Wolseley Eight
Wolseley Motors Ltd
Category
Carriages & other vehicles
Date
1946
Materials
Steel, Leather, Wood, Rubber
Place of origin
Birmingham
Collection
Nuffield Place, Oxfordshire
NT 1652657
Summary
Motor Car. Wolseley Eight, registration mark BUD 650 (1st May 1946), with chassis number 308/526 and engine number 527. Painted black with brown trim. Morris Motors, Birmingham 1946. Used by Lady Nuffield as her personal car from new until her death in 1958.
Provenance
Purchased for use by Lady Nuffield in 1946 and by descent to William Morris, 1st Baron Nuffield by whom willed to Nuffield College, Oxford, 1963. Auctioned 1987 when purchased by Oxfordshire Museum Service and gifted to the National Trust for display at Nuffield Place in 2013.
Makers and roles
Wolseley Motors Ltd, maker Morris Motors , maker