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On 4/16/2022 at 11:30 AM, J W Pepper said:

Just noticed the lorry mid picture, looks to be overloaded, if that was now Health and Safety, and the police would have you hung, drawn and quartered.

That's superb, that lorry is loaded to very slightly higher than the bus. Never mind the health and safety element, just loading and unloading it must have been a feat. 

 

On 4/17/2022 at 1:14 PM, Madman Of The People said:

 

Interesting how the rally SD1s used the US-spec round headlights.

 

I imagine for ease of changing. Assuming they are standard they'd only be held in with three screws and you could do it without lifting the bonnet. 

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I'm sure @LightBulbFun has already been it. 

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On 4/17/2022 at 9:55 PM, J W Pepper said:

Look at the size of the roof light box on that Capri.  That must have adversely altered aerodynamic performance and fuel-economy a bit. Police versions were 3.0S spec but with plain black GL seats.  Those Ronal alloys were only available for about a year 75/76.  Quite rare now. My friend had 2 on a trailer and 4 on a Mk2 Escort.  Ford then moved to the 'Ghia-style' alloys after about mid 1976.  Or optional RS 4-spokes, of which there are many variants (about 15 versions)  despite them all looking the same at first glance.

Interesting pic.  There are a few pics on internet of Strathclyde traffic-police 3-litre Capris.

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6 hours ago, JeeExEll said:

Look at the size of the roof light box on that Capri.  Police versions were 3.0S spec but with plain black GL seats.  Those Ronal alloys were only available for about a year 75/76.  Quite rare now. My friend had 2 on a trailer and 4 on a Mk2 Escort .  Ford then moved to the 'Ghia-style' alloys after about 1976.  Or optional RS 4-spokes, of which there are many variants despite them all looking the same at first glance.

Interesting pic.  There are a few pics on internet of Strathclyde traffic-police 3-litre Capris.

A friend of mine was in the police in the 80s and said the 3 litre Granadas struggled to get past 100mph with those huge light boxes. I suspect the Range Rover struggled to get double figures mpg wise.

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One of these drove past me, it seemed normal.

 

Except the fucking base model arse. 🤷‍♂️

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18 hours ago, Remspoor said:

Nice SD1 hiding behind the MK2 Transit, as soon as I saw this picture I started looking for SD1s

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4 hours ago, J W Pepper said:

Nice SD1 hiding behind the MK2 Transit, as soon as I saw this picture I started looking for SD1s

That fleet is not consistent. Rover, Vauxhall and Ford are all stars.

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On 4/17/2022 at 10:42 AM, Austat said:

That's how you`re supposed to drive Italian cars to keep them in tip top condition.. I have a very hard time explaining that to the local coppers though...

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