29-11-2023, 12:24 PM
The car which Chris Blakey drove to Japan was an RTC Special which had previously belonged to Dave Bonnett. When Dave had it he needed it converted to hand control because of leg problems. This was done by Dave Williams (The Austineers), and the conversion was very satisfactory. I did drive the car but memory is fading. There was a typical double hand lever under the steering wheel I think, one lever being pulled towards the wheel to accelerate, pushed away to brake, and the other operating the clutch through a servo. It was very similar to a system my disabled father had on his DAF, but that needed no clutch arrangement, of course. I suggest contacting Dave Bonnett https://www.davidbonnett.co.uk/ who is a thoroughly nice person, and I am sure he would not mind relating what he remembers about his car. Whether Dave Williams can help at all I don't know (I believe he had a stroke which has restricted his activity a lot). I hope these are some useful pointers.