1951 Wolseley 6/80 Police

1951 Wolseley 6/80 in Invisible Man, TV Series, 1958-1960 Ep. 5

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Saturn Simon ◊ 2006-01-19 19:02	Wolseley 4/50 1948-53.
stronghold ◊ 2006-01-20 01:40	Also eps.8
Junkman ◊ 2006-01-20 02:42	The police only used 6/80s
antp ◊ 2006-01-20 10:07	But is this one 6/80 ? (I do not know if your remark is about an error in the series or about the identification of the car ) -- Last edit: 2006-01-20 10:08:07
pilou ◊ 2006-01-20 11:01	There were two series : the 4/40 ( not 4/50 ) 4 cylinder 1476 cm3 of 51 hp and the 6/80 6 cylinder 2215 cm3 with 73hp.The wheelbase of both models was quite close : 2,59 m for the 4 and 2,79 m for the six .So that is difficult to spot.But as Junkman says ,police forces used the six and I also think it is a 6/80 , ca 1950.
Alexander ◊ 2006-01-20 16:12	The grille of the 6/80 (1948-54) is wider and has 19 vertical bars while the 4/50 (1948-53) has 17. Unluckily the images are too blurred for counting the bars. I have tried to measure the relative width of the grille and would say that both pictures show the 6/80.
dsl ◊ 2013-01-06 01:36	RPB 437 is late 51 plate and recurs in other entries /vehicle_45295-Wolseley-6-80-1948.html .