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Post by indianajones on Feb 29, 2016 8:36:29 GMT
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Post by indianajones on Apr 7, 2016 9:10:51 GMT
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Post by Penguin45 on Apr 7, 2016 14:15:45 GMT
Looks like a good buy for somebody, Indy. It's that odd lilac colour again, isn't it?
Chris.
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Post by indianajones on Apr 8, 2016 4:06:01 GMT
Yup, also has Austin/Morris seats in it. A lot of car for the money I reckon.
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Post by indianajones on Apr 22, 2016 8:23:31 GMT
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Post by indianajones on May 14, 2016 0:35:22 GMT
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Post by dave1800 on May 14, 2016 0:57:21 GMT
The bodywork looks good and there can't be too many one owner cars for sale so could be genuine mileage. Strange having what appears to be the Morris rocker box, if an engne change why not retain Wolseley? The "S" type side stripes, but only one carb. It looks like it may be a Mk1 car which would make it quite rare. Agree seats not original. David
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Post by foglaursen on May 15, 2016 17:39:54 GMT
Seats look like original MKI to me.
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Post by indianajones on May 15, 2016 20:16:30 GMT
I would have thought the Wolseleys would have had the 'wingback' styled seats from day one?
-Andrew
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Post by foglaursen on May 16, 2016 8:32:28 GMT
A picture from my Wolseley
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Post by indianajones on May 16, 2016 11:10:25 GMT
hmmm interesting, perhaps Chris might be able to help us out here.
-Andrew
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Post by Nick RS on May 16, 2016 11:31:01 GMT
when the 18/85 was launched it had similar style seats to the Austin / Morris but with leather seat facings. Foglaursen's car is a good example and you can tell the facings are leather from the way they have aged. The bigger seat came with the MkII in 1969, gaining the Range Rover type armrests and the thicker padding. The facing material changed to vinyl (Vynide, or whatever they called it then) and stayed that way until the 18/85 was replaced by the Six. The door cards on the Green NZ car are spot on and the catches and door furniture suggest a very early one at that.
Nick
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Post by indianajones on May 16, 2016 20:44:25 GMT
Thanks for that Nick, interesting stuff.
You never stop learning aye!
-Andrew
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Post by indianajones on May 17, 2016 10:32:12 GMT
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Post by threelitre on May 17, 2016 13:45:01 GMT
when the 18/85 was launched it had similar style seats to the Austin / Morris but with leather seat facings. Foglaursen's car is a good example and you can tell the facings are leather from the way they have aged. The bigger seat came with the MkII in 1969, gaining the Range Rover type armrests and the thicker padding. The facing material changed to vinyl (Vynide, or whatever they called it then) and stayed that way until the 18/85 was replaced by the Six. The door cards on the Green NZ car are spot on and the catches and door furniture suggest a very early one at that. Nick Nearly.... The Material is called Ambla. The Wolseley 18/85MkII received exactly the interior of the Austin 3 litre de Luxe launched a little bit earlier - reataining the dashboard of course. There is a rather subtle difference between Austin 3 Litre and Wolseley 18/85 seats: The pattern on the Ambla is smoother on Wolseley seats than that on Austin. Alexander PS: I thought Austin patented these arm rests with the model 16 (or 12?) from the 30s?
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