Description
Hi and welcome to the listing for my lovely Wolseley 18/ 85.
Presents very well overall and looking resplendent in its colour of 'Wild Moss' and brown leather interior
Has benefited from the following in recent years: new fuel lines, carpets, driveshafts, clutch, brake master cylinder, brake slave cylinder, water pump, new falken tyres all round, starter motor, engine mounts, electronic ignition, full exhaust, carburetor rebuild.
As a result, it drives very well indeed.
Comes with set of keys, owners handbook as well as numerous old MOT's and invoices for parts and work done over the years.
Only thing I can fault is there is a slight exhaust blow at the manifold however this shouldn't be difficult to rectify.
Any questions, feel free to send me a message.
I have included a bit of information about the 18/ 85 below:
Thanks for looking.
"The Wolseley 18-85 was introduced in 1967 as the upmarket version of the Austin and Morris 1800s. The ADO17 cars began development in the mid-fifties with an Alec Issigonis mid-size project eventually known as the XC9000. Originally intended to use the 1500cc “B” series engine, the design grew in size such that the five bearing 1798cc “B” series engine was developed to cope.
By mounting the engine transversely as in the earlier Mini and 1100 cars and the design masterstroke of mounting the front hydrolastic displacers in a tube across the bulkhead, Issigonis’ design team created a car with immense structural strength and huge internal space within a 14′ package. The front and rear sub-frames were dispensed with due to the cars strength, allowing some weight saving.
The car was styled in the fashion of the Farina range, although Pinnin’s input into the design was just the “cow’s hips” on the rear wings. These would later develop into fins on the Austin/ Morris cars but not on the Wolseley versions.
The 18/ 85 was launched with a re-designed nose, additional chrome trims and rubber-faced over-riders as external differences; the interior became a four wheeled gentleman’s lounge, featuring big comfortable leather seats, walnut door capping and dashboard with dial-type instruments rather than the “cheap” looking strip speedometer of the Austin/ Morris versions. It even ran to the luxury of an electric screen wash motor."
