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Photo: Neil Ellison
Item #: 18560
I've got that concert on DVD in the interview with Mick Jagger, he mentions the ABC Wigan!
Is that a Riley 1.5 behind you?
Hi Neil. I was puzzled as to the car make until I looked at the second photo of it taken from the rear. I am almost certain it is a Riley 1.5 or the Wolseley version. Very popular with driving schools in the late fifties.
The car is a Riley "one point five" 1500cc, the chrome wheel hub caps has the word "R" Riley moulded in the centre, while the wolseley 1500, has the emblem sign in the hub. The Riley chrome trims on the front wings are different to the Wolseley too. Really, the same cars as were Austin and Morris, just a little body trim differents.
sure eric layland still got that denim jacket ;
Remember it well (I was taking the photo). The Riley packed up on main street in newquay, people helped us push it to the garage (half shaft had snapped). The were more Wiganers in Newquay that week than there was in Wigan! In picture Steve Wilson R.I.P big fella... Had a great set of mates back then, went everywhere together.