Another mystery car at the Hotel de France

[GTBob]

Another mystery car at the Hotel de France in La Chartre-sur-le-Loir. We had one before (Help identifying a strange little car) but I couldn't ID it. I've got another mystery in the same location. It looks like a Buick RoadMaster to me - maybe 1949/50 but it's RHD and has different lights to any photos I can find of the RoadMaster. Here's a detail from the photo.



Any ideas?
Thanks
Bob

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Edited by jeremyc on Tuesday 4th December 22:08

[GTBob]

What a fantastic response! Thank you, Thank you. A Salmson G72 Randonnée not a Buick.
I'll have to look out some other postcards I have where I could not identify the car.
Best wishes,
Bob

[GTBob]

Doofus said:

Well firstly, knowing that particular format of registration plate was introduced in 1950 is helpful, but mainly it's because of the Salmson badge on the bootlid.

Hi Doofus
Thanks for identifying it. So that's a UK registration number? Do you surmise that this is a British-built Salmson? Also, I know the French used to make their luxury cars RHD so the chauffeur could get out quickly and open the rear doors on the pavement side, but do you know when this practice died out?
Thanks
Bob