Author Topic: it's sunny out.... (Read 591 times)

Raubvogel · « **Reply #15 on:** February 10, 2004, 09:28:09 PM »

I haven't been able to put my top down in about a month. I hate you.

beet1e · « **Reply #16 on:** February 11, 2004, 04:24:21 AM »

Pei - yep, and many of the African states - South Africa, Zimbabwe to name just two. Also Japan - a dominant force to be reckoned with in the US motoring industry. Americans laughed when Japan started exporting small cars like the Mazda 626 to the US (having put the steering wheel on the wrong side). Then Americans started buying them in large numbers, and the US auto industry chiefs began crapping bricks. But then they had the answer: Little sawn off Cadillacs - hilarious in pink.

Still, what's Japan? A collection of little islands...

lazs2 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 11, 2004, 08:07:52 AM »

all the cars the japs send here or, more accurately, build here, have the steering wheel on the drivers side so that you can see when driving on the right side of the road..

I haven't seen too many chinesse or african or australian cars here lately... in fact.. haven't really seen many british ones unless... i go to a nostalgia show.

lazs

beet1e · « **Reply #18 on:** February 11, 2004, 08:13:23 AM »

Lazs - I would hope they also align the headlamps for LHD, and set up the windscreen wipers for LHD. That used to be a pet hate of mine about German cars. They never used to bother to configure the wipers for RHD on cars exported to the UK.

PS - what nationality is your Healey?

lazs2 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 11, 2004, 08:25:44 AM »

Ya know... I don't think most Americans who bought jap cars back then, or even now.... ever even knew that the cars were wrong hand drive in japan... in fact... most of the cars they sent/send us never were wrong hand drive being built specificaly for the U.S.

which brings up the Healey... another car that was mostly built for export. There are a lot more Healeys around with left hand drive than without. The car was built with America in mind. My car was converted to reliable long ago... In the 60's and 70's you could find mechanicaly unsound healeys for dirt cheap... they had lousy wiring/electrical systems and weak transmissions and troublesome wire wheels and hubs plus.... heavy, underpowered drivetrains in general and were a real pain to work on.. The only thing left that is british on my car is the body...most of the frame, steering and some front suspension.... and trim. All the rest is American... GM wiring.... 331 chevy.... muncie 4 speed... bilstein shocks... narrowed chevy rear end... griffon radiator.. American racing magnessium wheels..

There are probly 1,000 healeys that are converted to better drive trains.

lazs

beet1e · « **Reply #20 on:** February 11, 2004, 08:28:22 AM »

Does yours still have my initials on the hubcaps?

Ripsnort · « **Reply #21 on:** February 11, 2004, 08:31:16 AM »

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Originally posted by Raubvogel
I haven't been able to put my top down in about a month. I hate you.

Personally, I don't think I want to see you with your top down...funny boy..

lazs2 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 11, 2004, 08:31:57 AM »

Ya know... I did have a set of those hubcaps at one time but threw em away... was a big mistake.. They are worth money now. I used to throw away all the junk I stripped off Harleys too tho... I am pretty irreverant I guess.

lazs

Stringer · « **Reply #23 on:** February 11, 2004, 08:34:04 AM »

Ummm Beat1e, I may not be as well versed in worldly matters as yourself, but the Chinese drive on the right side of the road (in the Southern Provinces anyway).

If you limit yourself to Hong Kong and Kowloon, you would be correct.

lazs2 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 11, 2004, 08:43:54 AM »

So the chiness that weren't repressed by the tyrannical imperialists and had free choice..... drive on the right side of the road?

lazs

beet1e · « **Reply #25 on:** February 11, 2004, 11:41:05 AM »

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Originally posted by Stringer
Ummm Beat1e, I may not be as well versed in worldly matters as yourself, but the Chinese drive on the right side of the road (in the Southern Provinces anyway).

If you limit yourself to Hong Kong and Kowloon, you would be correct.

You're right!

In Singapore they drive on the left, also Indonesia (17,000 little islands!)

Here's the full list: http://www.travel-library.com/general/driving/drive_which_side.html