Delorian Crazy in Au

[Lance Haslewood <lanceh@xxxx>]

Hi Christian,

Thank you for your comments re my DeLorean. There are several DeLoreans 
in Australia, in fact more than I had previously thought. There are at 
least five in the Sydney area that I know of, one of which was recently 
converted to RHD here in Sydney. The finished job is superb, but it comes 
at a price!!

One Sydney owner claims his car to be an original factory RHD, and having 
seen it, the car carries all of the hallmarks of a factory RHD. My 
DeLorean was converted to RHD in the US and shipped here in the mid 
80s. It's a five speed and the conversion was excellently done with no 
visible 'shortcuts'.

If you are interested in info on importing a DeLorean, I can put you onto a 
fellow in Darwin who had just imported one from the US.

I must contra your comment about registering LHD cars in Australia. I 
believe the law has now changed in New South Wales and LHD cars are 
permitted to be registered and not display the once compulsory 'LEFT HAND 
DRIVE' rear and front stickers.

Contact me if I can help you further.

Lance Haslewood
02 4574 1851
0414 295 888


At 10:55 AM 16/08/02 +1000, you wrote:

> Hi Lance,
>
> I have just been looking at your website... Nice DeLorian :)
>
> CC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Swingle [mailto:dswingle@xxxx]
> Sent: Friday, 16 August 2002 10:25 AM
> To: Christian Catchpole
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: Delorian Crazy in Au
>
>
> Christian
>
> There are a couple of people on the DeLorean Mailing list that have
> DeLoreans in Austrailia. Seems that a couple were converted in the US and
> then carried over, one may be one of the original factory efforts. OThers
> have been converted, seems the main issue is the steering rack but no matter
> what it's not easy.
>
> Lance lanceh@xxxx seems to be the most frequent poster to the list.
> I'll
> copy him on this reply, maybe you can get in touch.
>
> Dave Swingle
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Christian Catchpole" <christian@xxxx>
> To: <webmaster@xxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:23 AM
> Subject: Delorian Crazy
>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I live in Australia and am considering importing a Delorian... we have a
> slight issue here.. you cant register left hand drive vehicles unless they
> are vintage (30+ years old). Has anyone any idea of the probability of
> Right Hand Drive conversions? Asthetics are issue (if DMC Texas have any
> right hand parts left over from the 8 they made). The other issue, is the
> chassis set up for it. I can only presume it's possible if they planned to
> use the same design for left and right hand production.
>
> Thanks,
> Christian