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beetletom
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« on: March 25, 2010, 21:28:10 pm »

can you undo the handle and fit a rhd handle?

or cannot be done? just wondering, a mate has one for sale he bought new in 95 and never used it! and comes with a signature handle spare too!

thanks.
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Donny B.
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« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2010, 21:47:45 pm »

The only thing different on a right hand drive shifter is the handle.  Get a right hand drive handle and swap it out.  It is very easy to do.
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« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2010, 22:32:32 pm »

Isn't he angle of the shaft different?
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« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2010, 22:55:47 pm »

look at the shifter   Grin
it's a LHD with handle turned
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2010, 23:10:43 pm »

No, that's a little finger reverse lock-out option!  Grin
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« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2010, 03:09:34 am »

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Isn't he angle of the shaft different?

It may be, but I remember Gene telling me that after a trip down under he decided to start making some handles for RHD.  There is no problem changing the handle to make it RHD.
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« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2010, 09:54:40 am »

I've got a LHD shifter and a RHD handle to go on it, and it looks like it should go together fine. What I do need is the reverse lockout button and the two set screws to hold the handle onto the shaft.

Isn't he angle of the shaft different?
Ivan, I'm fairly sure that the shafts are the same - a friend went to Bergs several years ago and Clyde converted a shifter from LHD to RHD for them while they were there. It might be different for the different bends though! Smiley
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« Reply #7 on: March 26, 2010, 10:26:16 am »

I wonder how many rhd signature shifters Berg made?

I ordered 2 when the  signature advert appeared. The good old days , seeing an advert in hot vws  going back to the newsagent getting loads of change and phoning Gene Berg in California from a telephone box in Newport  Wales. They even understood Scottish Smiley
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« Reply #8 on: March 26, 2010, 11:16:47 am »

I wonder how many rhd signature shifters Berg made?

I ordered 2 when the  signature advert appeared. The good old days , seeing an advert in hot vws  going back to the newsagent getting loads of change and phoning Gene Berg in California from a telephone box in Newport  Wales. They even understood Scottish Smiley

Not in Wales they didn't !!   Cheesy Wink
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