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The Journal of the Wolseley Register Issue 172 • NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2014 WORlD The Journal of the Wolseley Register Issue 172 • NOVeMBeR / DeCeMBeR 2014 REgISt y E E R 1 l 9 E 6 S 4 l - 2 O 0 1 W 4 • C • E l S E R B a R E a y t IN g 50 The Register caters for all Wolseley cars (1895-1975) CeleBRatINg 50 yeaRs (1964 - 2014) www.wolseleyregister.co.uk editor’s Corner Amy Egan, Editor [6547] s I type this in my chilly office, I’m very aware that winter has arrived. The Register’s Golden anniversary year draws to a close, but it’s been a great A12 months packed with activities and events to mark the occasion. The North West Region put on a fantastic stand at Event City, showcasing everything the Wolseley Register has to be proud of – an enviable selection of cars (including ‘Best Pre-1950 Car’ of the Show!) The team spirit and camaraderie amongst the members was also clear to see. We have just returned from an excellent Show at the NEC. By working with the Morris Oxford / Six-Eighty Club on the adjacent stand, we had an impressive display and spoke to numerous Wolseley enthusiasts over the weekend. A report will appear in the Jan/Feb magazine as the deadlines were too tight to turn Deadline around for this issue. for next Issue I wish you all a safe and peaceful 2 Jan 2015 Christmas and look forward to maintaining our momentum in 2015. the Wolseley Register now has a Facebook page www.facebook.com/wolseleyregister Front Cover: Chris and Terry Arnold recreating one of the Wolseley 25hp Drop Head promotional adverts. Photographed outside The Feathers Hotel in Ludlow. Read about the photoshoot on pages 22-23. Rear Cover: Taken from a Wolseley 18/22 ‘Wedge’ sales brochure. ‘Wolseley Register’ and ‘Wolseley World’ are registered trademarks of the Wolseley Register. Copyright of all articles, pictures and other material in Wolseley World is with the named author of the material or by default the Wolseley Register. No unauthorised reproduction, in part or in whole, is permitted without express permission. Permission should be sought from the Editor in the first instance. Printed by the lavenham Press ltd Web: www.lpl-uk.com Tel: 01787 247436 3 Chairman’s Corner From there it is not too large a step Geoff Craggs, Chairman [476] back in time to the older models. I was amazed and encouraged by the am in our Editor’s bad books interest shown by young and old in for my tardiness in letting her the Nine and 14/56 on the stand – all I have my last epistle of 2014, is not lost! On a personal note, I was but I am blaming the Classic Motor reunited with a pair of specs which I Show entirely; I was helping (or had apparently left behind the parcel hindering) on the Register stand, shelf of the 14/60 I reluctantly sold in and thought I might have time to the late 1980s. After changing hands write the “Corner” there – vain hope several times, the current owner on two counts; my incompetence in kindly returned my specs on Sunday! handling a recalcitrant laptop and Naturally, I can’t see through them. underestimating how busy I would be for the entire three days of the Show. Your appointed committee is keen to understand whether we are giving We shared adjoining stand spaces with you, the members, what you want. our friends the MO-6/80 Club, which As new members join and the faithful worked very well, with ample space to renew, it is important that we “get it display their three and our four cars. right”. We are working on a simple Once again Graham and Jenny Ryder, questionnaire to send in early 2015. their family and Midlands members It is really important that we hear were instrumental in setting up and your views (either by post or online). dismantling the stand, plus members Just think of it as a New Year’s card from further afield lent a hand. An to your caring committee! article will follow reporting on what was a very successful weekend for Thanks to all of you who helped to the Register and the classic vehicle make 2014, the 50th anniversary of the movement as a whole. It is encouraging Wolseley Register such a memorable to see more young folk getting involved year. Have a great Christmas and a – apparently discovering the delights happy, healthy and Wolseley-driving of pre-1980 vehicles, such as 1500s. 2015. Bob Langston, Membership Secretary [4581] – details on page 6. Renewals: If this edition of Wolseley World contains your renewal form, please renew your subscription as soon as possible using one of the options on the form. If this edition contains a reminder and you have still not yet renewed, please do so immediately, otherwise this will be the last magazine you will receive. If you are at all unsure about the status of your membership, check your details online or with the Membership Secretary. Data Protection / publication of your details: The information you have given us will be stored electronically for our administration and may be published. Inform the Membership Sec if you do not wish for any part of your details to be published. 