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Wolseley offers Eight, Ten, Twelve (12/48), Fourteen (14/60) and Eighteen (18/85) Saloons, priced from £461 up to £755, and in August announced the Twenty-five (a large Limousine, supplied mainly for official Government use). Eight, Ten and Twelve has four-cylinder engines, the larger models are Sixes, all of different cubic capacities and with overhead valves, SU carburettors (twins on the Sixes) and four-speed gearboxes. Body styling is fundamentally the same throughout the range, featuring the classic Wolseley radiator grille with illuminated badge. Eighteen or 18/85 is in production from late 1945. It has a 2321-cc 85-bhp OHV Six engine and, like the Fourteen, a wheelbase size of 8 ft 8½ in. A sliding roof is optional.
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Oxford Taxicab |
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Oxford Taxicab, another Nuffield product, design and series production of which is carried out by Wolseley Motors Ltd at Ward End, Birmingham, is a purpose-built 'hackney carriage' with a wheelbase of 8 ft 11½ in, an overall length of 13 ft 11½ in, and a turning circle of 25 ft. The engine is an 1802.5-cc (75 x 102 mm) OHV Four with dry-sump lubrication, driving through a four-speed gearbox and underslung worm drive rear axle. The artillery type wheels are shod with Dunlop 5.50-18 Super Taxi tyres. The 'cab' costs £997 8s. 4d. incl PT. |