1975 Wolseley 18-22 "Wedge"

[Alex 'Wedge']

I bought it in 2001 and did, shall we say, a bit of work on it. I had a fair bit of restoration done including respray and new panels. It was completed in 2002.

 

The pictures can do the talking I think.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And taken in the heart of deepest darkest Dorset in June.

 

 

When I took the photo I did not see that the front hub centre had gone missing. Fortunately I had a spare, so that was fitted easily enough.

 

 

 

 

Hope you like the pics.

 

Over this winter the odd thing needs doing, but come the spring it will be out once again IN FORCE.

 

I adore this car, and despite it going wrong all the time, breaking down, and generally being a true Leyland, I will NEVER sell it.

 

Thanks for looking.

[Mr H Sceptre]

Quite stunning

[Guest]

Cripes! Got any 'before' pics?

[brammy777]

UMPH.thats bloody gorgeous that is.

[trigger]

OMG Rarer then rocking horse poo and far better looking, That is a stunner.So nice in fact my wife just moaned at me as she was trying to show me some new sexy knickers she's just got and i was more interested in your pictures!.

[Lord Sterling]

And thats why they call you the 'Wedge' man!

[Albert Ross]

Bet you'd like to see my mate's Morris Wedge....KUG 949N....one owner, tatty than a tatty thing, but much loved. I have no pics like! Unless you're on Facebook, I might manage to squeeze a few on there soon.

[ashmicro]

WANT! What a superb thing.

[VWPowered]

blimey thats a mint wedge that

[shite_meister]

Amazing car, this is an absolute peach, you obviously have a a clear approach to car collecting/restoration/organisation and what you are trying to achieve because your fairly modest collection is just lovely-well done that man.

[CortinaDave]

I know where there is an utterly shagged wolseley wedge lying in a yard near me.. think i posted pics of it on my shiteseeing thread a while back

[wuvvum]

I do love a transverse straight six. Had an R-plate 2200HL a while back, but there's just something about a Wolseley-badged one...

[Mr Lobster]

Thats just awesome. Really nice.

[STUNO]

Once again awesome, the ultimate wedge

[michiel]

Nice one!

[mouseflakes]

The photo of the driving seat is very inviting - looks like a lovely place to be.

[scooters]

I've just spluffed me custard!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Such a fine looking car the Wedge, very easy on the eye. I still think the Austin version with the Trapezoidal lights was the best looker.I had two 1975 Wedges. One was a late 1974 build (pre production) Glacier white Morris 1800 and the other was chassis number 1, a Flamenco red Austin 1800HL - the first ever production 18/22 built. Both were rescued from the same Oxfordshire breakers in 1995 and belong to Nick Larkin.

[barrett]

i remember when larkin got chassis number one, looked like it was way,way too far gone to save. know if he ever did anything with it? or is it just sitting in a lock-up still?also, how many of these wolsley versions are left? i thought i read it was something silly like 9, but that was a few years back.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

As far as I'm aware, it's still in the barn. It was very rusty though (unusual for a Wedge) and the engine smoked like a bastard. It was registered in 1976/7 on an R plate because it spent the first 18 months of its life as a dealer training car at Leyland Service at Cowley. The white Morris was registered in March 1975 on launch date but BL retained it for a bit before selling it to an employee. It had only done 35'000 miles when it was scrapped due to a broken rear subframe mount. Luckily I spotted the bastard and rescued it.Apart from a clonking rear 'frame it drove really well, lovely engine and box.A mate of mine had two very rare ones - a Torcars hatchback and a black Special Six Auto. Both were used as tow cars and both ended up in the scrapyard.

[keef]

how many of these wolsley versions are left?

"there are probably less than eight Wolseley Six models left"http://www.princessandambassador.org.uk/dansmorris.htm

[Justin Case]

What a great collection Alex. It would be difficult to choose the one to take home, but on all counts that Wolseley is my favourite too.

[UltimateJames]

That is seriously nice, iv never seen one before either. could almost be lancia/alfa from the front ?. Good work mate

[CortinaDave]

Here's that one in the yard near me. Been there a long time but probably not long for this world now I would have thought!

 

[Torsten2001]

I had a blue Wolseley Wedge, wish I could remember the reg, quite frankly it was the most unreliable car I've ever owned, worse than my lime green Fiat Mirafiori, but I miss it massively! Well done, I'd have another in an instant!

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Here's that one in the yard near me. Been there a long time but probably not long for this world now I would have thought!

 

That looks like Sandglow, a colour that came out around 1977/8 and long after the Wolseley. You sure it's not a later Princess with a Wolseley bonnet and grille?

A sad end either way - wants stripping to a shell to rescue the bits.

[keef]

the most unreliable car I've ever owned

In what way? Engine wise you mean?

[CortinaDave]

That looks like Sandglow, a colour that came out around 1977/8 and long after the Wolseley. You sure it's not a later Princess with a Wolseley bonnet and grille? A sad end either way - wants stripping to a shell to rescue the bits.

No idea! whats in the pic is all I can see through the fence, and TBH I don't know much about Princesses so wouldnt be able to tell the difference between an early or late one.

[barrett]

Here's that one in the yard near me. Been there a long time but probably not long for this world now I would have thought!

 

that'll be number 9 then....

[keef]

Nishka on The Wolseley Forum has just bought one :-

 

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