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Re: Police Minis
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:16 pm
by surfblue63
Costafortune wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:23 pm
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.
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 8:40 am
by fricsman
Peter Laidler wrote: ↑Wed Sep 07, 2022 10:19 am
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.
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:27 am
by JonnyC
fricsman wrote: ↑Tue Sep 06, 2022 4:59 pm
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.
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 6:30 pm
by Exminiman
Blimey, think my mate squatted in the flats while at Manchester Uni’ ....
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:13 pm
by mab01uk
Re: Police mini's
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:59 pm
by mab01uk
66Traveller wrote: ↑Thu Apr 12, 2018 12:11 pm
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/
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 1:23 pm
by surfblue63
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 3:53 pm
by Costafortune
Have we had this one yet?
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2022 2:24 pm
by UHR850
Police best friend
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 8:02 am
by UHR850
WKC925J
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:59 am
by surfblue63
50 years later, the road is wider and the bridge has gone. Only recognisable bit are the buildings on the right.
bootle.jpg
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 5:23 pm
by 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
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:14 pm
by 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
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2023 11:24 am
by Pete
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2023 11:11 am
by 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
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2023 11:04 pm
by mab01uk
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2023 1:53 pm
by 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
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 12:57 am
by Pete
Fuzzy pic of Worcestershire steel Travellers!
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 3:58 am
by 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.
EF26C3BD-814C-4EA8-A411-F1D856915D7C.jpeg
They didnt have to go far as the other buildings in the background are part of the police station.
Re: Police Minis
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 8:34 am
by mk1
That is a lovely old dealership building. Glad to see that it still survives today.
