Guest Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 A selection of period police motors nicked off Flickr, credit to their various authors! http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandyorkie/3525237195/ Cavalier 1.6 in Dewsbury. http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandyorkie/3650578784/ Another Cavalier that was not so lucky. http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandyorkie/3528669148/ Bet this wasn't worth trying to escape from being an SRi. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianfuller/147808167/ Hell, let's have another Cavalier for good measure. http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandyorkie/3528668882/ Granada 2.3 in Wakefield! http://www.flickr.com/photos/oldtone/3219923715/ And an older Granada in Skipton. http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandyorkie/3527856255/ 1100 so GR8 4 PURSUITS http://www.flickr.com/photos/psionicdreams/2401222553/ Ello ello ello, etc. http://www.flickr.com/photos/33879402@N06/3153216531/ Look at the bonnet-mounted STOP thing, that's utterly superb! http://www.flickr.com/photos/20415232@N00/283395948/ BRAAAAAAAAWRRRRRR http://www.flickr.com/photos/15594605@N05/2305025223/ Ital!! http://www.flickr.com/photos/multimedia ... 909562412/ Not sure about the grille treatment, certainly eye-catching. And that's the lot for now. I love old photos, they're ace man. It's nice to see some old ex-police car at a show but there's just something about seeing them at work in old surroundings.
Mr Lobster Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Theres a nice site with a lot of old plod motas on it at www.policecaruk.co.uk Have a few from there as well -
FredTransit Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 WTF happened to the last one?? Here's mine, all recent..... I heard on the grapevine the Mk1 operations centre (the pale blue one with the bubble on the roof) was up for sale recently, still in livery.
Guest Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/33879402@N06/3153216531/ Look at the bonnet-mounted STOP thing, that's utterly superb!Seconded! I bet those wheeltrims lasted about 10 minutes though.
ashmicro Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Great pics! I love old cop cars.The SD1 pictured with the blue Mk2 Transit is a single carb 2 litre. NOT GR8 4 CHASIN BICYCLES!Was on the road til last year!
Mash Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/psionicdreams/2401222553/ Ello ello ello, etc.Oh for the days when coppers could still just wear a smart uniform and not have to look like they were ready for a campaign in Iraq Old police cars are fab, never seen an Ital before though! I heard on the grapevine the Mk1 operations centre (the pale blue one with the bubble on the roof) was up for sale recently, still in livery.I read that somewhere that they were only sold off by the Met a couple of years ago and were sat ready to be called into service still up to then. Ace!!
FredTransit Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Yep,they were so bloody expensive to build they did a good 30 years in service.
Mr H Sceptre Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I'm really into old photo's of the Brixton Riots/Miner's Strike etc. Photo's courtesy of the BBC:
FredTransit Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Seen them before, and never look forward to seeing them another time!
Mr H Sceptre Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Ooops, sorry Fred, they probably sent you into a rage! Some nice Police Sherpa's:
FredTransit Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Here's another Sherpa, with me bullion van.....
seth Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Flat tyre on the Tranny??I think it had been shot at with a sawn off...
Dukestar25 Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Hirst wrote:Sir, I'm arresting you for driving one of those f**ing 'orrible Leyland National buses...
Vin Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Not sure what the estate is, but am quite taken by the look on the drivers face. Like me, probably bemused by the attached balloons.........
Vin Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 A selection of period police motors nicked off Flickr, credit to their various authors! http://www.flickr.com/photos/islandyorkie/3650578784/ Another Cavalier that was not so lucky. That 127 seems to have done a lot of damage...to itself and the cav. I'm assuming from the pic the cav must have been stationary......
Mash Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 What's the estate? Avenger?Chevette. Here's an army one - there used to be loads of these round Beverley when I was a kid because of the army training school nearby.
trigger Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I love these old photos, I find Flickr is a haven for sado's like me that love tat like this!. Here's a few more to share. Tiptree Jam Factory strikes of 1980. Early Mk3 Granada Dated as August 1984, Renault 11 FTW! I'm sure you all have seen this one before! And this chap here has a lot of police cars photos too. http://www.flickr.com/photos/33603117@N03/ Early 1950's Austin
Vin Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Another post from me I posted these pages from MOTOR once before, but they got lost in that big post purge a while back. So hope you don't mind me posting them again.... As I'm posting stuff here that I've posted before, it's only right that I put 'fresh' Jam Sarnie pics up - Fiat related, as that is what most of my library relates to, but these Sarnies are of the Ambulance variety, from Fiatworld Dec 86.....
Mash Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Some from my neck of the woods now - a true shite police fleet these days Some of the Wiras can now be seen as taxis around Hull - they are LPG. The newer Impians are silver now and have a battenburg livery. When I was a kid the traffic cars tended to be Mk2 Granadas and they brought one to school for us all to sit in.
Mash Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 Vanguards are doing this model of a Sunbeam panda this year. I'm sure I have a picture of the real one somewhere and there was one in an episode of The Professionals though it looks like a prop rather than the real thing to me:
Vin Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I took my Brava in for an MOT at the garage in Brigg that has the service contract for the Brigg cop shops Protons. Two Impians in there, one fully jammed up , the other in 'unmarked' grey......The policeman's lot
trigger Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 O/T But i was in Brigg the other week Vin, That's where i brought my BMW 1602 from, 180 miles home it took!. Anyway, Carry on!
Pillock Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 LOL at the Proton 'non-emergency' decals...."Hello? Police? Yeah there's a guy reckons he's going to smash my car window in about an hour, do you wanna set off now? It might take you a while...."
MrRegieRitmo Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 What's the estate? Avenger?Chevette.Chevette crossed my mind but for some reason it was dismissed as I thought the B & C pillars seemed too thin.
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