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General Category => Willys Forum => Topic started by: glennstin on October 30, 2021, 12:27:57 PM

Title: Right Hand Drive Aero on Ebay
Post by: glennstin on October 30, 2021, 12:27:57 PM
  Just spotted this restored 1954 Aero on Ebay now.  Listed with a 226 but looks like a 161 F Head.  Are there any other right hand drive Aero cars around?

   https://www.ebay.com/itm/124978789213?mkevt=1&mkpid=0&emsid=e11021.m43.l3160&mkcid=7&ch=osgood&euid=881d47acd87449009dbf66462ed6d152&bu=43191609673&ut=RU&exe=99322&ext=234173&osub=-1%7E1&crd=20211030013200&segname=11021&sojTags=ch%3Dch%2Cbu%3Dbu%2Cut%3Dut%2Cnqt%3Dnqt%2Cnqc%3Dnqc%2Cmdbreftime%3Dmdbreftime%2Ces%3Des%2Cec%3Dec%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cexe%3Dexe%2Cext%3Dext%2Cosub%3Dosub%2Ccrd%3Dcrd%2Csegname%3Dsegname%2Cchnl%3Dmkcid

Title: Re: Right Hand Drive Aero on Ebay
Post by: kaiserfrazerlibrary on October 31, 2021, 01:22:21 AM
A small number of Aero Willys cars (1952-54 model years) were made with RHD for export sales.  You will note the dash in this car is a 1952 type rather than the 1954 with all the lever type controls as found on the regular 1954 models.  A similar dash modification was made on the 1949-50 Frazers (and maybe even a few 1951 models) that got RHD using 1949-50 Kaiser dashboards which could accommodate the mechanical components.  A picture of a 1949 Frazer with the Kaiser Dash and RHD appears in an issue of the British car magazine AUTOCAR back when the cars were new.