Police Minis

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A 1967 photograph of the Warwickshire force showing off its new fleet of Mini pandas and a couple of motor patrol Mk II Jags.

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(Photo probably on the slip road next to the Hyde Park Corner underpass, West bound).

Quote:
"London Metropolitan Police white Jaguar S-type.... probably J Division based at Rigg Approach District Garage in 1968-70.
Met S-Type 'traffic cars' were fitted with a low ratio diff -good for acceleration but ran out of puff at 70mph.
A few pictures of London SUU registered Met white S-Types on the internet -SUU 467F, SUU 472F, SUU 486F, SUU 487F (SUU 486F was restored a few years ago)."

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A couple of pictures from Wales

Plod 1.jpg

Nice Michelins

plod 2.jpg

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Old Skool Mini Police Car Chase - Mk1 Austin, Mk2 Morris Cooper S.
"Paul Chases Stuart's Mk1 Austin Mini In The Cooper S Mk2 Police Special OKD698F"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK26Vhm3z2c

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Australian Police Mini

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I had a white police van on a Y plate and with the bars in the back window , was told it was used for moving evidence and paperwork between stations . Good little runner .

[surfblue63]

A man from Kennings hands over a bung to the Norfolk Constabulary after they chose to have some vans, aledgedly.

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Seen on ebay back in 2012:
Mini GENUINE POLICE CAR EX-MERSEYSIDE PROJECT

Looks like this 1978 Police Mini project seen on Ebay back in 2012 eventually got restored:-



"GOING for a ride in a police car isn’t everyone’s idea of fun.
But for classic car enthusiast Basil Webb, who has been spotted cruising around in a police Mini that looks to have come straight out of the 1970s, it’s just one part of a life-long love affair with a specific type of motor.
Where some lovers of the classic Mini might stop at buying one, ‘Baz’, 78, has devoted much of his life to restoring and collecting the cars in all their shapes and sizes.
The police car - a 1978 Leyland Mini 850 that had served in the streets of Manchester - is still ticking along, right down to its working blues and twos."
https://www.barnsleychronicle.com/artic ... mini-mania

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Carlisle registration on the 'Merseyside' or 'Manchester' plod car...seems odd?? More likely to be a Cumbrian one?

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Carlisle registration on the 'Merseyside' or 'Manchester' plod car...seems odd?? More likely to be a Cumbrian one?

Echoed my thoughts there after noticing the Carlisle reg

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For me also spoilt by Perspex number plates, black arch trim, Cooper grille and white wheels.

[iain1967s]

OKD 702F was featured briefly in Mini Magazine this month [June 2020 p56]

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Seen on Sporting Minis:-
https://en-gb.facebook.com/thesportingminis/

Liverpool Police Cooper S in 1967...


Birmingham Police


Royal Hong Kong Police

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Police Minivan HWP355K as seen in the Film about Rockfield Studios where Ozzy, Oasis, Queen and Coldplay took off (24 minutes in)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-53375171
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l3vn



(No record of the reg number on DVLA)

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South West Police Mini van
https://swpoliceheritage.org.uk/collect ... otographs/

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Police Mini Van and Britten Norman Islander at Longhope airstrip. September 1975.
(Note: 12" Run Flat Dunlop Denovo wheels as fitted to the 1275GT)
Orkney Image Library:-
https://photos.orkneycommunities.co.uk/ ... r28407.asp

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Austin Mini Vans at County Hall Police Station Ipswich 1966

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Leicester Police 1965