The Wolseley Car Club of Queensland

Kurt has owned this little car for 17 years, since he bought it in Hereford England in 1983.

Since completing the restoration n in 1986 he has been using it to travel and rally in Europe, visiting

England

Ireland

Germany

France

Italy and

Liechtenstein

and the car

managed this with

"No Trouble"

Wolseley Register England:

AWARDS

1989 Special Award 1500 Class and, 1st 1500 Class
1993 Distance Award
1995 Overall Concourse First (with Caravan)

Modifications

1999/2000

Kurt says that Switzerland has many mountain roads and pulling a caravan gives the car a few disadvantagesSo here are some of the modifications he has made

Unable to find a left hand drive steering rack for a 1500 he fitted one from a Morris Minor

Having missed the fifth gear of his everyday car while traveling the long distance motorways in France Kurt fitted a Ford Sierra 5 speed gearbox. the Clutch housing was used from an MGA modification Kit. Kurt says this was a difficult fit because the space in the 1500 was a bit narrow and he had to make the gearbox tunnel a little larger, then having to make long holes in the gearbox housing for the steering rack with special covers for the holes to keep the dirt from entering.

The gear stick was moved 8cm forward to accommodate the MG box, plus it required a clutch cylinder with a 5/8' bore

Heavy roads where Kurt lives meant Kurt was changing an axle every few years, so he now uses the lower arm and Eyebolt including rubber from a Morris Marina 1.8 litre. He uses polyurethane bushes and had to modify the eyebolt slightly. The wheels were made bigger (from 3' to 4') So he could fit 155 x 14 tyres. Finally some front shock absorbers from a Mazda 121 complete the modifications .

Kurt said a test run over two mountain roads proved very satisfactory