Ondergard wrote:Were all the Brit cars in that show invariably left hand drive?
Were any of them unreconstructed imports, ie right hand drive?
Is it illegal to drive a RHD car in California or something?
And about the number plates - there was at least one with appeared to be a British plate - JOG 613E - is that road legal in California? Ad does it imply that it at least was originally a Briish car, not a Brit export?
Most of the more common cars were LHD imports from Britain (like my truck). Virtually all the newer MGs, Triumphs, Austin Healys, Lotus, Jensen, etc were LHD.
More than a few older cars were unreconstructed RHD, though. The old Rolls, and the older MGs were RHD. Couple newer Rolls were LHD.
Not illegal to drive a RHD car here.
It is illegal to not have California plates on front and rear in our state.
Brit plates are not legal in the US.
Many who do, do it in defiance of the law (because their cars are barely driven) or switch plates for the show. Our area is so car friendly (many police are car collectors), that one would most likely never get cited for driven a pristine 50 year-old-car like this.
Most likely, the plates were after-market or came off a UK car. Strictly for show. There are online places that sell them.
When I visited France a few years ago, I had a plate made with my California numbers (still not legal) for show, for the front of my vintage Renault.
