1947 Wolseley Eight

1947 Wolseley Eight in Father Brown, TV Series, 2013-2025 Ep. 5.05

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

00:32:56 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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Sunbar ◊ 2017-01-12 12:05	Registration number: 750 YUE Vehicle details Vehicle make WOLSELEY Date of first registration July 2011 Year of manufacture 1947 Cylinder capacity (cc) 918 cc CO2Emissions Not available Fuel type PETROL Export marker No Vehicle status Tax not due Vehicle colour BLUE
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2017-01-12 12:07	Eight. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolseley_Eight Why they never offered the ohv engine in the Morris Minor is a complete mystery. It would have transformed the gutless sidevalve Series MM into something approaching the Minor 1000, and would have been an improvement on the Series II buzzbox, which used the weakling 803cc engine from the Austin A30. Yet another of the odd decisions made by Morris at that time, like not designing an ohv engine for the MO Oxford, which weakened the group ready for the Austin takeover to form BMC. The worst decision of them all, of course, being the retention of Lord Nuffield, who was by then so far over the hill he had disappeared from view. It is, however, difficult to get rid of the man who owns the outfit! -- Last edit: 2020-06-08 15:29:26

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Sunbar

◊ 2017-01-12 12:05

Registration number: 750 YUE

Vehicle details
Vehicle make WOLSELEY
Date of first registration July 2011
Year of manufacture 1947
Cylinder capacity (cc) 918 cc
CO2Emissions Not available
Fuel type PETROL
Export marker No
Vehicle status Tax not due
Vehicle colour BLUE

johnfromstaffs

◊ 2017-01-12 12:07

Eight.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolseley_Eight

Why they never offered the ohv engine in the Morris Minor is a complete mystery. It would have transformed the gutless sidevalve Series MM into something approaching the Minor 1000, and would have been an improvement on the Series II buzzbox, which used the weakling 803cc engine from the Austin A30. Yet another of the odd decisions made by Morris at that time, like not designing an ohv engine for the MO Oxford, which weakened the group ready for the Austin takeover to form BMC.

The worst decision of them all, of course, being the retention of Lord Nuffield, who was by then so far over the hill he had disappeared from view. It is, however, difficult to get rid of the man who owns the outfit!

-- Last edit: 2020-06-08 15:29:26

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