Blue90 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 There's a pretty 1989 silver/gray coupe on ebay for $3500.One of the pictures shows the car as being right-hand drive. The car's history doesn't show any custom work.Did the Craft Center make this?S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Anderson Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I think the pictures may have been uploaded backwards. If you look closer at the steering wheel, you can barely see that the 'R' script is reversed.Here is the eBay link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WEB 38 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 There's a pretty 1989 silver/gray coupe on ebay for $3500.One of the pictures shows the car as being right-hand drive. The car's history doesn't show any custom work.Did the Craft Center make this?S.I Believe that the picture is flopped, I also noticed that. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) There is one right hand drive Reatta in existence. It is owned by Doreen Humphries in New Zealand. Cliff and Doreen bought a '91 convertible in Florida and had it shipped to New Zealand. At the time the car was less than 20 years old so they had to have it converted to right hand drive. My wife and I had the pleasure of going to New Zealand, spending some time with Humphries and touring the country. Cliff and Doreen sent me lots of pictures while the conversion was going on and I still have those pictures. In the March 2007 Reatta division newsletter I wrote an article describing the conversion. Edited January 30, 2014 by Jim (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiner 55 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) I spent some time in England and as you might guess, I found all the cars there are built this way. I doesn't matter much except when, for what ever reason, you become the designated driver. I'm not talking just an occasional lift from the Pub. I'm talking every day back and forth from the hotel to the plant and back and everywhere else, including the Pub. The rental they originally wanted to give us had a manual "gearbox" because the rate was cheaper. I finally convinced them that in the long run (fewer accidents etc.) the auto "gearbox" would be the better choice what with all the other "unusual" things to contend with. The other unusual things being, Driving on the "wrong" side of the road, the signage, the road markings, the roundabouts (three to and three back from the plant) and driving a car that had the steering wheel place on the "wrong" side of the car. Almost every morning (every morning that I awoke with a hang-over, which was often) I would enter the car from the left hand side only to find that someone had stolen the steering wheel. Again. And, my partner would (smiling) let me. Ahh the good old days in merry old England. After a while, I got the hang of it. But, I found that if I had to back up while looking out of the rear window then turn my head around to look out through the "windscreen" that I would become disoriented and monetarily be unable to determine if I was driving on the wrong side of the road or the "wrong" side of the road. Getting back to the states, I found the same thing would happen, only less frequently, until finally fully recovering after a month or so.John F. Edited January 30, 2014 by Machiner 55 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ol' yeller Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 A little Off Topic but I always wondered about the manual gearshift pattern on right hand drive. I assume they have first located to the upper left left just like their left hand drive brothers or is it the upper left, backwards from LHD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry yarnell Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 If you scroll down the list of pictures, it shows the steering wheel in the correct position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue90 Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Jim: I do remember that article.John: The first time I drove a stick-shift car from the right side, on the Isle of Man, I kept hitting my right hand against the right door panel when I tried to shift; made for some tense moments.Ol' Yeller: Tranny gears are the same.Harry: I didn't notice those pictures the first time. You're right, it's obvious it's a LHD car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machiner 55 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 The first time I drove a stick-shift car from the right side, on the Isle of Man, I kept hitting my right hand against the right door panel when I tried to shift; made for some tense moments.Stan,(Had an Uncle named Stan.)The force of habit is strong. We are all creatures of habit.John F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geolewis Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Back in the 50s we moved the gear shifts to the left side of the wheel just to be different. This meant the gear shift patern was upside down,made for a fun ride if you were trying to race someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RaverReatta Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) This is an interesting thread. I have seen a few Reattas that went overseas and wondered if this had been done. I pondered upon doing a Right-Hand Drive conversion myself because I am interested in moving to Japan and driving it over there. That and, of course, adapting the corner/tail lights to Japanese Standards. All in due time though, I'm in no rush to leave the U.S. yet, and am also in no rush to spend that kind of money, haha. Edited February 8, 2014 by RaverReatta Commas in the wrong places!! D: (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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