[vintagvw] Conversion to RHD?

2012-11-06 Thread No Quarter
Hey gang, I'm toying with the idea of converting my old beater Baja to RHD for a postal job I've taken. I was thinking of doing a partial conversion that would use the pedals from a RHD beetle (1970ish), but use a bracket with a belt or chain to control the steering wheel and seperate switch

Re: [vintagvw] Conversion to RHD?

2012-11-06 Thread rayvwbug
If you were to drill the holes for the master cylinder, don't forget the spacers between the walls of the Napoleon hat where the mounting bolts go through. As narrow as the car is, I have seen people simply reach over from the right seat to turn the steering wheel on the left. Ray

Re: [vintagvw] Conversion to RHD?

2012-11-06 Thread Mike B
NQ, Easier yet would be the hanging conversion pedals, which could be easily homemade. The pivoting crosstubes for each pedal (inside each other) bolt into cowl-or firewall-mounted bushing brackets. The 3 left-side control arms bolt to the existing pedals, while the three right-side arms