.
 
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Old 08-05-2005, 03:43 PM
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wish i'd known of that earlier have just swapped the bulkhead in mine from AC to non AC,could have sourced a RHD set up over there somewhere,oh well just have to be careful when overtaking.
 
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Do you have late 2003-4 F350 duallys with RHD there aswell?
 
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We have RHD F-250's and F-350's based off the 2001 platform, alot of the components are similar to the 2003 - steering, suspension, axles etc., however the diesel changed to the 6.0l in 2003, and to the torqshift trans as well..

What in particular where you after?
 
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Old 08-06-2005, 06:51 PM
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So there is a "right" sode...hum...wonder if that is why people keep honking at me


now whcih side is the right side
 
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Whatever side I am driving on
Irrespective of country laws.
 
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There ya go...on your own path ...and marching to your own tune, the way it should be.
and I thought all those people were just waving at me.
 
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They might have been waving at you Tim, but I don't think it was to represent a friendly gesture.
 
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Were they only waving with one finger?

BTW Fred, seems to me I heard somewhere that if you import a LHD vehicle to Australia, it MUST be converted to RHD, they won't allow it on the road with LHD. Is that true?
 

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Thats correct.

You can run a LHD vehicle, but it has to have special certification from a registered government engineer, and be over 25years old.

Ferrari did run a LHD car here briefly when they circumnavigated the globe in a F355 for thier aniversary, but that required an allowance from the federal government.

We have some of the strictest automotive laws (bar Singapore), certain states require a full roadworthy annually, which includes around 500 different things being checked (mostly safety related).
 
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