Oh, good point: my '69 Fury II had a left-hand ignition switch, too. --- Frederick Joslin <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > The ignition switch comment is very interesting. > > My 69 LeBaron has the ignition switch on the left > hand side of the > steering column. The article in Automobile Collector > magazine which > covered the fuselage Imperials said that this was to > protect the knees > of "unrestrained" center seat passengers. There is > also a sealt belt to > do that. > > The ignition on the left makes it very easy to start > the car from the > outside, but difficult from the inside! > > How many people ride in the center seat of an > Imperial anyway and why was > this suddenly important in 1969 and not before? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom H" > To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: IML: Changing the Left to Right > Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 12:54:55 -0700 (PDT) > > > This has been quite an interesting discussion. > Actually I always thought the right-hand threads > were > just one of those little eccentricities of Mopars > (apart from the engineering rationale), kind of > like > how Ford used to have the ignition switch on the > left > of the steering column. > > --- Frederick Joslin wrote: > > > Hi Nigel: > > > > Disagreeing is fine. > > > > I know why Chrysler used left hand threads on > the > > driver's side. I was > > not aware of other makes that did, but most of > my > > knowledge is 60's and > > 70's American vehicles. I grew up in England in > the > > 60's but do not know > > much about the cars. > > > > I just think that history has shown that it was > not > > necessary to use left > > handed thread lug nuts. I would guess that the > left > > hand threads have > > caused more problems than they "might" have > solved. > > > > If I was an automotive engineer in the position > of > > choosing whether to > > use left hand threaded lug nuts you would have > to > > really prove to me that > > the right handed ones did not work. I lived in > St > > Louis for ten years in > > the "Show Me State" and you would have to show > me. :) > > > > Thanks. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com > ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial > Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your > response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and > attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to > webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to > http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm > > > > Fred Joslin > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm