Wolseley 6/80 Series II - grille
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Wolseley 6/80. This car canm be identified as an early (1949?) car because it does not have sidelights and the bonnet script does not read -Wolseley Six Eighty-
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Wolseley 6/80 Series II. Sidelamps below the headlamps were fitted to Series II cars.
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Wolseley 6/80.
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Wolseley 6/80. Early 6/80 had the script "Six Eighty" on the bonnet, like this. Later ones had "Wolseley Six Eighty"
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Wolseley 6/80 Series II. Early 6/80 car badging did not have the word -Wolseley- in the badge.
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Wolseley 6/80. Launched in 1948 at the same time as the smaller-engined Wolseley 4/50, both cars were thinly disguised versions of the Morris Oxford MO and the Morris Six MS. The Six Eighty and Morris Six shared a new 2215cc OHC six-cylinder engine that was beset with design problems
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Wolseley 6/80. Launched in 1948 at the same time as the smaller-engined Wolseley 4/50, both cars were thinly disguised versions of the Morris Oxford MO and the Morris Six MS. The Six never took off for Morris, but the Six Eighty did for Wolseley and it made them money. This car was popular with the Police.
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Wolseley 6/80
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Wolseley 6/80 Series II. Series II cars attempted to solve the valve burning fault of the new engine, but small visual changes were also made as the front side lights evidence.
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Wolseley 6/80 Series II - number plate lamp
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Wolseley 6/80
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