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RobertRyan
Aug 03, 2018Explorer
bartlettj wrote:
If the vehicle wasn't originally designed as both RHD and LHD versions, then there's going to be a lot of custom fab work. To connect the steering box to the wheel, you either have to move the box or add something in between. Then you have to do the dash, cab, brake and throttle pedals, headlight aiming, airbag programming, who knows what else. That's a nice Duramax they have hacked apart there! There's so much stuff under a Duramax hood you have to take the fender well out to change the fuel filter. That has to cost a truckload of money.
Correct. Remanufacture it they then put it better than when it came from the factory, including GM Technical updates. They use some of the people who used to make parts for the local industry too fashion parts for the Silverado and Ram.Other manufacturers who were involved have gone into the Medical, Mining, Military, Bus, Aircraft or other specialised manufacturing. PBR was making the Corvette Brakes in the US,well before the end of manufacturing in Australia
And in both cases the RHD conversion is a very good job, as we’ve previously reported. It’s basically a full body-off rebuild that takes about 100 man-hours and includes the changing or replacing of some 700 parts.
The end result is a really well-finished vehicle produced at the rate of six a day via two shifts, but we’ll get to that later.
Here is Silverado 2500 towing a Caravan
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