Seeing more C3VR members from Australia and England all the time just got me to wondering,did G.M. ever make limited editions of right hand drive vettes for export over seas? It must be a pain in the a-- to want a vette over there ,and the first thing you have to do to it is,move the steering wheel to the WRONG side of the car.HaHa plus everything else they have to move. My hats off to all you guys and galls who go to all that work ,to enjoy Americas only sports car.You gotta love them

Man it's hard to believe nobody has an answer for me on my right hand drive question

Hi Ron,

Here in South Africa, we also have right-hand drive vehicles. I have heard of a right-hand drive Vette, but those are not as popular here as the left-hand drive.

It is a different experience and makes it so much more unique. I don't think I would ever want a right-hand drive Vette. It will just not be the same.

With Chevrolet back in our country, it sounds as if they will be producing the latest model Corvette. These will have to be right-hand drive, since there is a new law stating that no left-hand drive vehicles can be important (models from 2002 and later). Therefore, we can still import the older Vette's, but will have to accept the newer models only in right-hand drive.

Elmien
http://www.rogerscorvette.com/free/vanwyk.htm

Thanks for the reply Elmien, oops I mean RayCraze,as you can see on this thread I've got no other replies on my qusetion,don't know why.I did get a look at your vette,though thats 1 nice looking vette you've got there .Are there many corvettes in South Africa?Do they get the looks and waves that they get over here in No. America?

Hi Ron,

Our club accepts Corvette's, Comaro's and Lumina's. We are just about over a 100 members. There are still quite a few Corvette's that are not part of the club, but we try to lure them in (to become part of the family...)

It is a pitty though how these beauties were butchered for drags and races. I also have a 74 (plate=BLISS), which came out with a big block. However, when I bought it, it had a stroker engine in (387), which is - sad to say - no more; conrod broke and lots of missery and tears followed. I am now busy with repairs (or rather my mechanic is).

Yip, the waves are plenty, not to mention the "neighbours eye-balling". It is an absolute joy to drive a Corvette. Some of the people doesn't even know how old these models are and once I tell them "More than 30 years" they just can't believe it.

So to say - the wave is "ALIVE AND WELL" in South Africa.

Elmien

Right now on the NCRS board there is a pic of a '56 or '57 with right hand drive, in Australia. However, it is apparently not a factory job.

We have a couple of right hand drive C4's in our club that were Japanese imports.Not sure if they were factory RHD,but one of the 1985 model's was 1 of 13 that got sent there.There was talk of the C5's being sent to Australia as factory RHD,but I think the currency exchange rate put an end to that.It seems a bit strange,that even with the exchange rate,you can buy an Australian Monaro (Pontiac GTO) cheaper than it is in Australia

Ron, I don't know of any RH Drive vettes produced in St. Louis or Bowling Green. However, I'll talk with the present and previous Corvette Plant GM's and the present Director of Quality (Rick Robbins) to find out your answer. My wife and I are having dinner tomorrow (Sunday) with Rick and his wife and I'll ask him then. They are all good friends of mine and we'll get you an answer. I'll also talk with some of my Corvettes Limited Club members that work at the NCM and Corvette Plant.

Pete E.

Ron, I just got through talking with Rick Robbins, Director of Quality with the Corvette Plant and he said as far as he knows there has never been a RH Drive Corvette built since GM has no problems selling what they make. He said he will check the Corvette Black Book at the Corvette Plant tomorrow (Monday, February 9th) to make sure. He'll let me know in the next couple of days. When I find out, I'll let you know.

Pete E. (Flyboy)

Hi

This same discussion went on on the German CORVETTEFORUM.DE.
They know that GM never produced a right hand driven Vette.
In AUSTRALIA, this conversion was done by coachworkers.
They moved everything around and even rewired the cable looms. The dashboard was made out of GFK ( Fiberglass )
I don't think that there are right hand driven Vettes in England, or ?
Check out this thread, it's in German, but the pics are universal. Scroll down and stop when the blue Vette appeares.
Gunther


http://corvetteforum.de/thread.php?threadid=8934&boardid=10&sid=


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