Wolseley Eight

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Wolseley Eight (1947)
Wolseley Eight (1947)
Eight
Sales designation: Eight
Production period: 1946-1948
Class : Small car
Body versions : limousine
Engines: Otto engine :
0.9 liters (24 kW)
Length: 3683 mm
Width: 1422 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2261 mm
Empty weight : 864 kg

The Wolseley Eight was a small, four-door sedan that the Wolseley Motor Company manufactured from 1946 to 1948. It was based on the Morris Eight and had many body parts with the MG Y-type common. In its day it was Lord Nuffield's favorite car. The car was designed before World War II and was supposed to be released in 1940. Most of the cars were exported in accordance with the binding economic guidelines of the British government.

Although the car was based on the Morris Eight from 1938, its appearance was clearly different: It had a Wolseley bonnet and radiator grille, and the trunk lid was not hinged at the top, but at the bottom. The four-cylinder in-line engine with 918 cm³ displacement was top-controlled and not side-controlled and therefore made 33 bhp (24 kW) instead of just 29 bhp (21 kW) as in the Morris. The wheels were not independently suspended, but hung on semi-elliptical leaf springs at the front and back. The hydraulic brakes on all four wheels were drum brakes. The voltage in the vehicle electrical system was 6 V.

The car had a more luxurious interior with leather upholstery, wool carpets and walnut applications. Another technical detail was the opening windshield. In 1946 the car was £ 416, £ 115 more than the Morris. There were 5344 pieces.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Culshaw & Horrobin: Complete Catalog of British Cars , Macmillan, London (1974), ISBN 0-333-16689-2
  2. ^ Sedgewick, M. & Gillies: AZ of Cars 1945-1970 , Bay View Books, Devon (1993), ISBN 1-870979-39-7
  3. ^ Robson, Graham: A to Z of British Cars 1945-1980 , Herridge, Devon (1980), ISBN 0-9541063-9-3