Sorry to hear of your injury Sid: keep that man away from sharp objects and cutting implements.
John; I made an enquiry a while ago as to why so many single seater race cars have the shifter on the right as I thought there might be some convention involved.
I was told it was related to the Hewland box design only.
My exhaust is on the right and might be in the way of a R.H. shifter but in truth I am more used to driving on the correct side of the road, manual gear box shifter is therefore on the left.
You guys all drive autos anyway so you would have to learn a manual shift whichever side it was on? Insert disparaging remarks about the mother country, its colonies, and some other enlightened countries (all RHD) here.
I think the French for left sums it up nicely: gauche.
On a more serious note: radiator top hose is inches above the head, photo perspective doesn?t make that clear.