Rhd To Lhd Conversion

PostPost by: edgar_albuquerque » Wed Aug 18, 2004 5:43 pm

Dear Sirs

Could someone please advise me on the conversion of a Lotus Elan from Right hand drive to Left hand drive - which parts need to be modified or replaced, and what would me the approximate cost? Is it a complicated job or straightforward? A long does it typically takes to do such a conversion? Thanks to all, kindest regards

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PostPost by: types26/36 » Wed Aug 18, 2004 6:55 pm

Edgar,
Dont know anything about it myself but there was a discussion on this a while ago,
go to the Elan section and in the search box enter "CONVERT" you will find a thread with some posts which may help you.
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PostPost by: twincamman » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:04 am

and why would you want to do this? MY 7 IS RHD BEEN THAT WAY FOR 20 YEARS NO PROBLEMS--ED LAW
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PostPost by: garyeanderson » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:29 am

You would need the following components from a LHD Elan.

Steering Rack
Dashboard
pedals
throttle cable

This was discussed on the Yahoo Elan list a while back, the link to the start is

<a href='http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/lotuselan/messages/10469?viscount=-30&expand=1' target='_blank'>http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/lotuse...nt=-30&expand=1</a>

messages start at 10440, the title is Pedal Box Arangment

the throttle cable is the easy part, cost is what ever you end up paying plus the possible loss/gain in resale value of your Elan.

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PostPost by: elanman3 » Thu Aug 19, 2004 12:03 pm

It was also discussed on this site a few months ago as well. Go back through the old threads and you'll find it.

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