M814, tell me what's wrong with this picture

[patracy]

First one to tell me what's wrong with this pic will get the full story...

 

[jedawson1]

Your in the drivers seat but it looks like the passenger dash panel?

 

[caliber1]

The truck in front also has the steering wheel on the right side. European trucks?

 

[timntrucks]

wow is that backwards... maybe its over in england and the steering wheel is on the right??

 

[doghead]

Why is right hand drive, wrong?

 

[gringeltaube]

Dashpanel installed upside down left to right = (rotated 180º)

Why?


G.

 

[BillabongKong]

He is leaving before everything is covered in Olive Drab.

 

[Cycletek]

Is the negative flipped? Or the image inverted?

 

[patracy]

We have a winner!

These are M814 trucks that CSI in Tallapoosa are converting to right hand drive for export to Africa. There's a LOT of fab work done on these trucks. The only thing they haven't changed is the tool boxes and gas tanks.

The other truck is a work in progress so I snagged a few pics of the change over there.

There's two other trucks outside I didn't take pics of that are bridge trucks they installed deuce beds on with knucklebooms on.

 

[gringeltaube]

WOW, a lot of fab work - which I would call "redneck engineering", at best: for example, noticed that cobbled-together, custom extra-long pitman arm? ... the severe U-joint angle at the PS-box input? .... a steering wheel that comes way too close to the seat? ... besides instruments now facing down, a glove box lid that won't stay open, etc...

Hope the customer doesn't mind....

G.

 

[patracy]

I agree, the shoulda just done a one off dash. The glove box is inop, it's just for electrical panel now. The pitman arm had to be flipped as there's not anything out there to do what needs to be done.

 

[EMD567]

Thats just wrong..... What a waste of a good M814.

 

[Recovry4x4]

With all that said, I've always wanted a right hand drive vehicle. I really think they are coooool.

 

[m816]

I've put a few things in wrong before, but I never put the dash back in upside down. We were known for putting a lot of adult beverages down while working here in the motorpool. We always got the steering wheel back where it is supposed to be. Some things are not ment to be messed with, and steering wheels on the left are one of them. Shame on people who don't know which side of the road to drive on. They will be smited.

 

[goldneagle]

You can always use the truck to deliver mail! Toll booths would be a real pain!

 

[ryan77]

With all that said, I've always wanted a right hand drive vehicle. I really think they are coooool.

Buy a old mail jeep!

 

[Danger Ranger]

Thanks Patracy. That is pretty neat, even if they did a poor job.

Good thing its Africa. Why can't they send them more school buses instead?!? lol

 

[Recovry4x4]

I look at old mail jeeps all the time. None I've found were worth saving. One of the rural carriers out here had a 4x4 YJ that was RHD. I'd love to fall into that as a YJ can be built up reasonably cheap and it already has PS. Mainly want one so I can complain about the speaker being on the wrong side at the Checkers/Rallys drive thru.

 

[ryan77]

Guy in high school drove a old mail jeep they had 5 sitting in the front yard! His dad bought them at auction back in the early 90's!!

 

[ryan77]

You still have checkers/ rallys??! They closed all of them about 10 yrs ago in the chicago land area!!