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umm that / was supposed to be a ?
It was just a WAG.
Funny but I don't remember all those years ago when I had a car in Japan, if the shift pattern was the same when I got back to my stateside car.
So in the UK the shift is far left and up for first? The same as a left hand drive? That must be unsettling for those who go back and forth to the continent. I mean that and the fact that cars are coming at you from the wrong way.
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Yep, up and to the left is 1st on a RHD. At least the ones I've driven. It is odd at first, but the brain is really remarkable at how it quickly adapts.
Turn into the left left from the left lane is the hard part. My pulse actually went up the first time I did it. It's like there's a little part of your brain that's screaming "No! No! No! Danger!"
Of course the best part is when you come back and you're driving a bunch of your friends around and you casually pull up to a light to make a left turn and say something like "you know I just got back from the UK and a couple of times I've caught myself accidentally turning into oncoming traffic because I was so used to driving on the left" just to screw with them.
Back to the OP's gearbox. It sounds as if they reversed the shift linkage somehow. I've seen a 915 mounted backwards to 2 kit cars.
I'm totally guessing of course...