The Right Way 'Round A Wronghand-Drive 1968 Ford Mustang

The steering wheel is on the wrong side. This was the problem faced by Australian hillclimb racer Jim Hodgson during his first attempt running a Ford Mustang at Pikes Peak in 2011.The steering wheel is on the wrong side. This was the problem faced by Australian hillclimb racer Jim Hodgson during his first attempt running a Ford Mustang at Pikes Peak in 2011. Jim drove a borrowed car up the mountain, but the unfamiliar lefthand drive position had him uneasy in the saddle, so he decided to swap seats for 2012. Jim regularly does these types of conversions in his native Brisbane, so he knew what to do when he headed to Colorado well ahead of the July race date to move the steering wheel in an American Mustang to the more Aussie-friendly right side. Along the way Jim and his team fought clearance issues, race-delaying firestorms, and creatures in the cooling system, yet he still made it to the summit on race day. Here's how they did it. For information on the Pikes Peak race, see PPIHC.com.



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