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Wolseley 18/80 1937
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Wolseley 18/80 1937
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Wolseley Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturer founded in early 1901 by the Vickers armaments combine in conjunction with Herbert Austin.
It initially made a full range topped by large luxury cars and dominated the market in the Edwardian era but the Vickers brothers died in 1915 and 1919.
In 1921, expanding rapidly, it manufactured 12,000 cars and still continued to be the biggest motor manufacturer in Britain. Over-expansion led to receivership in 1927 when it was bought from Vickers by William Morris as a personal investment.
Wolseley entered the 1930s in the personal ownership of William Morris, passing into the control of Morris Motors in 1935; from then on its products were more closely related to their Morris cousins mechanically, while retaining Wolseley's own overhead-camshaft engines and characteristically more luxurious interiors. The overhead cam was soon gone, though Wolseley did at least enjoy the advantage of having the overhead-valve versions of Morris's sidevalve engines.
Introduced for 1937, the 18/80 used the same chassis as the 14/56 (Wolseley's equivalent of the Morris 14) but boasted a 2,321cc overhead-valve twin-carburettor ‘six' that endowed the car with lively performance and a top speed of 80mph.
A lovely restored and now very rare example of this model, this car is Chassis #: 218953 / Engine #: W1129. Restoration was completed in 2011.
Interior - new carpet / hood lining. Seats / Door Cards & Wood all Original and in very good order.
Good body – good paint – Car drives beautifully for a car of its age.
PRICE FIRM. Will be sold with a 6 month WOF and 12 months registration.
SHIPPING / TRANSPORT CAN BE ORGANISED ON BUYER'S BEHALF AT BUYERS COST.
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NOTIFICATION AS TO NATURE OF GOODS IN TERMS OF THE CONSUMER GUARANTEES ACT 1993
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Waimak Classic Cars is not aware of any specific defects with the vehicle, however (a) such a vehicle being a classic vehicle may have mechanical breakdowns, electrical failures at inconvenient times and maintenance costs being part of and parcel of ownership of a classic vehicle; (b) reliability is a combination of the particular nature of the classic vehicle, how it is being driven, how it has been maintained, and to a certain extent luck; (c) because of the age of the vehicle, and its propensity to rust, it is likely that the vehicle would have been fully or partially restored, or at least repainted at some point in its life, maybe even more than once. Waimak Classic Cars does not know, and cannot give advice on how good any restoration work on the vehicle had been.
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