Old pictures of a white Wolseley 1500 saloon from the late 1950s.
The final pair of photos I found in an album, feature this little Wolseley 546 DVT. Wolseley by now was part of the BMC empire, and the 1500 owed much of its running gear to other BMC saloons. The engine was the familiar B Series unit.
There are loads more old photographs right here.
This early Wolseley 1500 must have been quite new when this photograph was taken, as there is no sign of corrosion on the bodywork, wheels or anywhere else. Unusually for a road car, this particular 1500 has rear tyres with a chunky 'Town & Country' style tread to them. The fronts look like normal crossplies.
The car is also immaculate in this picture, and may well have been taken on a day out somewhere in Staffordshire or Cheshire. The rest of the album's contents suggest that the owner of the album lived in the Stoke on Trent area.
At the same time as the Wolseley (not Woolsy, Wolsey, Woolsey or Wolsley!) 1500, BMC offered the Riley One-Point-Five, which differed slightly in trim and, most importantly for the speed fiend, came with twin carbs bolted to the old B series, as opposed to the single carburettor on the Wolseley.
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