CAR FOR IS 3D CASH.—This 20-year-old, 12 horse-power Wolseley saloon car, in good running order, taxed and insured, and with three gallons of petrol in the tank, was sold from a Newcastle-on-Tyne showroom recently for Is 3d cash, enough to cover the sale contract. Mr Basil Hall, a butcher (middle with pipe), who bought the car 19 minutes after it had been put on display, signs on the dotted line before driving away. There was no catch in the sale of the car, which normally would have been sold for more than £100. “We simply wanted the space for new models, which are selling so well since the hire-purchase restrictions have been lifted,” said the manager of the firm.

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28747, 19 November 1958, Page 15

CAR FOR IS 3D CASH.—This 20-year-old, 12 horse-power Wolseley saloon car, in good running order, taxed and insured, and with three gallons of petrol in the tank, was sold from a Newcastle-on-Tyne showroom recently for Is 3d cash, enough to cover the sale contract. Mr Basil Hall, a butcher (middle with pipe), who bought the car 19 minutes after it had been put on display, signs on the dotted line before driving away. There was no catch in the sale of the car, which normally would have been sold for more than £100. “We simply wanted the space for new models, which are selling so well since the hire-purchase restrictions have been lifted,” said the manager of the firm.