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Re: My RX-7
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:22 pm
by KiwiDave
Envious of your Moog idler arm. They are a LHD fitment only amd can't be reversed for RHD. Top marks for polishing skills
Re: My RX-7
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:35 pm
by Viljami
KiwiDave wrote:Envious of your Moog idler arm. They are a LHD fitment only amd can't be reversed for RHD. Top marks for polishing skills
I don´t want to rub it in your face but that idler arm improved steering feel a lot. But as we fitted it in with my mate we had really hard time as it was very TIGHT to turn into place
Re: My RX-7
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 2:32 pm
by Ghostkls
It is amazing what some polish and elbow grease can do for a car. She is really looking good! I would kill for one of those moog idler arms... Sadly SA has RHD cars....
Re: My RX-7
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 3:06 pm
by Viljami
Ghostkls wrote:It is amazing what some polish and elbow grease can do for a car. She is really looking good! I would kill for one of those moog idler arms... Sadly SA has RHD cars....
Thank you! Eventhough I wasn´t satisfied with gloss on pics taken last summer (ones with Saab wheels) and these pics were taken before i even owned polishing machine.
Here are few videos about my car. When I introduced myself to forum I posted one of these, but if you haven´t seen that take a look
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zk7uTua41w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LW9e03El84
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYDm3TfvkL0
Re: My RX-7
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 4:44 pm
by codge
Hi mate,
Thanks for the pics. Has Finland always been Left Hand Drive or did you switch -with Sweden? -in the 1970's?
Codge
Re: My RX-7
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:06 pm
by KiwiDave
Just watched those vids .... nice!!
Re: My RX-7
Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:39 pm
by Viljami
codge wrote:Hi mate,
Thanks for the pics. Has Finland always been Left Hand Drive or did you switch -with Sweden? -in the 1970's?
Codge
Finland has always had Left hand drive, which is bit weird as usually things here are followed from sweden very carefully
Re: My RX-7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 12:40 am
by codge
Without wishing to touch on possibly sensitive history, is that perhaps the Russian influence?
Re: My RX-7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:25 am
by re japi
codge wrote:Without wishing to touch on possibly sensitive history, is that perhaps the Russian influence?
I dont know actually. It might be...
Re: My RX-7
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:54 am
by Viljami
codge wrote:Without wishing to touch on possibly sensitive history, is that perhaps the Russian influence?
Didn´t know answer to this question and made some research
Finland used to have "right hand drive" until 1858 as Czar of Russia converted traffic to be left handed. Back at that time Finland was mostly forest and cities were relatively small comparing to other parts of europe, so transition wasn´t as dramatic as in Sweden. As with finnish history there isn´t anything sensitive about Russia at age of Czars. At that time first railroads were built in Finland and Finland were given own currency etc. Sensitive parts come from World War II with Soviet Union but that is whole another story.