So, I was doing a Craigslist cross country and I came across and ad so good, I just had to post it in this thread!

https://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/bar/d/h...7433132419.html

I especially love that it’s “trade only” but he’s not even all that specific about what he wants or even aware of the nightmare that he’s trying to pass onto some poor soul!

why move the battery to the front?? i hate that, leave it were it belongs, i want my front trunk clear.

Side pipes! So they go up to the front of the car and then out the sides....smart.

Keeping front trunk clear is a legit want but comes down to vehicle owner's priorities.

The reason to move the battery to the front is:

1) Better weight distribution. A little extra weight helps plant the front end and mitigates some of the changes in handling between having a full tank of gas and low fuel.

2) Gets a very heavy (30-40 lbs) component down low - helping lower CG.

3) Lowers polar moment of inertia to centralize that 30-40lb mass (assuming placed on centerline).

4) Helps clear out an already crowded engine compartment.

However, in the instance of the red car in OP, they screwed this up by mounting the battery to one side and also by keeping it above the spare tire cover and not getting it as low as possible.

Any time you can literally move 1.5% of a vehicles weight to a more desirable location, that is a good thing.

Whether or not it is worth it depends on the driver's priorities.

i have a car i converted to rhd here in aus. strangely i swear its better when i have a passenger or a light load of fuel. the way it is i stack up with the battery and the fuel all on the rhs. i can notice it.

All your points about the battery offset to passenger side to balance with fuel sans passenger are true and legit counterpoints.

that you notiice the changes in weight distribution - Many don't or can't. Still it's OK for those that don't. All about what works for the driver as they balance the car to their priorities.

I've never really thought a RHD 914 but it has to be unique for sure. I've driven plenty of RHD cars both in and out of RHD markets, but, the dogleg 1st also has to be a little bit extra from the passenger side. I unique things

I thought that this might be of interest. This has to be some kind of record for a Teener in this part of the world! Exceptionally low mileage AND in Canadian dollars which are worth about 23 cents US! (Just kidding!) http://www.corcars.com/vehicle-inventory/1974-porsche-914 No connection or interest.

To save others the Google:

> 59,000 Canadian Dollar equals 46,503.80 United States Dollar

-Steve

Sold, so somebody was fine with the price. A few niggles aside, looked like a nice car.

all cars are better lhd. i say that though i live in a rhd country.
lhd is superior in a stickshift.
its the way you press the clutch and shift across your body with the right arm.
just feels better.
its why they set up GT40s and 917s with a right hand sill gear lever even though they are rhd for le mans. sort of lhd with the steering wheel on the right.


passengers notice i am putting the gear lever into their lap at the lights.
ok if women. guys ......... :blink:

EDIT
i would have preferred not to have converted it.
but i had to 30 years ago.
not possible to fully register a LHD car in aus back then.
now you can.
i could have saved myself a lot of money.
and believe me it was a lot of effort and a fair bit of $ to do and get it right.
a lot of the cars converted here to RHD are not quite right.
mostly they did not get the steering wheel quite in the right spot.
we got the car right, with pedals, wheel etc and the cosmetics too of the dash.
but you can't do much about the gearstick and it is biased to the driver on the left.

the plus side is i can drive the car without too many of the vision disadvantages that come with a lhd car in rhd traffic. esp with unpredictable drivers becoming more a feature here, don't know what its like in the USA but its turn first, indicate second most of the time here.