Jim Jarron's Motoring Pages

 

Autocar Number One : A description of the first Wolseley car of 1896/7 (Autocar Number One) has been added (14 June 2008)

Wolseley Hornet (Mini): The description of the Wolseley Hornet has been extended and three more illustrations added (12 June 2008)

Wolseley Ten: A description of the Wolseley Ten of the immediate pre and post WWII years has been added (7 May 2007)

 

Wolseley Straight Eight: A description of another pre WWII car has been added: the Wolseley Straight Eight 21/60 (5 May 2007)

Picture Gallery:Three advertising postcards have been added (28 January 2007)

Wolseley 21/60:The descriptions of the various Wolseley models now include a further pre WWII car with a page about the Wolseley 21/60 (six cylinder) and 21/60 "County" (22 January 2007)

Wolseley 16/45 and Viper: The descriptions of the various Wolseley models now reaches into the pre WWII era with a page about the Wolseley 16/45 and Viper (27 July 2006)

Austin Freeway: A road test from a 1962 magazine of the Australian 6-cylinder Austin Freeway (27 December 2005)
 
Specifications of Wolseley and Wolseley-Siddeley cars: A page has been added giving brief specifications of Wolseley and Wolseley-Siddeley cars (23 August 2005).
 
Links: A selection of links to other BMC, Leyland and Wolseley related sites have been added (8 July 2005)

The Series III Cars of 1938-48: A description of the Series III cars has been added (4 July 2005)

William Morris Purchases Wolseley: A contemporary account of the purchase of Wolseley Motors Ltd by William Morris (4 July 2005)

Morris Marshal: More information on the Morris Marshal including a road test and, for comparison, a road test of an Austin A95 (9 June 2005)

The Wolseley Racing Program of 1902-1905: "In 1902, the Wolseley Company turned its attention to racing, for it was generally anticipated that valuable lessons were to be learned in that sphere which would benefit the ordinary touring car." (6 May 2005) 

A trip across Africa: "Apart from this journey constituting a record, it can be stated quite safely that no motor-vehicle was ever called upon to perform such prodigious feats under such appalling conditions, and none emerged therefrom so triumphantly." (6 May 2005)

The Gyrocar: "A striking example of misapplied talent on the part of the inventor and ingenuity on the part of the Wolseley Company in turning out something, the like of which the world had not seen previously and as far as can be foreseen never will again." (26 April 2005)