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Walt G

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1 hour ago, Casper Friederich said:

The technical side of the FWD Tracta was mentioned early on this thread, but what about the coachworks? I felt free to post as I didn't find anything here on that subject. 

Apparently they were exoported to Austria, Armburster built at least two coachworks on the French pioneering front-Wheel drive chassis. The first one is dated 1930, the second 1932.

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Just now, Casper Friederich said:

British Alvis also built FWD cars in the late vintage period. Here a rare eight-cylinder, in fact a rebodied racing car

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The problem with the FWD stuff is that it was ahead of its time, suffered from engineering and material faults, repair support, and ....

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John's photos of all those obscure foreign cars made me think of this movie clip from the 3 Stooges in 'Punch Drunks'.  Damsel in distress in her 34 Plymouth PE convertible coupe, stuck in a ditch:

Damsel:  "I'm in a terrible dilemma!"

Mo:  "Yeah, I don't go for those foreign cars either."

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