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I just found an ad for this 1959 Wolseley 6/90: Fitted with an unusual factory fitted right hand gearchange: I've never seen anything like that before. Has anybody got any ideas as to why that was available?
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1982 Mercedes 280TE
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Maybe the old boy it was fitted for needed his left hand free to smoke his pipe and tobacco ? Probably something silly like that Would love to see all the gubbins that make that work underneath as looks interesting to say least
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Brian Damaged
West Midlands
Club Retro Rides Member
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Fairly common for the time amongst higher end stuff. The Riley Pathfinder (or Ditchfinder as it was more commonly known, due to its awkward handling) and various Bentleys also had a right-hand floor shifter.
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Jul 21, 2014 10:24:58 GMT
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Fairly common for the time amongst higher end stuff. The Riley Pathfinder (or Ditchfinder as it was more commonly known, due to its awkward handling) and various Bentleys also had a right-hand floor shifter. I knew older stuff had it, but didn't realise (relatively) modern designs had it too. According to Wikipedia, Series 1 had column shift, and then 2 and 3 had floor shift, found this pic of a LHD car: I wonder if driver's side floor shift was easier for them to link up to the column shift bits when they changed position? I can't find any pics of the actual linkage, but I did find this on a blog by a special builder. the blog itself is here, and from the little look I've had is fantastic nigelhamlinwright.wordpress.com/2014/07/21/more-fabrication/
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1982 Mercedes 280TE
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Jul 21, 2014 11:21:10 GMT
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Wow great sketch above imagine would be a nightmare in terms of bushes and sloppiness when worn Still looks so much better than modern cable change setups though
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