Wolseley 10HP Tonneau (1903) Engine 2615cc 10 HP Two Cylinder
Country of Origin England, Adderley Park, Birmingham
Registration Number DO 54
2021 London-Brighton Number 161
Body Tonneau
Name Clementine
Entrant William Hughes
Pilote William Hughes
WOLSELEY ALBUM
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The Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company of Adderley Park Birmingham was incorporated in March 1901 with a capital of £40,000 by Vickers, Sons and Maxim to manufacture motor cars and machine tools. The managing director was Herbert Austin. The cars and the Wolseley name came from Austin's exploratory venture for The Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company Limited, run since the early 1890s by the now 33-year-old Austin. During the winter of 1895–96, working in his own time at nights and weekends, he made his own version of a design by Léon Bollée that he had seen in Paris but later found that another British company had bought the rights. In 1897 Austin's second Wolseley car, the Wolseley Autocar No. 1 was revealed, a three wheeled car (one front, two rear) featuring independent rear suspension, mid-engine and back to back seating for two adults. It was not successful and although advertised for sale, none were sold. The third Wolseley car, the four-wheeled Wolseley Voiturette followed in 1899this proved to be the basis of the first Wolseley available to the public, going on sale in 1901but by now the board of the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Co. had lost interest in developing a motor car selling their interests to Vickers and Maxim. When Austin's five-year contract officially ended in 1906 they had made more than 1,500 cars. Wolseley was the largest British motor manufacturer and Austin's reputation was made.
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