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BigBlockBobby
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Aussie right hand drive
Pretty cool
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
That is awesome. I like that color combo. The lady is pretty damn fine too
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
That is neat!
Would love to see more details. Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
Very cool!!!
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
Not that I know much. But it is right hand drive shouldn't the column shift be on the other side?
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
One word ... SWEET
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
Very Nice....i like that truck also...
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
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I'm digging the opposed wipers though, I'm thinking about doing that to mine, though I would have thought they would be longer and overlap. Interesting to see one that uses the mystery wiper hole. |
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
If you have one of the mysterious Assembly Manuals, you'll find illustrations of the RHD wiper configuration, showing the usage of the 3rd hole in the cowl. It does take a different piece of linkage, but the motor stays in the same location as LHD.
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
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All factory RHD column shift cars (not just C10's) have the shifter on the left of the column, indicator on the right. Pedal setup is the same as LHD form left to right: Clutch, brake, accelerator. Here's my factory RHD C10. Whilst it was converted to floor shift by a previous owner, it was an original column shift (and will be returned to such by me). Shifter is on the left of the column, indicators on the right. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=564825 ![]() ![]() ... and factory KPH speedo ![]() ![]() |
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
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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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Re: Aussie right hand drive
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
No A/C. Does have a heater but it may have been installed by the owner.
If you look at this image, the black toggle switch up the top was to turn the heater on (I think). At the bottom of the dash, next to the temp gauge - that is the heater open/close controls. Pull it out, and it opens up, push it in and it closes. ![]() I should have taken a video of how it operated before I took everything apart. Will do so when I get a chance. Here's the heater box out, with the lever the control knob was connected to. ![]() |
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
Kool truck, i like the front plate.
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
Like. There is another Aussie guy on here with a 67 RHD with manual trans, the shift linkage crossed over to the left hand side of the truck. Looked complex.
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
Restored /serviced a late-fifties Bentley, years ago. It had a HydraMatic, column shift, and it was RHD and the shifter was on the right. It was the first RHD car I encountered with an auto teams and column shift (this was long ago). The other RHD cars (English or Japanese) I dealt with has the pedals in the same order as LHD cars, throttle on the right, brake in the middle and clutch to the left. I see where the wipers are set up with that 'mystery pivot mount' position.
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
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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Re: Aussie right hand drive
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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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Re: Aussie right hand drive
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B] India Black is the flat black color, but is it Argent Silver, or Silver Fawn Irridescent [Metallic]? Fremont sprayed a hell of a lot of Fawn on the '67s & '68s interiors. But yeah, it's definitely not a plasti-chrome.
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
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Sorry for getting off topic there... The RHD is pretty cool but russw truck is the most awesome odd ball RHD truck! I dig it ![]() Posted via Mobile Device Posted via Mobile Device
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
thats the nicest RHD truck i have seen i would like more info on the wipers...i wonder
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Location: Australia
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
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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. Quote:
This vehicle is an absolute poverty pack. No radio (nor cut-out), and no heater/demister setup. Quote:
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. |
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Makes the Kilo speedo even more perplexing being specially built for use in a country that *still* uses Mph. |
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Re: Aussie right hand drive
Forgot pic. 67 bezel
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