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Originally Posted by skorpioskorpio
Now this is all very interesting, a little reading seems to indicate that European and UK cars almost universally share a column between their LHD and RHD versions, meaning both Europe and the UK put the turn signals on the left regardless of drive side. The exception to this seems to be the Japanese who swap configurations for domestic market vehicles. Is it possible that these are so uncommon that they are essentially hand fabricated and differ from one to the next? Does the fact that one is an auto the other a manual make a difference in handedness? To move a 3 speed column shift to the habitual shift hand seems like could be done by turning the column upside down, which wouldn't work for an auto.
I also notice the the drivers side wiper sweeps to the outside on the drivers side using opposed wipers on this Aussie truck and sweep both to the passenger side on Russ's truck which would seem like the wrong way. The other thing that is interesting is that Russ's truck has a Kph speedometer, so does this mean it was intended for the Japanese, India or maybe African markets? UK still uses Mph and Australia didn't mark roads in kph until 1974 though vehicles were required to have dual markings in 73 and some 72s did as well but none exclusively until 1974.
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The Left-hand indicator on RHD vehicles is a European thing. I had a BMW approx 10 years back. It was a 93 model, and the indicator was on the left. It was a manual vehicle, but by this time column shift vehicles may have been a thing of the past.
Every Australian vehicle I've had, regardless of transmission or floor or column shift has had the Indicator on the right.
Regarding the wipers ... it's an oddity. Every export Chevy I've seen, which comes out of Canada, utilises the RHD opposing wipers. My truck, however, was special ordered and built in Tarrytown, NY. Whether that played a difference, or a previous owner switched it, is anybody's guess. The story of my truck is: special ordered by a Connecticut gentlemen that owned property in the UK and took the truck with him. He sold the UK property some 10 years later, then returned with the truck to Connecticut, where he sold it to a fella whom used it as a mail truck for a few years.
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Originally Posted by '68OrangeSunshine
Hi Russ:
I see your '67 cab also has the Cigar Lighter and Ignition Key Bezel reversed. And no Fan/Heater switches, and no punch outs for the Tuner/Volume stems for a radio. The North American cabs all were punched for radio knobs and then, if not ordered a radio delete plate clipped in. Wiper, Lights and Choke are in the same positions as any other '67-'68s.
Nice truck, Mate.
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If you look at the picture of the dash, above where the radio "would" be, you'll see a black toggle switch - that's what controlled the heater. There are no other controls. Simply on/off.
This vehicle is an absolute poverty pack. No radio (nor cut-out), and no heater/demister setup.
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Originally Posted by skorpioskorpio
Actually his wipers are where the lights are supposed to be and the lights in the manual throttle position, weird. So Russ, I saw from your thread there is a heater, so where are the controls for it? If this truck didn't have the metric speedo, I would have instantly thought that being that it had been in Connecticut it was a rural postal vehicle, the metric speedo is a real perplexer. Still think the wipers ended up being replaced with more commonly available US parts given where it was, if the 3rd hole is not for RHD then why is it there at all?
You look at these trucks with the mirrored gauge cluster and glove box and think a LHD to RHD manufactured vehicle would just be a few simple parts swaps, but Russ's truck shows how not true that is.
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I think the big difference with mine, as apposed to other RHD vehicles, is mine was special ordered. A dedicated "export" vehicle designated as such by the tag; and it being built/shipped form Canada, would have been a little more RHD specific.
Mine being built in Tarrytown, only the bare essentials would have been changed as to not upset the production line. This may account for the wipers being standard.
That's my theory anyway.