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Probably to stop some sort of under-bonnet racket....
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Could it be that the bonnet release is buggered and it's put at the front to stop it closing properly?
Looking at the first pic it's still slightly open.
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Looks an honest old thing, shame about the sunroof. Seats probably fucked too...

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Phwoaar, same colour combo as the 1968 16/60 I har., Except mine had red seats out of an poverty model.
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Both those Wolseleys give me the lob. A fucked Wolseley six recovered from Bilgewater Somerset, WCPGW.
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Sheddy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 11, 2020 8:18 pm Both those Wolseleys give me the lob. A fucked Wolseley six recovered from Bilgewater Somerset, WCPGW.
I shouldn't imagine it was too impressed when it had to go and live there.....
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I reckon the tennis ball is to put onto the bonnet catch whilst working on the car to prevent any unpleasant head injury.
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Now there speaks a man who has impaled his noggin on BMC's finest....
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First thing I did on that 1100 was remove that darn bonnet catch. Bloody thing really hurts when you hit your bonnet against it.
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