The Wolseley 6/80 was introduced in 1948 as an up market verison of the Morris Six MS both of which also shared the same body work from the front windscreen back with the Morris Oxford MO.

The Six Eighty like it’s Six MS sibling is powered by a 72hp overhead cam straight six motor which gave the car a tested top speed of 85 mph in ideal conditions.

Due to export priorities the Six Eighty was a rare car on British roads in period. Wolseley Six Eighties became well known as the favoured mode of Transport of the men in blue in no small part thanks to the rapidly expanding medium of television for which shows including The Invisible Man and films like Gideon’s Day, The Naked Truth and Town on Trial, all made in 1957.

The 6/80 came fitted with a heater, rear window blind and twin roof lights for rear seat passengers.

Twice as many 6/80’s were built as Morris Six MS between 1948 and 1954 with the final total thought to be 25,281.

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