A New (Old) Toy

Gary Parker · Oct 20, 2024

Hi All - about as off topic as you can get but I am excited in telling everyone about my latest toy a nice, unmolested, red 1988 C4 Corvette Coupe.
No big deal I'm sure some of you will say because you probably have thousands of them (good, bad or ugly) running around the streets and highways in the US. They are certainly a lot rarer here in Australia and anyway I bet none of you ever thought you might see a C4 Corvette in right hand drive !

Kristy Wallace · Oct 20, 2024

Gary Parker said:
Hi All - about as off topic as you can get but I am excited in telling everyone about my latest toy a nice, unmolested, red 1988 C4 Corvette Coupe.
No big deal I'm sure some of you will say because you probably have thousands of them (good, bad or ugly) running around the streets and highways in the US. They are certainly a lot rarer here in Australia and anyway I bet none of you ever thought you might see a C4 Corvette in right hand drive !

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Nice vehicle ,,find some backroads and see what she got !

Grimracer · Oct 23, 2024

COOL!

Nigtmare · Oct 24, 2024

Grimracer said:
COOL!

Hey Mike you still have your AMC

Grimracer · Oct 24, 2024

Yes sir!..

Gary Parker · Oct 24, 2024

For those that are interested this NOT the way proper RHD conversions are done !

Nigtmare · Oct 25, 2024

Grimracer said:
Yes sir!.. 4 years ago while I was getting my car painted a guy came in with this to get painted at the same time .. cool cars

Grimracer · Oct 25, 2024

cool.. I wonder if that was a B like mine.. if so only around 380 were made.. (the 500 number has now been de-bunked)

WikiWiki1 · Oct 26, 2024

Gary Parker said:
For those that are interested this NOT the way proper RHD conversions are done !

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Does the passenger have operate the turn signals and headlights etc?

Rod Fonda · Oct 26, 2024

My old toy,,remember these Gary? lol

Kristy Wallace · Oct 27, 2024

Rod Fonda said:
My old toy,,remember these Gary? lol

VH or VK nice

Gary Parker · Oct 27, 2024

WikiWiki1 said:
Does the passenger have operate the turn signals and headlights etc?

Unlike that strange photo the RHD conversion for my vette was done back in 2000 by a reputable company that is still in the conversion business today. They cut out the firewall and move the pedals, brake hardware over to the right hand side of the engine bay and move the steering over by replacing the GM steering rack and changing the orientation of the steering hardware, the dash is cut is in half and re-established with the guages, turn signals and switches in front of the driver, the console pretty much mostly stays in place but the parking brake lever is moved to the (now) driver side.
There are still a few quirks though - the hood release stays on the left (now passenger side) and the rear hatch release also stays in the left door.
It is legal to register and drive a LHD car in Australia (provided they are more than 30 years old) but I wanted a RHD because I didn't fancy driving from the "gutter" side of the car and my wife didn't fancy being on the passenger side but next to the white line and the oncoming traffic.
USA classic and muscle car purists here hate the "converted" crowd but for me it is a case of mind over the matter - I don't mind and they don't matter !

Gary Parker · Oct 27, 2024

Rod when they were around I was younger and nowhere near able to afford to buy and run a V8 - started driving in 1972 when both Holden and Ford produced some great cars locally and loved being at the traffic lights next to say a Ford Falcon GTHO phase 3. I clearly remember the blub, blub, blub of the v8 against the putt, putt, putt of my brother's 4 cylinder Morris Major !

Rod Fonda · Oct 27, 2024

Kristy Wallace said:
VH or VK nice

VK,,cheers Kristy

Rod Fonda · Oct 27, 2024

Gary Parker said:
Rod when they were around I was younger and nowhere near able to afford to buy and run a V8 - started driving in 1972 when both Holden and Ford produced some great cars locally and loved being at the traffic lights next to say a Ford Falcon GTHO phase 3. I clearly remember the blub, blub, blub of the v8 against the putt, putt, putt of my brother's 4 cylinder Morris Major !

Yeah Gary,,all I could afford in 1978,was a veedub beetle with twin carbs lol,,I used to dream about the Falcons and Toranas,,all the battles at Bathurst between Brock and Moffat,,the good ol days eh

Nigtmare · Oct 27, 2024

Grimracer said:
cool.. I wonder if that was a B like mine.. if so only around 380 were made.. (the 500 number has now been de-bunked)

according to the owner that was a very rare car, it has the same hood as yours also so maybe a B car. he modified the wheel wells in the70s to fit a bigger tire so he wanted back to stock. It turned out great

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