Lot details Registration No: CCE 858 Chassis No: 2147027 Mot Expiry: March 2016
- Sole-surviving ex-police car
- Restored with 18hp unleaded engine
- Appearances in a number of films and TV programmes
Further info:
One of just a handful of original tourers produced for police use, most of which Sir Winston Churchill used as transport and platforms for public speaking, CCE 858 is understood to be the only surviving example. Whilst many photographs exist of him with these cars, none have yet come to light which include this car's registration, however, it is extremely likely that CCE 858 would have played a role in transporting him at some point. Understood to have formerly been the property of John Brindley, lifetime Vice President of the Wolseley Register, the car was added to the vendor's collection in 2008.
Following its purchase, he began a two year restoration (completed in 2010) which included the fitment of an 18hp engine to improve performance and the car is now badged as an 18hp. The head was also converted to unleaded fuel, the interior retrimmed and the black hood remade. Larger headlamps have been fitted to improve the car's looks and a police bell adorns the front bumper, whilst a 10/48 rear axle is fitted to allow comfortable cruising. In the current ownership it has appeared in a number of films and television programmes including Poirot and Bletchley Park.
Starting readily upon inspection, the vendor now describes the bodywork, engine, black paintwork and brown leather interior as "very good". Offered with Swansea V5 and continuation buff logbook, this believed-unique ex-police Wolseley, although exempt, has a current MoT expiring 18 March 2016.
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