1962 Wolseley 6/110 MkI [ADO53]

1962 Wolseley 6/110 MkI [ADO53] in King Hendrik, Movie, 1965

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dsl ◊ 2013-11-02 20:05	Wolseley 6/99 or 6/110. Not sure why but I think 6/110, but probably Mk1 as does not look Mk2 smaller wheels.
dsl ◊ 2019-08-16 01:16	Small 60s Wolseleys were built locally, but nothing found about big ones; 6/110 assembly started in NZ in 1964, so not impossible that with CKD despatch from UK up and running, they might have given it a go in ZA as well. Or some Austin Westminsters and Wolseley 6/110s were built in Rhodesia, which might have supplied ZA. This account suggests some background.
dsl ◊ 2021-11-02 23:38	New info from South African book that "Big Farinas" (Austin A99/A110, Wolseley 6/99 and 6/110, a few VdP 3 Litre - and even some 4-Litre R) were built in ZA 1959-68. Previous suggestions that ZA Big Farinas were imported Rhodesia builds now superseded.

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dsl

◊ 2013-11-02 20:05

Wolseley 6/99 or 6/110. Not sure why but I think 6/110, but probably Mk1 as does not look Mk2 smaller wheels.

dsl

◊ 2019-08-16 01:16

Small 60s Wolseleys were built locally, but nothing found about big ones; 6/110 assembly started in NZ in 1964, so not impossible that with CKD despatch from UK up and running, they might have given it a go in ZA as well. Or some Austin Westminsters and Wolseley 6/110s were built in Rhodesia, which might have supplied ZA. This account suggests some background.

dsl

◊ 2021-11-02 23:38

New info from South African book that "Big Farinas" (Austin A99/A110, Wolseley 6/99 and 6/110, a few VdP 3 Litre - and even some 4-Litre R) were built in ZA 1959-68. Previous suggestions that ZA Big Farinas were imported Rhodesia builds now superseded.

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1962 Wolseley 6/110 MkI [ADO53]