4 letters & emails CHaNge OF aDDRess: stuart McCallum Wolseley Motors Ltd technical adviser on War Service for series II & III Henk Schuuring [0485] 27 Palmerston Court, have shared a 58-page PDF of Lovelace Gardens, Wolseley’s contribution to the War Surbiton KT6 6SE I effort with the Wolseley Register. It is now available on the website: www.wolseleyregister.co.uk/wp- Handbook bringing content/uploads/2014/10/PDF.pdf members together Ken Wilmott [6748] As the introduction explains: “The illustrations in this book are intended would like to express my sincere to convey in pictorial fashion some thanks to Michael Avery [6763] idea of the multifarious activities I for helping me obtain a spare of Wolseley Motors Ltd during the bonnet for my 1935 Wolseley Wasp. period of the War… A glance through Having found my name in the the ensuing pages will reveal some of Members Handbook, Michael rang the many ways in which the Wolseley to offer me a bonnet for a Wasp employees “did their bit” for the Empire which his friend no longer wanted. If during the great struggle.” I was interested, I could collect from Michael’s house mid-October. Unfortunately my wife took ill and was in hospital so Michael not only received the bonnet from his friend, but then delivered it to my house. Although I have no immediate need for a bonnet it will be a useful spare in case of any future mishaps. Parts for these cars are extremely rare as any one trying to locate items will know only too well. This could easily have gone to the scrap yard but for Michael’s dedication to the Wolseley marque. Wolseley need members like Michael for its continued success. 9 Wolseley Bake Off Amy Egan [6547] Macmillan coffee morning was incorporated into our A committee meeting on 27 September. A wonderful selection of cakes and biscuits donated by committee members and their families raised a total of £41.50. Long Service award to Swiss member Martin Stöckli [2781] President of the Austin-Morris-Wolseley Friends Switzerland was very surprised to receive a long service badge in recognition for 25 years’ membership. It is incredible how time flies. I would like to say thank I you to all who have supported me and to all who will support me so that I can run my hobby. Even though I am in Switzerland, I run a small club called Austin-Morris- Wolseley Friends Switzerland (www.amwf.ch). There are approximately 180 members with about 25 Wolseleys among others. We follow the action amongst UK enthusiasts, and most of us have visited the country in which our cars were born. [Pictured below: two Wolseleys from Martin’s collection] We would like to do more together with the UK enthusiasts, but the distance is really very great. At least I could promise moral support alongside the membership fee. Whenever a Wolseley Register member visits Switzerland, I will happily give any information or support I can, and of course you are very welcome any time in any of our events. Happy motoring and all the best for the next 25 years, hopefully! 10 Another Super Six back on the road Robert Butler [6871] urther to Bob Leyland’s excellent online and Wolseley World articles on 16hp Super Sixes, I am sure this will be of interest to Bob and other Fmembers and Super Six owners. Here are some photos of my Series II Super Six Sixteen (EG 3798), recently re-enrolled on the Wolseley Register. This Super Six has a slightly later 18hp engine fitted, date unknown. The chassis number is 216/2529 and engine number is 2531 originally. The car was registered in 1937, and from the dealer’s plate attached to the lower dash, retailed by Reed’s Garages in Peterborough. An old-type window transfer depicts the Isle of Man emblem, crown, and coat of arms. The car has its original leather, carpets, door trims, and headlining; the rear seatback and base are ‘signed off’, in chalk, by the factory upholsterers! EG 3798 has been out on the road briefly this year after a long rest. We hope to make a few mechanical improvements to the engine and venture further afield in the New Year! 11 Six-Ninety Sagas: fitting LED bulbs Jeffrey Bridges [0569] uring the summer, with So far so good, I removed the rear light the National Rally looming, surrounds to remove the old bulbs.
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