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This is my 1947 Wolseley 8, a mega-rare example of immediate post-war vehicle manufacture as little more than 5, 000 were built between 1946 and 1948.
It was Wolseley's first venture into small family cars following the war and was the only model in its class - that being eight horse power - to have an overhead valve engine. Competitors were still running side-valves at this stage. She is unbelievably solid, and by that I mean I would suggest quite strongly that she is an un-restored car. Her structure appears to be un-molested and panel-wise, apart from some minor surface rust on the bottoms of very strong doors, she is quite amazing! Even the door checks (steps and, on the rear doors, the inner arches, are all un-touched)I guess that what you win on the swings, you lose on the roundabouts. I have rarely seen a 70-year-old vehicle so sound (unless it had been restored) but the paint finish is not great. If you want the finish to match the rest of the vehicle's attributes, then you would treat her to a re-paint. She certainly warrants it. She starts, drives through the gears and stops. Well, when I say stops, I mean something kind of happens. All her air-con works fine - the sunroof slides all the way back and the windscreen opens! Her leather, like the rest of the vehicle, is original and most would be more than happy with its patina. She has been off the road for around eight or nine years. There is an MoT along the paperwork which expired in 2010.
Remember that these old girls are motoring antiques. Practically every one of them will have been subjected to work at some time in their long lives and they are bound to need more love and attention in the future. Context is all with classic cars. Please do not run your finger over them and compare them to your wife's new Chelsea tractor! On-going work is virtually inevitable with all of them. I do not put them through a garage "test", nor do I drive them for months on end. They come in and they go out. I feel that I have become a "re-homer" of motoring antiques. They leave me with no warranty either given or implied. They are too old for that! You may spot something of which I know nothing. It happens.
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