1962 Wolseley 15/60
Discussion
I have owned this car since late 2004. At one stage it was my daily driver, but these days I am more often seen driving a 2015 Skoda Octavia station wagon (or estate if you prefer to call it that). And yes, 1962 is the correct date - it is an Australian built Wolseley, and the 15/60 wasn't superseded in Australia until it was replaced by the 24/80 in March of 1962.
Very nice!
Had to look this model up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolseley_15/60
What is it about these and minis?
Had to look this model up:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolseley_15/60
What is it about these and minis?
Chunkychucky said:
Cool car thanks for sharing 
Always found it interesting the move from the classic 'pudding basin' design of classics (Austins A30/A35 etc.) to the more-modern Farina designs.
Weren't both designs mimicking US car styling trends? Always found it interesting the move from the classic 'pudding basin' design of classics (Austins A30/A35 etc.) to the more-modern Farina designs.Thanks for the photo OP.
Does the Wolseley badge in the grille light up with the headlamps? Illuminating brand emblems is proper badge engineering.
It was at a general display of classic cars, without any theme. There were about five, I think, Wolseleys there, and we all parked in the same area. The Mini was an interloper. There was an interesting selection of cars on display that day, including an extremely rare FJ Holden station wagon conversion - an after market conversion made in very small numbers indeed by, if I recall correctly, a coachbuilder in Adelaide.
Yes, the badge does light up. I have early memories of Wolseley badges starting with some friends of ours we met on the boat to Australia back in 1958 - their first car when they got here was a Wolseley 4/50.
Thankfully there isn't any structural rust in the car (there was the beginnings of a couple of spots in the underside when I bought it, but I had someone cut it out and weld in replacement metalwork). What rust there is is confined to some spots in the rear wings below the bumpers where they wrap around on the sides. Cars do rust here, if not looked after, but isn't quite as bad a problem as it is in the UK. The car had two owners before me, and both of them kept it under cover when it wasn't being used.
Yes, the badge does light up. I have early memories of Wolseley badges starting with some friends of ours we met on the boat to Australia back in 1958 - their first car when they got here was a Wolseley 4/50.
Thankfully there isn't any structural rust in the car (there was the beginnings of a couple of spots in the underside when I bought it, but I had someone cut it out and weld in replacement metalwork). What rust there is is confined to some spots in the rear wings below the bumpers where they wrap around on the sides. Cars do rust here, if not looked after, but isn't quite as bad a problem as it is in the UK. The car had two owners before me, and both of them kept it under cover when it wasn't being used.
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