Tuscan LHD under bonnet pics

[T'ACK]

Is there anyone around who has some under bonnet pics of a LHD Tuscan, curious to know how the wiper linkage has been made.

[Funky Jo]

It`s an old pic (taken with my mobile phone) not really showing the wipers mechanism, but might give you an idea though

Edited by Funky Jo on Saturday 28th November 17:40

[ZCoupe]

T'ACK said:

Is there anyone around who has some under bonnet pics of a LHD Tuscan, curious to know how the wiper linkage has been made.

sounds like you are thinking about doing a conversion to LHD??

[T'ACK]

Indeed, I'm seriously thinking about a LHD conversion, but there is very little information about LHD Tuscans.
For example: did they move the battery to the righthand side of the car, I guess they did, to get place the pedalbox in place.
On the pic you also can see a very long connecting rod between the steering column and the steering house, it looks like it is partly situated at a place where the heater unit sits at RHD Tuscans.
I guess the heater unit is in the square box besides the connecting rod, look where a hose goes into the box.
Probably no arcon fitted.

[Funky Jo]

T'ACK said:

... For example: did they move the battery to the righthand side of the car, I guess they did, to get place the pedalbox in place. ...
I guess the heater unit is in the square box besides the connecting rod, look where a hose goes into the box.
Probably no arcon fitted.

Yes, the battery is situated inside the wingbox on the righthand side.
No, forget about this square box. It was an ´oilsteam filterbox` that had been fitted between the oil tank and the airbox by the first owner.
Yes, there is Aircon, fitted on the right hand egine bay side as well.

I never heard of a Tuscan LHD conversion, yet. There are loads of other things to convert, not only inside the engine bay, but also inside the cabin: Handbrake, gearstick and even the alu plates carrying the Airon and window buttons and the cigarette lighter are all "mirrored" and I never even saw these offered as spare parts...

There is a TVR Garage in Switzerland who already did some Cerbera LHD conversions who might look at a Tuscan as well, but it certainly costs a lot of time and a fortune...
There are currently also some 2 or 3 (from probably less than 50 Mk1 and Mk2 ever built) LHD Tuscans for sale in Germany and in Italy.

Edited by Funky Jo on Saturday 28th November 23:53

[BGB autosport]

Funky Jo said:

It`s an old pic (taken with my mobile phone) not really showing the wipers mechanism, but might give you an idea though

Edited by Funky Jo on Saturday 28th November 17:40

Sorry to go off topic but what are the 2 holes in the front cover for?

Also is that the normal position of the oil cooler on the LHD's presumably due to the steering rack/bar being routed there.

Edited by BGB autosport on Sunday 29th November 10:39