Hello Everybody,
As I'm living in Sweden, I want my Haynes roadster to be a left wheel car. All the tubes of the chassis are symmetrical except the 2 uprights U7 and U8, and the top rail TR5. It looks to be important for the structure that the end of TR5 matches with the top of U7. I guess for a left wheel car, the rail TR5 will have to be on the left side of the chassis. But I also guess that U7 and U8 are where they are because of the engine and the gear box, and this doesn't change whether it is a right or left wheel. So if I keep the position of U7 and U8 as they are in the book, what should I do with TR5 ?
Thank you for your advices or experiences in this matter.
Regards.
S.

Which gearbox are you planning on using?

I personally would suggest leaving out U7/U8 and TR5, everything else is symmetrical. Then measure up your gearbox, and more importantly your pedal box, and fit U7/U8 as required.

TR5 is something I wouldn't place until trial fitting the engine with intake/exhaust as it may or may not interfere with bits of hte engine if you just plonk it in place.

The biggest problem you may have is the reduced foot space for your pedal box due to the gearbox position - if you get those two sorted, then it doesn't really matter how wide apart U7 and U8 are.

If you have the dimensions of either I can play around with a CAD model of the chassis for you.

Pavs

Thanks for the replies
I will use a Sierra 5 gears gearbox.
As you suggest, I think I will leave everything as it is on the map. I have to check the dims of the pedal box I'll use. I'll get it from my work (it is an OBP 3 pedal box), and don't have the dimensions yet, but they are supposed to be very compact. I'll check that anyway before doing anything else. And yes, for now, I will leave TR5 aside, and fit it when all the engine and gear box fittings will be done.
Thank you for your CAD proposal, but I was planing doing it myself anyway.
I will definitely have to adapt the size of the steering wheel support, as the part the closest to the car's centre line is attached to the transmission tunnel which is not symmetrical either. Have to work on it to be sure it will fit. I'll keep you posted.
Thank you very much.
S.

Hello guys,
I've been away in France the past week, so I couldn't get the chance to work on the chassis. But a lot of time to think about it !
The pedal box I will use, even though it is very compact, will be 20mm too large for fitting the left side of the chassis as it is on the book (actually the passenger side) if I leave the chassis as it is to make a left driver car. So I'm considering reversing everything that is not symmetrical from right to left and left to right with the centreline of the chassis for symmetry centre. Do you think it will be a problem for fitting the gearbox (T9) ? To me it looks like the transmission tunnel is not symmetrical just to give more room to the driver's feet only, not because of the gearbox, which will be centred and symmetrical along the centreline. But I might be wrong... what do you think ?
Thanks.
S.