Dads Wolseley 16/60

[Forthright MC]

my other cam is a D-SLR

heres a few recent ones for you,

Edited by Forthright MC on Monday 7th April 19:58

[V-spec]

dinkel said:

Tracing the plates led to a guy living in the outback of Holland: windy Zeeland.

Dinkel: beautiful car. Especially the interior. Brings back early memories of my Dad's Singer Gazelle, haven't thought about that for years! (DLA 804C where are you now?)

Anyway, I was wondering if you could give me any tips on tracing Dutch plates? I bought my Corvette in the netherlands (The Gallery, Brummen) but I don't have any info on the previous owner except his name on a few old bills - surname Van Sarloos I think - and I know the old plate. Where would I start?

[dinkel]

I was in the Gallery yesterday! Will post a few snaps end of this week.

https://www.rdw.nl/Ovi/Paginas/Default.aspx

No info on that plate . . . Maybe because you've bought it, they must've ditched the old plate.

Contact RDW for info. Good luck on that.

Love those Vette's:
http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[hurricaneharold]

[quote=Forthright MC]my other cam is a D-SLR

heres a few recent ones for you,





What is this car on the trailer? It looks like a Ginnetta

[RetroWheels]

WSM , a small portion of Great Britains's rich "Specials" history ...

http://www.wsmcars.com/

Edited by RetroWheels on Monday 7th April 23:33

[odyssey2200]

Forthright MC!

Where id that garage with the MGs

Thanks

[Forthright MC]

RetroWheels said:

WSM , a small portion of Great Britains's rich "Specials" history ...

http://www.wsmcars.com/

Edited by RetroWheels on Monday 7th April 23:33

yeap WSM, WSM 210 to be precise one of around 12 or so special bodied Sprites built in the 60's IIRC!
if you take a look on the history page of their website on page 2 you will find some info on this car in the feature called "Another Recovery"

odyssey2200 said:

Forthright MC!

Where id that garage with the MGs

Thanks

the garage is a little place called Beer Of Houghton in the vilaage of Houghton & Wyton between Huntingdon and St Ives in Cambridgeshire, a stunning picturesque village with a splendid pub just opposite the garage too!

Dink! sorry to hijack your thread mate!

Edited by Forthright MC on Tuesday 8th April 19:40

[dinkel]

No problem mate.

[V-spec]

dinkel said:

I was in the Gallery yesterday! Will post a few snaps end of this week.

What do you think of them? I wasn't impressed with my experience to be honest. The car was a dud and cost me a lot to put it right. Got some compensation from the Nico Aldering in the end but it didn't come anywhere near what it cost me just to get it to a level where it would pass the Belgian "oldtimer" registration (where they only check steering, chassis number and warning triangle!). Oh well, you live and learn...

Thanks for trying with the reg

[hurricaneharold]

Forthright MC said:

RetroWheels said:

WSM , a small portion of Great Britains's rich "Specials" history ...

http://www.wsmcars.com/

Edited by RetroWheels on Monday 7th April 23:33

yeap WSM, WSM 210 to be precise one of around 12 or so special bodied Sprites built in the 60's IIRC!
if you take a look on the history page of their website on page 2 you will find some info on this car in the feature called "Another Recovery"

odyssey2200 said:

Forthright MC!

Where id that garage with the MGs

Thanks

the garage is a little place called Beer Of Houghton in the vilaage of Houghton & Wyton between Huntingdon and St Ives in Cambridgeshire, a stunning picturesque village with a splendid pub just opposite the garage too!

Dink! sorry to hijack your thread mate!

Edited by Forthright MC on Tuesday 8th April 19:40

I do remember seeing quite a few special bodied Sprites racing at the Revival a couple of years ago,great looking cars

[grahamw48]

williamp said:

Simes205 said:

hurricaneharold said:

Pigeon said:

dinkel said:

Are they a common sight on the UK roads these days?

Hardly ever see them, most of them have dissolved.

No the Farina`s are not a common site on the UK roads these days,as so many of them have been used for banger racing...

It broke my heart the day my father sold his Wolseley 6/110 to the coalman for £40.00

Funnily enough there are a couple of Westminsters (A110) near to my home that are daily drivers.

Edited by Simes205 on Sunday 6th April 18:03

Isnt the A110 the one with the rolls Royce engine?

That was the Vanden Plas 3 litre (and 4 litre) 'R' .

I believe they used the engine out of the Austin Champ Jeep type vehicle, so not too sophisticated, but one of these 'Champs' did take a couple of my friends all the way to South Africa back in the seventies, so pretty reliable.

Oh, and my first car was a Wolseley 1500, which I paid 40 quid for.
It had more filler than metal, but took me over the new M62 to Manchester, to a job interview which landed me a brand new Hillman Hunter company car.
A sound investment.

Edited by grahamw48 on Saturday 26th April 00:05

[bobeff]

dinkel wrote about his Dads Wolseley 16/60. My Dad bought a 15/60 new in 1960, Yukon grey and it was a treat inside, as dinkels photos show. My first car was a Wolseley 6/80, I loved that car, wanted one since I saw them new, (I was 4) but what a disappointment speed-wise! How did the "Ice-men" catch the Crooks? Well in those days many still rode cycles - probably, or they never caught the one's that drove Mk7 Jags.

[dinkel]

Remember a 70s TR6 - 150 brake - does 0-60 in just 10 secs. And that was called a performance car.

Keep the Wolseley at speed and avoid too much braking and it goes rather well.

ABS and contemporary brakes spoil todays drivers IMO.

[grahamw48]

Erm, more like 8.5 secs ?

The 125 brake ones were slower.

[dinkel]

:cough: 8.5 whatever . . . quick it is not.

[grahamw48]

It was in those days.

[dinkel]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aygAu1x2uQo

A Wolseley!

I think it's the sixpot eh?

[grahamw48]

Yep...police special ....like the one that pulled me over on my first motorbike in 1967. Licence ? mot ? insurance ? Wots those then officer ?
I'm only pushing it....can't afford 5/2d for a gallon of juice yet.

[Morningside]

Fantastic Thanks for posting this up. First time I ever saw one it came looming up out of the mist and the "Wolseley" badge was glowing away and looked quite eerie when you are a small child.

[dinkel]

Can you imagine me as an 8 year old showing off dads first car?

Sadly my mates were more into Taunus and Records . . .