Right hand conversions
Racer
Joined: Jul 2008
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From: Gippsland, VIC Australia
Mines on the hoist for some new control arm bushes. I'll take some photo's of the rhd steering assembly tomorrow for you.
I'd be interested in comparing sump rail to chassis measurements as well to see if my motor was moved across to fit the steering box.
I'd be interested in comparing sump rail to chassis measurements as well to see if my motor was moved across to fit the steering box.
Instructor
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 214
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From: Sydney NSW
In mine, the motor is in the original position (using standard engine mounts) .. steering geometry was maintained.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 258
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From: Gippsland, VIC Australia
My conversion was done approx 20year ago.
1st Gear
Joined: Nov 2020
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G'day,
Living in the land where up until about 20 years ago, ALL cars had to be RHD in order to be registered, I can probably give you a good overview of the topic. I bought my first C3 about 25 years ago and started to pull it apart in order to convert it. But another child came along, unemployment for a few years after the 1990 recession and a mortgage, etc. put a stop to my plans.
As a member of the Chevrolet Car Club of Victoria Inc., with around 900 members, we have a fair smattering of Corvettes in our Club. Many of them are RHD and were converted back in the day when you had to. Our rules have changed recently and we had a 25 year "cut-off" for LHD cars, they had to be over 25 years old to be able to register them and drive them on our roads.
However, the latest rules have a December 31 1988 cut-off. All cars manufactured after this date MUST be RHD in order to be registered in Australia, well, at least in Victoria where I live. I have heard that there is a 15 year cut-off date in the state of Western Australia, but will leave someone from there to shed more light.
Chevrolet made ONE RHD Corvette, more as a styling exercise, but it was sold a few years ago when GM sold off a lot of their stable of special cars.
As an aside, I have manufactured an integral power steering box to fit Australian built RHD 1955-57 Chevrolets that bolts into the factory RHD mounting holes and uses the factory RHD Pitman arm. This box is a mirror image of the box that Borgeson Universal (Torrington CT) uses for the LHD Tri-5 Chevs and C2/C3 Corvettes and will fit a C2/C3 Corvette if one was to convert to RHD.
Of course, new holes would have to be drilled in the chassis rail, and crush tubes fitted, but this would have to be done for the fitment of any steering box. My box even has the Chev Pitman arm spline and the sector shaft is exactly the same length as the factory LHD manual box. A Borgeson rag joint would connect the box to the factory steering shaft, if used, so if anyone wants to convert a C2/C3 to RHD, I have one of the major components to facilitate such a change.
Regards from Down Under.
aussiejohn
Living in the land where up until about 20 years ago, ALL cars had to be RHD in order to be registered, I can probably give you a good overview of the topic. I bought my first C3 about 25 years ago and started to pull it apart in order to convert it. But another child came along, unemployment for a few years after the 1990 recession and a mortgage, etc. put a stop to my plans.
As a member of the Chevrolet Car Club of Victoria Inc., with around 900 members, we have a fair smattering of Corvettes in our Club. Many of them are RHD and were converted back in the day when you had to. Our rules have changed recently and we had a 25 year "cut-off" for LHD cars, they had to be over 25 years old to be able to register them and drive them on our roads.
However, the latest rules have a December 31 1988 cut-off. All cars manufactured after this date MUST be RHD in order to be registered in Australia, well, at least in Victoria where I live. I have heard that there is a 15 year cut-off date in the state of Western Australia, but will leave someone from there to shed more light.
Chevrolet made ONE RHD Corvette, more as a styling exercise, but it was sold a few years ago when GM sold off a lot of their stable of special cars.
As an aside, I have manufactured an integral power steering box to fit Australian built RHD 1955-57 Chevrolets that bolts into the factory RHD mounting holes and uses the factory RHD Pitman arm. This box is a mirror image of the box that Borgeson Universal (Torrington CT) uses for the LHD Tri-5 Chevs and C2/C3 Corvettes and will fit a C2/C3 Corvette if one was to convert to RHD.
Of course, new holes would have to be drilled in the chassis rail, and crush tubes fitted, but this would have to be done for the fitment of any steering box. My box even has the Chev Pitman arm spline and the sector shaft is exactly the same length as the factory LHD manual box. A Borgeson rag joint would connect the box to the factory steering shaft, if used, so if anyone wants to convert a C2/C3 to RHD, I have one of the major components to facilitate such a change.
Regards from Down Under.
aussiejohn
by chance are you still supplying the C4 rack and pinion RHD. In the middle of a 63 Vette conversion and trying to find a steering rack for my C2 conversion with a C4 front suspension.
thanks for any help.
paul
