Right hand drive build?

[hotwheels]

I am interested in doing a right hand steer on a project i am starting on. I have done an exhaustive search on the internet and here, and just can't find much info on doing this. Does anyone have a link or thoughts on the best way to accomplish this? I have thought about an old mail jeep, but they seem to be very hard to find up here in the arm pit of the u.s. (wyoming).

Thanks, doug

 

[Willowbilly3]

The old mail jeep is the only thing I can think of although some earlier ones were on International Scout chassis too.
I just saw one of the jeeps at the crusher a couple months ago. It's gone now.

 

[Ol Blue]

Here's a right hand drive Postal Jeep rat I saw at the GoodGuys Des Moines show. It was also at the Flying Eyeball Reunion in Davenport.

 

[Rat]

suburoo or ever how you spell it made right hand drive wagons for mail carriers

 

[cycledog]

Rat33pickmup here on the board built his 33 Ford truck right hand drive. I believe he use a Toyota steering box. Don't know if he's got a build thread or not but did a great job on his truck.

This might be the thread.

http://ratrodsrule.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1465&highlight=rat33pickmup

 

[woodman]

I considered right hand steering on a couple cars I built. Because I was running a rack & pinion steering in back of the axle. The wheels would turn opposite to the steering wheel. I solved the problem with two bevel gears and a gear box below the steering wheel. Reverse steering. This is probably not your situation. But it was fun solving that problem.

 

[hotwheels]

I think i found a postal jeep steering box for $25 bucks. Think i will rebuild it and then use it for my build. The guy has a saginaw steering box too, but i don't think it is for rhd. Thanks for the ideas guys.

 

[Gregster]

The subaru legacy mail car is the rack and pinion of choice , you can buy these reman at all major auto part stores although they will most likely have to order it

 

[Krooser]

You can use any automotive steering box for a RHD....the box doesn't know what frame rail it's bolted to...you will have to fab a bracket to mount it on the right side but I don't think that's much of a project.

On a light car, a British RHD steering would work, too. Those should be available on Ebay UK.

 

[Gearhead10]

Find an old LLV mail truck. They are basicly an s-10 frame with RH steering. Heres a pic of something I saw at a show last yr, dont know what he used for steerin but it was cool and differant.

 

[Rat33pickmup]

Thanks Cycledog. I used an 87 Toyota 2WD pickup box on mine and made all the mounting to my frame. I will have to take a picture of everything but it works GREAT.