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Not quite as sacrilegious as it sounds
Probably just going to be a pipe dream but I was vaguely thinking about grabbing a late model Zastava 750 (the Yugoslavian version of the Fiat 600) and converting it to right hand drive, along with maybe a suicide door conversion (if it's allowed and I could find the parts).
I'm guessing I'll get a lot of 'leave it as left hand drive' comments, but the Zastava 750/850 is still commonplace in ex-Yugoslavia since they were made well into the 80s, so no concerns about ruining a classic. And keeping as LHD would be a no-go for me, since generally I drive in Europe at least once a year, so I'd most likely drive on the wrong side of the road if I hopped into a left-hooker in the UK
Looks like most of the steering parts are the same as they'd be for the 500, so no reason I couldn't swap the steering over by using a RHD rack conversion, assuming I can find a RHD 126 rack from somewhere.
But... The pedalbox. I know on a 500 finding the parts makes the whole job into a world of pain and finding a RHD 600 pedalbox would be even harder, but is it as much hassle on the 600, or is this something which could be fabricated with a reasonable amount of ingenuity?
Probably just going to be a pipe dream but I was vaguely thinking about grabbing a late model Zastava 750 (the Yugoslavian version of the Fiat 600) and converting it to right hand drive, along with maybe a suicide door conversion (if it's allowed and I could find the parts).
I'm guessing I'll get a lot of 'leave it as left hand drive' comments, but the Zastava 750/850 is still commonplace in ex-Yugoslavia since they were made well into the 80s, so no concerns about ruining a classic. And keeping as LHD would be a no-go for me, since generally I drive in Europe at least once a year, so I'd most likely drive on the wrong side of the road if I hopped into a left-hooker in the UK
Looks like most of the steering parts are the same as they'd be for the 500, so no reason I couldn't swap the steering over by using a RHD rack conversion, assuming I can find a RHD 126 rack from somewhere.
But... The pedalbox. I know on a 500 finding the parts makes the whole job into a world of pain and finding a RHD 600 pedalbox would be even harder, but is it as much hassle on the 600, or is this something which could be fabricated with a reasonable amount of ingenuity?