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Old 04-12-2016, 08:39 PM
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I am hoping to meet someone who has done the swap in a C 3. Iwant to do the same swap, but want to make sure it will fit, since I switched mine to RHD.

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Originally Posted by righthanddrive
I am hoping to meet someone who has done the swap in a C 3. Iwant to do the same swap, but want to make sure it will fit, since I switched mine to RHD.

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I'm not too far from Denver, and have done it to mine. You're welcome to have a look.
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pardon my ignorance, LS?
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LS as in LSx, the modern v8's. LS1 being a very common one since it was in the camaro's and firebird's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LS_bas...l-block_engine
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Originally Posted by righthanddrive
I am hoping to meet someone who has done the swap in a C 3. Iwant to do the same swap, but want to make sure it will fit, since I switched mine to RHD.

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Am i missing something here, why the hell would you want to change your car to RHD?
I am sure the $ cost will be huge, and then if you ever wanted to sell the car, good luck finding a buyer.
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I got the steering box and linkage from Australia, and did the rest myself. It wasn't as much as you think, mostly labor figuring out how to put it back together.
It is sooo much fun to have people do a double and triple take when they look at the car.
I have had a few offers to sell the car- but then what ?
There are a few more in the USA, including the Corvette Summer car which is steered by a set of motorcycle chains under the dash.
Anybody can own a Corvette, but how many have righthand drives ?
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Originally Posted by righthanddrive
I got the steering box and linkage from Australia, and did the rest myself. It wasn't as much as you think, mostly labor figuring out how to put it back together.
It is sooo much fun to have people do a double and triple take when they look at the car.
I have had a few offers to sell the car- but then what ?
There are a few more in the USA, including the Corvette Summer car which is steered by a set of motorcycle chains under the dash.
Anybody can own a Corvette, but how many have righthand drives ?
Point taken.

However, i live in England where all cars are RHD. Everyone here knows the Corvette is the premier American sports car and will therefore be LHD, so mine will stay as such.

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