right hand drive parts question

All depends on what year you are doing. Most parts are pretty easy to find but things like the gas tank on the 28-mid 31 can be a little tougher or the RHD drop neck column support on the late 31's can be a little tougher. A&L normally has a RHD pitman arm on the shelf. For most of the rest, you can probably put a post here on the barn and get some replys or google "Pearsons model A RHD" or somthing similar to that. His company in New Zealand carries many of the parts and even reproduces some of them. Hope all this helps. I converted a LHD to RHD. Its doable, but a big job. Good luck with it.
 
I have a RHD chassis that I am converting to LHD. I have the bellhousing and pedals, and steering arms.

Not sure if the brake cross shafts are different or you just flip the around, if they ar unique I guess I need to swap those as well.

Also I believe the gas pedal bracketry is different and obviously the sttering column/steering box, which I dont have.

Parts are still on the chassis probably wont get to swapping them until all this snow melts but if your in no rush shoot me a PM and maybe we can work something out come better weather.
 
The brake cross shafts are different, the angles of the arm for the pedal would be wrong if you just turned them around. The accel pedal mounts to the steering column and is in the middle of the clutch and brake pedals, which mount on a different bell housing. Depending on which clutch pedal you use, yes there are different ones, the exhaust clamp can be a bugger to line up, as well as avoiding the oil return pipe if you have the late, long, low pipe. The wiring loom needs to be modified for the horn and power to the headlight switch, both need to be extended. The headlight wires can just be swapped left to right. The late 28 onwards starter pedal is mounted on the bell housing and enters the cabin in front of the handbrake. The steering column is completly different, as well as the pitman arm and the stub mounted steering arms.The tail light brackets are different, including the mudguard(Fender) mounted ones. On closed bodies, the header panel above the windscreen is different, with cutouts and holes for the wipers in different locations and the rear view mirror mount is also offset differently. Petrol(gas)tank is different for the steering column mount which also doubles as the support for the choke rod, and the firewall cowl is also different with steering column cutouts as well as pedal cutouts. Minor things such as doorlocks, not latches, stayed the same from LHD to RHD, they still are locked on the LH door. The brake light switch is the same unit as the LHD but is bolted to the chassis rail, just in front of the centre cross member. If you want the early outboard hand brake, then the associated bracketry is also different. There will be some that I've forgotten, but this should be a start.

To answer the question, the parts are not hard to find in Australia, come down for a holiday and buy some parts, we don't bite.
 
What TBone 69 does not have we can pos supply from New zealand, Or Dave i Australia If they are not flooded or blown away. Pearson NZ has sold his buiness to early ford parts. South America is another sorce, We do a dropped coloum mount for RHD, antiqueford@xtra.co.nz Kiwi Quickchange rear ends.
 
Hi.
I have a book just out, every page in colour, showing all the differences between LHD and RHD with a lot of information on the Canadian exported assembled vehicles, and lots of other interesting articles. I have 7 more books in the pipeline. They will be "books like no other", A/4 size, very technical, hundreds of close up pics, each over 150 pages, full of restoration information etc.
My RHD book is advertised in "The Swap Meet" section of Ford Barn, and the link to it is: http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=27551
The first book is an e-book, and I will be having it printed on paper in the coming weeks.
If you would prefer a printed version and you live in the USA, contact Snyders don@snydersantiqueauto.com and they will put your name down for a copy as soon as they become available.
Les. Pearson.
 
Good info Dave.

Well add the cross shafts and piutman arm to the list of soon will be available parts to the list.

Never thought of the pitman arm being different but again never looked at it that closely, guess it's all about the angles
 
thanks. i was just looking to do this for a hot rod. i thought it would be kind of cool. thanks for all the info.
 
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