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Aug 26, 2015 10:43:21 GMT
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I was linked to this earlier : imgur.com/a/5JDTa  Interesting stuff. Build on top of an actual Ferrari 512S CanAm chassis by Pininfarina, I should imagine in shifts pretty well too! What caught my eye though was the interior shot:  It is right hand drive... Checking out the pictures of the race cars, they mainly appear to be left hand drive, which is strange. Then the gear shift is to the right of the driver (rather than the left as you'd expect in the RHD car. Are there any other cars with this odd configuration?? I'll not get into the yard or so you need to traverse before you can get in the drivers seat! Ferrari sold the car to James Glickenhaus ( p45c.com ) and he is getting it all running again, so expect to see it out and about at some high end event somewhere soon(ish) (I'm guessing Pebble Beach) |
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adam73bgt
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Aug 26, 2015 11:00:03 GMT
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The Ford GT40 had RHD with a stick between driver and door  |
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Seth
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Aug 26, 2015 11:00:29 GMT
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Closest I've got to the Modulo is probably this model in the car musem in Reims.  GT40...  I might be wrong but perhaps it is easier to get the linkage back to the gearbox in a mid engine car with the lever on the outside. |
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Aug 26, 2015 11:03:26 GMT
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Quite a few race cars, or race car inspired builds have right hand shift, one that comes straight to mind are ultima's.
I guess the thought is it's easier for the driver to swap from to the other the gear stick is in the same hand.
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thebaron
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Aug 26, 2015 11:04:54 GMT
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Quite a few endurance race (or race based road) cars have this formation. Jaguar XJR-15  |
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thebaron
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Aug 26, 2015 11:08:12 GMT
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Porsche 917  |
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thebaron
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Aug 26, 2015 11:12:37 GMT
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Mazda 767B  |
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thebaron
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Aug 26, 2015 11:15:52 GMT
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Sauber-Mercedes C11  |
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Last Edit: Aug 26, 2015 11:16:24 GMT by thebaron
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thebaron
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Aug 26, 2015 11:19:57 GMT
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512S  BTW: New image upload process is indeed the shizzle!!! |
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Aug 26, 2015 11:32:41 GMT
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I can't believe I never noticed this before!... I now must own a car with the gear stick on the wrong side of the driver!  |
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Clement
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Aug 26, 2015 14:17:14 GMT
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I've heard that some race cars are/were RHD or LHD depending on which way round the circuit you go, the driver being ideally on the side of the car that sees the most apex-es.
I assumed the Modulo was based on a 512BB, but on a race car chassis it's that much better!
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mudpud
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Aug 26, 2015 14:22:05 GMT
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Nothing new here I had a Riley Pathfinder with the gear lever on the Right,but of course I am getting old!
I forget now but i seem to think it was a 1955 model .
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Aug 26, 2015 15:08:36 GMT
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Le Man's pits are on the right ergo the driver is on the same side so they don't jump out the car into traffic.
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Aug 27, 2015 12:20:40 GMT
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Le Man's pits are on the right ergo the driver is on the same side so they don't jump out the car into traffic. *n Yeh but over the top of the gearstick? |
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luckyseven
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Aug 27, 2015 13:29:29 GMT
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If you're of a certain age, *cough* everyone who was anyone had a Corgi Modulo to boast about in the school playground circa mid-1970s. I had a yellow one like this  It was essential to have one to complement your Monterverdi Hai...  A similar concept to the Modulo (in terms of bonkers opening canopy anyway) but from the other side of the world was the excellent and recently restored Holden Hurricane as photographed here by my mate Tony before handily repatriating from Australia    I did do a thread from the MotoClassica once but it sank without trace |
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Aug 27, 2015 13:38:59 GMT
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Quite a few endurance race (or race based road) cars have this formation. Jaguar XJR-15 Nice to see the standard BL gear knob in use....... |
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I allways thought they did that in two seater racers to keep the weight more centralised.
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sweaty palms slip off joystick
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I allways thought they did that in two seater racers to keep the weight more centralised. And also right hand drive so it's natural for everyone else who drives left hookers
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sweaty palms slip off joystick
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Aug 29, 2015 10:18:20 GMT
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If you're of a certain age, *cough* everyone who was anyone had a Corgi Modulo to boast about in the school playground circa mid-1970s. I had a yellow one like this I was gonna post the same ! |
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You've been telling me you were a genius since you were seventeen ... in all the time I've known you I still don't know what you mean !
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v8ian
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Aug 29, 2015 20:03:47 GMT
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I think it goes back to the single seater days when single seaters had a manual box with the change on the right, Formula Junior and Formula Ford, which was the main feeder formulas for most sorts of racing, they used Hewland gearboxes, which were inverted VW gearboxes initially, and always had the lever on the right, If I remember correctly all Hewland Manual boxes had the shift on the right, and why would you make a car harder for a racing driver with lots to concentrate look for a gear lever when they have grown up and raced with a lever in that position.....
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