I'd love to pick up a R/H drive tub.
Looking for a pic
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I like the look of them too. I've had several RHD cars. Most of the manufacturers will build you one RHD, I know Vintage exported many. Just a note though, there were never any RHD original Speedsters.
-=theron
IRWIN ON THIS SITE HAS ONE BUILT BY JPS
CHECK OUT OUR PISMO PICS ITS THE BLACK ONE
Originally Posted by Theron:
I like the look of them too. I've had several RHD cars. Most of the manufacturers will build you one RHD, I know Vintage exported many. Just a note though, there were never any RHD original Speedsters.
-=theron
Very interesting! Thanks for that tip.....
Old U.K. sister site was:
Chesil Speedster
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honestly - if you know hoe to use fiberglas cloth and resin - it's just the dash hump that needs to be cut out and moved. there is so much material covering up th dash - all you'd ned to do is smooth it with filler until you can't see it under the fabric
the pedal clusters are availbale still in Austrailia and UK, but can fetch ~$350.
that's it. the steering box needs to be moved / new tabs welded, but none of that is hard.
If I don't buy a left hand used and end up ordering, I'm leaning towards a R/H drive. Kinda bummed they never made em like that from the factory but whatever, they still look tits!
Yeah, they're great when you're trying to pass a loaded hay truck on a two-lane country road...
lol........guess it's an American thing.........
An earlier comment said there were never any right hand drive ?
Those pics and documentation seem to show that rhd Speedsters were built. This shows that it's not uncommon for Porsche history books to have incorrect statements in them. Several sources do claim that no Speedsters were factory built with rhd. Possibly both seemingly contradictory statements are true, if rhd mods were done in S.Africa. There are some knowledgeable Speester historians on our site who may chime in.
All of the original speedsters that I've seen in South Africa have all been LHD. Our local company makes them in RHD and also LHD for export.
Originally Posted by oliver365:
You're making me want to lower mine now 
^^^ that car makes me want to change the colour on my upcoming spray job.......gorgeous.
Just to let you guys know, the factory DID build RHD Speedsters and I personally know of one, owned by my friend Delwyn Mallett, who bought it back in the 1970s and raced it regularly. He still owns it to this day. You can see a photo of it on the bottom left hand corner of page 14 of the new issue of Classic Porsche magazine (issue #14).
Ps, if anyone is looking for pedal assembly's they are dirt cheap over here.....$50 will net you a good one.
'Here' being where?
take any tub pic and mirror it, lol