1500 Models

Wolseley 1500
Diecast, approx. scale 1:64

Light green

The Moko Lesney Wolseley 1500 in the Matchbox series (number 57), one of the very few diecast Wolseleys of any model made during the 'diecast golden years' 1950s/'60s.

Wolseley 1500
Plastic, approx. scale 1:68

Green or blue.

Difficult to find early 1960s plastic copy of Matchbox 1500. Manufactured by Blue Box (Japan). Second Picture.

Wolseley 1500
Plastic, length of car 4cm

Now hard-to-find small mid-1960s plastic toy of the sort originally given away free in detergent cartons or breakfast cerial boxes. In this case, Quaker Oats.

Wolseley 1500
White metal, scale 1:64

In the mid-'70s MidgetToys of Birmingham produced white metal kits which were, in the main, reproductions of Matchbox models, such as this Wolseley 1500.

Wolseley 1500
Cast metal body, metal baseplate, scale 1/76

Two-piece Wizard kit manufactured by Weico in Australia, designed for use with 00 scale railway layout requiring 4mm scale model vehicles.

Wolseley 1500
White metal, scale 1:43

Porcelain Green, Maroon, Alamo Beige

Produced by MiniMarque '43', a company founded in 1983 by Richard Briggs near Hull in the North of England. Unfortunately Richard died in 2002 and the future of the company is uncertain. Second Picture.

Wolseley 1500 (No picture.)
Resin, scale 1:32 (Scalextric scale)

Manufactured by bmc32 (British Motoring Classics), part of a range of classic British cars from the '50s, '60s and '70s produced as resin body/interior kits designed to fit on to an MRRC chassis for slot car racing. Kit consists of: unpainted resin bodyshell; plastic, resin or vac formed interior; vac-form window assembly: unpainted driver and/or passenger figure(s); clear or chromed lights (resin or white metal); chromed white metal bumpers; a set of waterslide decals for decoration (in some cases; ABS plastic chassis or interior pan to fit running gear into; motor, pinion, axle(s), wheels, tyres, guide, wiring, pick-up braids.