Wolseleys

At the Vintage Sports Car Club's Hawthorn Memorial Trophies race meeting at Oulton Park in July 2015 car parks were set aside for the members of various car clubs and here are photographs I took of some of the Wolseleys that were present.

This is a 1948 Wolseley 14/60 which has a 6-cylinder inline 1,818cc engine. Production of this car started in 1938 and ended in 1948, 5,731 being built post-war.

This is a Wolseley Hornet, a badge-engineered version of the BMC Mini, which was built between 1961 and 1969 as a more luxurious version of the Austin/Morris cars. It started off with the basic 848cc Mini engine, changing to the 998cc Cooper version in 1963.

This is a 1937 Wolseley Super Six 25 Series III Drophead Coupé with a 6-cylinder inline 3,485cc engine. This model was produced between 1937 and 1939 and this particular car was the personal car of Lord Nuffield.

A 1959 Wolseley 6/90 Series III with 6-cylinder inline 2,639cc engine. 11,852 of these cars were produced between 1954 and 1959 and it was said to be the last true Wolseley, subsequent BMC models being badge-engineered as Austin, Morris, Riley and Wolseley.

The Wolseley 4/44 was designed by Gerald Palmer when Wolseley was still part of the Nuffield Group and shared many of its components with the MG Magnette ZA. 29,845 of the cars were produced between 1952 and 1956.

BFJ 907 is a  Wolseley Fourteen NF (New Fourteen), 5,790 of which were produced between 1935 and 1936, this being a 1936 model. It has a 6-cylinder inline 1,604cc engine.

I can't find out too much about this car. It appears to be a Wolseley Wasp and the DVLA record says it's a 1936 car with a 1,479cc engine, but the Wasp, produced between 1935 and 1936, had a 4-cylinder inline 1,069cc engine. Wolseley doesn't seem to have produced any cars in the 1930s with a 1,479cc engine.