TV’s Car SOS feature a Model A Ford at O'Neill Vintage Ford
 

Dave O'Neill and his company O'Neill Vintage Ford have been featured in an upcoming episode of National Geographic channels Car SOS show

Dave is a mine of Model A information and quality parts supplier here in the UK

Dave's personal 1930 Model A Sedan is featured in the show


Car SOS is one of the better restoration car shows and features Fuzz Townshend who's a well known classic car journalist and car restorer along with being a rock musician!

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Thanks for sharing.!

Re: TV’s Car SOS feature a Model A Ford at O'Neill Vintage Ford
 

His car appears to have left hand drive. I wonder how many Model A's in the UK have such a steering position and what is the experience of driving such a vehicle in the UK? Having driven on Irish roads, even the appropriate right hand drive was terrifying enough for me.

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My 1929 Sport Coupe is LHD there are lots here. I also have a LHD Chevy Truck. You soon get used to it ;)

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A lot of the UK Model T & A's seem to be LHD as demand has resulted in imports over the years. A lot of cars on ebay end up exported out of USA.
Actually, the Model A was a complete sales disaster in Britain except for truck sales. Most production was sent to Europe. Perhaps our UK friends would know how many RHD A's exist there?
Driving a LHD on the older narrow B roads of Britain would not be difficult. For a few years in the mid Twenties, Model T's were only available there LHD . Cheers - Tom

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There are a few LHD Model As here but there are plenty of LHD cars from the 60s and 70s. I 'm sure they all came out of the US. I have 2 Model As that I bought from over there but they were both converted very promptly.
Henry is credited (falsely) with inventing the assembly line but there is another thing he did when he introduced the Model T. Up till then, all American cars were RHD and it wasn't until well into the 20s that the last RHD car was made there, I'm told.

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Here are lists of the various vehicles known to the MAFCGB

https://www.mafcgb.org.uk/list-of-as...s-known-in-uk/

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909, East Coast Auto Parts at Narrabeen NSW imported many late T & Model A bodies from the US probably from late '60's until maybe advent of internet.
Mostly Tudors & Coupes, both either unavailable or very rare when the cars were new in Aust. Also NZ & Sth Africa with the Canadian made bodies has been a source over the years. Cheers. Tom.

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A lot of Canadian RHD phaetons there. Do they drive on the left?

LHD cars were not able to be registered here until recent years.
There was quite an industry doing RHD conversions, good and bad.
In the end the state govt.s gave up and admitted that a LHD car was safer than a dodgy conversion.

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Me and my Dad have 6 Model A's roadworthy here in the UK, 3 lhd and 3 rhd. Jumping between the two now second nature. Driving rural Suffolk roads a pleasure whichever side you are sitting - no visibility problems. Only thing that causes visiting American friends any disquiet is the central throttle position on rhd cars, which they soon get over.

Rhd parts getting harder to find and at a premium. We buy all we can get. The hotrod boys prefer lhd for the 'look' and used to be a source for bits but most now buy lhd imports from the States as Manchester built cars become more sought after by restorers. Rhd South American parts generally beyond saving.

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Here's a bit of a flavour what's for sale A wise over here:

Classic Cars for Sale UK

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Back in the 80s, I was in the UK and was tooling along in Surrey when I came across the sight of sights. It was a huge white Cadillac convertible with the proverbial blonde at the wheel. This was on an A road. Yes, the Cad was LH. Who she was or where she came from or where she was going was anyone's guess. It was quite a sight the way that monster overwhelmed the road.
Terry

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Rock star & footballer country Surrey :)