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[peter scott]

Apparently Delage used the Traction body on their own chassis!

Following an alliance with Delahaye the Delage D1 12 which also made use of the Traction 11 CV Légère superstructure was launched in 1936.

Using the 11 CV Légère Traction bodyshell and doors but mounted on a conventional chassis and with rear wheel drive (with an optional four speed gearbox).



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[Rick]

I've never seen or heard of that one before, interesting.

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[norustplease]

Not only Delage, but also Licorne did the same thing. Although the car retained its Art Deco lines, it lost many of the fine handling characteristics of the Traction Avant, having rear wheel drive and a higher centre of gravity.
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[Ray White]

[norustplease]

Delage were a prestige brand, whereas Citroen were probably more a car for the masses.
Interesting that the photo seems to show a car with right hand drive. France only enshrined driving on the right in 1921, and some prestige brands continued with right hand drive after that, possibly because the chauffeur could more easily get out and open the passenger rear door to let the rear seat passengers alight.
If you Google pre 1920's French cars you will find that most are already LHD, although there are a few RHD examples, driving in France must have been interesting, to say the least!
Sweden changed from driving on the left as late as the mid 1960's, but interestingly, SAAB and Volvo produced only cars with LHD for home consumption.
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1953 Citroen Traction
1964 Volvo PV544
1957 Austin A55 Mk 1
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