James veld Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 So i have my car well on the way through its resto but one question i have is my gear shift is beside the drivers door ?? Right hand drive..Dose anyone have any idea about this ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James veld Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 The spare wheel carryer also has me stumped. I did find one care with the same but its on the drivers side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROD W Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 James , Australian cars had the gear lever and hand brake on the right. My Australian 1920 has right hand gear lever, my 1920 roadster ( U,S ) has centre gear lever . I didn,t realise this was still the case in 23, as I had a 23 four cylinder back in the 70,s with centre gear stick and hand break. A couple of 1918,s I had, had right hand gears and hand brake. So 23 must have been the last year for right hand gear levers, as I have a 24 gear box which is centre levers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James veld Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 Hey Rod sory i havnt been in here lately ive been flat out in this car trying to get it finished for the next buick club meeting here in Australia. Yea the gearbox thing is weird especially for a Mclaclan non export vehicle. Sean did a great job doing investigdoings on my car finding the year exact to the month it was built. But the gearbox and the extra spare wheel carige has me stumped. As to why. Or were it came from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James veld Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 I actually have 2 engines and 2 gearboxes. The same lol i must be lucky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I have a 23 center shift gear box if needed.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James veld Posted June 30, 2017 Author Share Posted June 30, 2017 Na its not needed stsying as it was built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROD W Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 This 22 long wheel base chassis was for sale in Melbourne not long back, with the right hand gear lever and hand brake. I was very tempted as I would have liked the wire wheels, But it would have been a 4000 km round trip ( 2500 mile ) and probably require two loads. Also the engine is different between the 20 and 22 so there would not have been a lot I could use for spares. As your McLaughlin is right hand steering I think it would have been built for export. Cars came to Australia in a number of forms. As full bodied cars from both the U,S and Canada or as chassis and running gear only, where the bodies were built in Aust by a number of different company,s and as CKD kits and assembled in Aust. Less duty was paid when importing from Canada as it was a Commonwealth country. The Aust government was encouraging local manufacturing so it was cheaper to import chassis only and build a body locally. this resulted in bodies from different builders being a bit different. My first car was a 25 standard which had been given the ute treatment as so many had. I picked up a tub and back doors from a wrecking yard in Bathurst N.S.W. but wasn,t able to adapt them to fit as the top moulding was at a different height on both bodies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James veld Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 Im looking for a front wheel bearing racer if any one has any idea were i can get one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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