17/11/2025
Last week, I had Brett's beautiful 1966 Mustang RHD coupe in the workshop for some steering rectification work.
The car had been converted from Left Hand Drive to Right Hand Drive many years ago.
To the untrained eye, the conversion looked great. Firewall nice and tidy, and all the front end was tidy and clean.
But that's where it stops!
When driven, the car had one of the worst experiences of bump steer that I had ever experienced. It was all over the road, and was frighteningly dangerous. All the steering geometry was way out and wrong. No wheel alignment could ever fix it. And it needed major surgery to correct all the bad work.
I had mentioned this to Brett previously when I did some suspension work a couple of years ago.
In the meantime, Brett went away, save some money up and came back wanting it fixed.
The car had an incorrect modified drag link, front spindles and brakes from a later model falcon that were way out, contributing to both the bump steer, and the poor toe out on turns which accelerated the excessivly bad front tyre wear
So a few dollars later, and a lot of new steering and suspension components replaced, genuine used front spindles, along with new correct Kelsey Hayes front brake calipers, and disc rotors, correct modified drag link, and new modified idler arm set up, along with a correct full shim wheel alignment, the car now drives and behaves like it should.
So not all Right Hand Drive conversions are good regardless of the rubbish some people may spin you when purchasing a modified vehicle like this car.
