Police Minis

[surfblue63]

The Marina in that photo has a Surrey registration...

It's a Salford registration, second and third letters are RJ respectively. It would be odd for a Surrey registered vehicle to be used by the Manchester Police.

[fricsman]

Fricsman, do you mean that you have a photo of the blue and white mini HJA 300N in the photo?
Sorry, no I don’t.

[JonnyC]

I have a photograph of 706F somewhere where it is in a later shell before it went to Belgium I believe. Photo was mid ‘90s when I bought my OKD restoration project.

Would be fantastic to see your photo of 706F Fricsman. I owned it in 76/77 - see my earlier post. I too believe it went to Belgium.

[Exminiman]

Yes the pub was the Eagle



After a quick search on the interwebs it looks like it was part of a council estate know as the Hulme Crescents in Manchester, built around 1971. As was proven many times, these estates soon lost their shine, this one being labelled the worst in England. Demolished started in 1991.

Bit of info here


https://manchesterhistory.net/mancheste ... cents.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulme_Crescents
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Blimey, think my mate squatted in the flats while at Manchester Uni’ ....

[mab01uk]

[mab01uk]

Pete's line up of Manchester Mk2 Cooper S are in fact JNB 1F, JNB 2F, JNB 3F and JNB 4F - the second policeman in the photo is my father. The photos were taken early 1968 in Birchfields Park, Fallowfield for the Manchester Evening News. As my father noted Manchester City Police cars always had good registration numbers because the Police were responsible for the VRO! I'll post another photo in the same series.

https://www.facebook.com/thesportingminis/

[surfblue63]

[Costafortune]

Have we had this one yet?

[UHR850]

Police best friend

[UHR850]

WKC925J

[surfblue63]

50 years later, the road is wider and the bridge has gone. Only recognisable bit are the buildings on the right.

bootle.jpg

[Peter Laidler]

Tell me if anyone is interested in just why Liverpool and Bootle - and their Cooper S's in particular - were the prime movers for the trials regarding different + and a bit later -ve earth alternators.

A bit nerdy I know, but police mini history

[MrSmith]

Not sure if this has been posted before but you can see a very rare Australian Police Mini:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhbEZIDfMn0

[Pete]

Essex car apparently, very late registered Mk1

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325498767538 ... media=COPY

[Toby]

I recently have come across a NOS speedo which Smiths list as being specifically for the Police Cooper (SN4421/30 with 1440 tmp).
It's a MK2/3 type speedo, yet it only has the MPH scale on the face. Can anybody confirm that this would also be the case in their actual cars?

police_speedo.jpg

[mab01uk]

[coopersean]

This looks like it could be an ex Police mini - reg fits in with others Mk 2 S's

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic ... i-cooper-s

[Pete]

Fuzzy pic of Worcestershire steel Travellers!

[Oneball]

Those travellers are just up the road from me. Originally designed for Austin himself and later H A Saunders and finally Mann Egerton I think. Now saved by the uni and part of their art department.

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They didnt have to go far as the other buildings in the background are part of the police station.

[mk1]

That is a lovely old dealership building. Glad to see that it still survives today.