Right Hand Drive Ford GT!

stanglover · Feb 13, 2008

Check this out - the world's first Right Hand Drive Ford GT. In Australia, pretty much the only way you can register a LHD vehicle is if it is 25+ years old. So if you don't want to wait that long to drive something such as the GT on the road it has to be converted.

This black one is the first to be converted, and I believe Mustang Motorsport have already started work on several more. The car is a full 'mirror image' conversion and (as you would demand if it was your car!) finished beautifully. They have obviously manufactured (or re-manufactured) many of the parts, such as the centre tunnel and speedo gauge (see image 2).

I think this car is still going through the approval process but, by the look of how well things have been done, it shouldn't be a problem.

NEW! A video of this car on the race track is now online at http://www.c31.org.au. Choose 'Our Shows' and then 'G' for 'Gasolene'. Select the 'Video' tab and view the Feb 5, 2008 episode (Channel 31 is a community TV station).

shelbyelite · Feb 13, 2008

Wow :eek , what a first post!

B O N Y · Feb 13, 2008

We had a member, JASPAR who ordered a FGT to be sent down under. The car was in Montreal the last I heard. He was very sick and passed away. He had plans to have it converted.

They did a nice job, I know it costs a pretty penny.

RIP Jaspar

STORMCAT · Feb 13, 2008

They did a really great conversion or that's a really great photo shop !! For the record the passenger side leg room is less than the drivers side. How far did they go in the conversion??

MK2_GT · Feb 13, 2008

Holy $%^&

Kingman · Feb 13, 2008

STORMCAT said:
They did a really great conversion or that's a really great photo shop !! For the record the passenger side leg room is less than the drivers side. How far did they go in the conversion??

Check out the placement of the dead pedal. Pretty slick.

I see that they also converted the transmission tunnel, but left the A/C & Heat knobs alone.

I can't read the speedo, but it looks to get into double digits pretty fast.

Somebody wanted a GT....real bad. Pretty cool job.

AlohaGT · Feb 13, 2008

STORMCAT said:
They did a really great conversion or that's a really great photo shop !! For the record the passenger side leg room is less than the drivers side. How far did they go in the conversion??

Check out the website, they promote the RHD.

http://www.mustangmotorsport.com.au/ford_gt/ford_gt.php

B O N Y · Feb 13, 2008

I was told US$90k

AlohaGT · Feb 13, 2008

B O N Y said:
I was told US$90k

That doesn't shock me. If the workmanship is anywhere near the quality that appears in the photos, I can't imagine how many hours of work that goes into one of these conversions.

Do they fabricate their own parts - new tunnel, dash, mechanicals that can't be reused, etc.?

todd · Feb 13, 2008

The boys down under are quite the gearheads. A guy I know send me pics of his converted Shelby. Notice the side markers. If I remember right he said the conversion is $35,000

stanglover · Feb 13, 2008

Kingman said:
Check out the placement of the dead pedal. Pretty slick.

I see that they also converted the transmission tunnel, but left the A/C & Heat knobs alone.

I can't read the speedo, but it looks to get into double digits pretty fast.

Somebody wanted a GT....real bad. Pretty cool job.

The speedo is custom-made as they have to read in km/h to meet Australian Design Rules.

Here is a shot of the next two cars currently being converted (red and tungsten). As you can see, basically the whole car is stripped down, and they manufacture and/or modify over 300 parts in the conversion process. Virtually every part is 'mirrored' as the GT has been designed and engineered much like a race car, with everything designed perfectly for its place and use. You would expect that the engine not being in the front would make life easier, but 'normal' road cars are obviously designed and engineered far more loosely, with more space available and less complex engineering.

STORMCAT · Feb 13, 2008

Maybe it would be cheaper to move ... :biggrin

AlohaGT · Feb 13, 2008

STORMCAT said:
Maybe it would be cheaper to move ... :biggrin

:rofl

AlohaGT · Feb 13, 2008

stanglover said:
The speedo is custom-made as they have to read in km/h to meet Australian Design Rules.

Here is a shot of the next two cars currently being converted (red and tungsten). As you can see, basically the whole car is stripped down, and they manufacture and/or modify over 300 parts in the conversion process. Virtually every part is 'mirrored' as the GT has been designed and engineered much like a race car, with everything designed perfectly for its place and use. You would expect that the engine not being in the front would make life easier, but 'normal' road cars are obviously designed and engineered far more loosely, with more space available and less complex engineering.

Most impressive. Approximately how many hours of work and what do they charge for such a conversion?

todd · Feb 13, 2008

I email my friend in Au. about this company and part of his reply was ...

"The link you gave me is the company that converted my car, the same car in the pics that I have been sending you. Craig is the principle and his company has Just pulled of a fist in the world. They have just converted form left hand drive to right hand drive a Ford GT 40. They will charge $80,000.00 Australian for this conversion. This is $71,000.00 in your currency. They do a great job of the conversion and they are great people also"...

soroush · Feb 13, 2008

todd said:
I email my friend in Au. about this company and part of his reply was ...

"The link you gave me is the company that converted my car, the same car in the pics that I have been sending you. Craig is the principle and his company has Just pulled of a fist in the world. They have just converted form left hand drive to right hand drive a Ford GT 40. They will charge $80,000.00 Australian for this conversion. This is $71,000.00 in your currency. They do a great job of the conversion and they are great people also"...

71,000.00 is a small price to pay to get to drive the GT. i wonder how many there are is ausi

Silverbullitt · Feb 13, 2008

I caught a bug in the 100% flip. Look at the climate controls. Still USA spec. I hope that doesn't blow Aussie approval.

Beatuiful job by the way.

Is it true that the odometer runs backwards down under? If so I'll be down there with my gal next summer to run mine back a little.

FB GT40 · Feb 13, 2008

Wow!

Wow! Superb workmanship. I once did a Mini. RHD to LHD...what a pain in the a**.:bang:bang

Fubar · Feb 13, 2008

Did they have to move the gas inlet to teh other side?

Neilda · Feb 13, 2008

amazing and, slightly weird (in a good way).

I'd love a right hand drive one (being in the UK), but have become very used to LHD. It just looks darned weird!

Great job.

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