Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/29

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Subject: [Leica] Sebring '58 / Now '67
From: rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig)
Date: Sat Apr 29 13:11:35 2006
References: <200604261802.k3QI2Zvb060400@server1.waverley.reid.org> <444FB8E1.4010804@concentric.net> <18B178B5-4AE1-4279-8A61-846213575D53@pandora.be> <4a51b29f58652929d96e4344da7159e2@paulhardycarter.com>

>All GT40s had the steering wheel on the right, as indeed most two seat 
>racing cars do. In the case of the GT40 it might be because they were made 
>in England, but the main reason is that the vast majority of the world's 
>circuits run in a clockwise direction, so there are more right hand corners 
>than left handers

True. And even more important than the sight is the better disposition of 
the weight when the driver sits in the "inner" half of the car when driving 
through a curve. It's reducing oversteering.

>I believe I'm right in saying that the gear stick is also on the right - 
>between the driver and the door, but I'm not entirely sure.

At least the original GT40 had it on the right side. But most street 
drivable replicas have it in the middle.

Didier 



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