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Old Posted Aug 20, 2019, 8:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Earl Boebert View Post
It's the legendary Oldsmobile Limited, and they were right hand drive:



http://theoldmotor.com/?p=49750

You can see the mounts for the dual spares in the above picture.

Cheers,

Earl
Yeah; I remember reading somewhere that in the early days of motoring, it didn't really matter what side the steering wheel was on because most cars back then were open and narrow, and rode high (by modern standards), and you could see a mixed bag of cars with right hand drive and left hand drive. It wasn't until cars became enclosed and wider that it made sense to put the steering wheel on the side of the car that would be closest to the center dividing line of traffic.
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