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Brake MC assemblies in RHD 115 cars



> In AD V7 #73 Tony wrote
> 
> "Not sure how relevant this is, but in 116 (and derivative) RHD cars, the
> clutch MC is mounted directly on the firewall in front of the driver,
> and a large rod linkage is used to transfer the brake pedal movement to
> the vacumn booster/brake MC assembly mounted on the firewall in front of
> the passenger. Any reason why this couldn't be done in a 105?"
> 
> Tony this is exactly how LHD 115 Spiders (eg. US origins) are converted to
> RHD. The clutch MC gets positioned next to the Plenum chamber (on EFI
> cars) and the Alfetta large rod linkage (or whateverits called) is used to
> operate the brake MC and Booster which stays on the LH side of the car. It
> all fits in there very nicely, although it is a tad more crowded than what
> it would otherwise be.
> 
> Warren Reid
> Melbourne Australia
> 1968 1750 GTV
> 1986 Spider Veloce (ex USA)
> 1984 Alfetta GCL
> 1970 Berlina (R.I.P.)
> Tamiya 1:10 GTA 1300 Junior

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