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JChimbolo
Joseph Chimbolo
Madison CT
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1962 1800

LHD to RHD Pedal Box Question
Posted by: JChimbolo
Date: January 24, 2010 08:01PM

Does anyone know if the LHD and RHD pedal boxes are different when doing a conversion to RHD?

JChimbolo

Thanks for any assistance


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: LHD to RHD Pedal Box Question
Posted by: Moderator
Date: January 24, 2010 09:04PM

Welcome to the forum, Joe!

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JChimbolo
Joseph Chimbolo
Madison CT
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1962 1800

Re: LHD to RHD Pedal Box Question
Posted by: JChimbolo
Date: January 25, 2010 08:13AM

It is an early MGB, 62-67.
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Bill Young
Bill Young
Kansas City, MO
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10/23/2007 09:23AM

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'73 MG Midget V6 , '59 MGA I6 2.8 GM, 4.0 Jeep

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Re: LHD to RHD Pedal Box Question
Posted by: Bill Young
Date: January 25, 2010 02:30PM

I believe that the actual pedal boxes are the same, it's the pedals and their shape that is different to allow for clearance with the narrower footwell on the right side. At least that's the case for the Midgets and I'm pretty sure that's correct for MGBs.


Dave
David Gable
Jax
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Re: LHD to RHD Pedal Box Question
Posted by: Dave
Date: March 20, 2010 09:21PM

No difference at all except the throttle pedal which is cranked more to the left for RHD. You can still use the LHD pedal as I did and have no problems. A Paddy Hopkirk pedal plate makes it perfect for me. The placement of the dimmer switch on early RHD B's sucks so I wired in a latching headlight relay from a 240 Volvo so the flasher function of the turn signal a switch alterrnately dips and un-dips the headlamps when they are on and still functions as a headlamp flasher when they are off.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/20/2010 09:22PM by Dave.


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