Improved Wolseley 1800
An improved version of the Wolseley 18/85 saloon—the Wolseley version of the British Leyland 1800—has just been released. The car was originally announced in March. 1967. • The main changes in the new version are to the interior. The front seats of the old model have been replaced by larger, contoured fullyrecliningseats with folding
arm-rests, and the rear seat has also been made deeper and more comfortable, and is fitted with a folding arm-rest. The trim on the doors has been changed, and the walnut cappings are now larger. Switches have been repositioned and all are now of the safety rocker type. The face-level fresh-air vents at either end of the dash have been repositioned to im-
prove the air flow. Th* only external change is a “Mk II" label on the bootlid. There are no engineering changes, and the 86.5 b.h.p. 1798 c.c. four-cylinder engine is retained. Nearly 200,000 of the 1800 s have been made since, the Austin 1800 was introduced in 1964. Since 1967, 14,000 Wolseley versions of the 1800 have been ntade.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32073, 22 August 1969, Page 9
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178Improved Wolseley 1800 Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32073, 22 August 1969, Page 9
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