Best 'REAL' Police cars ...... ever !

[wonderloaf]

Hey, Noddy's real isn't he?

 

[classic33]

 

[steve50]

These are all police cars from the 70's on show at emergency services day at Hullavington a couple of years ago.

 

[Dan B]

I like it when the community have some input into the style of police vehicles

Coppy McCop Car

 

[Dan B]

Talking of real

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The most impressive thing about Morse's car was the teleport enabling it to move instantaneously between one Oxford landmark and another one somewhere entirely different. And possibly also the invisibility cloak which made it undetectable to traffic wardens no matter where it was illegally parked

 

[glasgowcyclist]

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Drat, you beat me to that one!

 

[T4tomo]

The most impressive thing about Morse's car was the teleport enabling it to move instantaneously between one Oxford landmark and another one somewhere entirely different. And possibly also the invisibility cloak which made it undetectable to traffic wardens no matter where it was illegally parked

He could also enter a door in one college and appear in another part of the university across town. That was almost as big a mystery as why the number of people dying in Midsummer is 256x the average per capita.

 

[User6179]

I think D reg was the last year of the Capri and I can only remember them all being 2.8 injections .

 

[subaqua]

I think D reg was the last year of the Capri and I can only remember them all being 2.8 injections .

D plate some were 280 Brooklands versions. doubt plod would have bought a 280. a 2.8 injec yes , but they were pigs to drive.
E plate - all 280 Brooklands. there is the odd F and apparently a G plate .http://www.fordcapriforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11453

yes I had a Capri . Mk 3

 

[KneesUp]

https://www.flickr.com/photos/65649574@N07/5978190197/in/photolist-a7gMEM

 

[Lonestar]

Like the Capri and Morris Minor.Don't like the modern junk.

 

[Starchivore]

 

[matiz]

Had one of these when I was17 It went 0 to 60 eventully

 

[Crackle]

Had one of these when I was17 It went 0 to 60 eventully View attachment 147465

They did 60 to 0 eventually as well

 

[mjr]

Anyone for a Lotus?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPKDAY3DIwk

Surely the best, for anyone who grew up in the 70s

They were heavy as a tank! I presume what it lacked in acceleration, it made up for by travelling in straight lines through many buildings and coming out the other side unscathed?