x police car GUU 259N
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The vehicle details for GUU 259N are:
Date of Liability 01 12 1994
Date of First Registration 04 10 1974
Year of Manufacture 1974
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 3528CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE
Vehicle Type Approval
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £112.75
12 Months Rate £205.00
The vehicle details for GUU 259N are:
Date of Liability 01 12 1994
Date of First Registration 04 10 1974
Year of Manufacture 1974
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 3528CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE
Vehicle Type Approval
Vehicle Excise Duty Rate for vehicle
6 Months Rate £112.75
12 Months Rate £205.00
garethp6
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thats a bity as when my father used to have her he went to a classic car show and an retired police notice her and said he was giving a chase in her after a van and they open fire on her and shot down the 1 side but way before that he was playing wrong with her and found loads of wires in the roof and more bits and pieces then the standard p6 should have will have to dig out some paper work which mesusm she went to
happy days
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I dont really remember the police using blue cars, clearly remember the White ones though, funny how you forget certain things but clearly remember others. Could be I was stopped loads of times by the White V8. Would love to see one all marked up at a show or even better on the road, think it would still ###t me up now if I saw it behind me 
happy days
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Was their last year Dave, didn't see one. Would be good to see it on it's way down
falkor
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But they were not "marked up"!happy days said:Would love to see one all marked up at a show or even better on the road, think it would still ###t me up now if I saw it behind me
That is how the vehicles were used
NO MARKINGS, just a blue light
no problems either, everybody knew who we were
the white versions had a solitary POLICE sign on the boot, that is all, the blue versions NOTHING
the white versions were the property of the numerous MET TRAFFIC DIVISIONS across London, the blue were located at the 54 station divisions across London
happy days
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I seem to remember them being marked up. I used to get stopped by them regularly as I had a jacked up, blacked out windows customised 1955 Morris Oxford. " get those furry dice out", "those windows are too dark", "is this your car sonny" etc.
Three Thousand Five
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I took several pics of GKX 478N when it was at the NEC that year, here are a few..... fantastic car 8)
Nidge :wink:
Nidge :wink:
Several forces used 'marked up' p6s.
Met used various shades of blue ,some with mickey mouse lights and some wth just a single blue light. They also had some later ones as jam sandwiches as traffic cars just before the SD1 came in (seen a picture of an s reg met jam sandwich p6).
Several police driving schools used 'plain' p6s for advanced driving courses too.
I know of 3 different marked up p6s on the circuit today (2 owned by same chap) and the other was sold on ebay last year.There are 3/4 blue police p6s on the circuit too.
Met used various shades of blue ,some with mickey mouse lights and some wth just a single blue light. They also had some later ones as jam sandwiches as traffic cars just before the SD1 came in (seen a picture of an s reg met jam sandwich p6).
Several police driving schools used 'plain' p6s for advanced driving courses too.
I know of 3 different marked up p6s on the circuit today (2 owned by same chap) and the other was sold on ebay last year.There are 3/4 blue police p6s on the circuit too.
MarkGray
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Dave GKX 478N in your pictures is owned by club members Les & Val and it is a genuine ex Herts Plice motorway car. They also have an ex Hants Police car which is full has full livery and was fitted by Rover with a 5 speed gearbox (experimental). GKX 478N was bought and saved by Pete Capnos (Bristol) many years ago after it had laid derilect for some time and he fully restored it in the late 80's/early 90's. In 98 or 99 it changed hands to Terry Wells (a real police car buff) who then went and found the correct signage and roof light box. Les & Val bought it off him. The car has been on many of our club stands at the NEC over the years and also on a club stand at Earls Court (93 or 94 if memory serves), the last occasion was 2008.
The first time I saw it was in 1994 and I had just suffered brake failure on the way into the Malvern Show at the Three countries showground, Worcestershire. I was under the bonnet and in the process of disconnecting the feed to the back brakes and blanking the feed, when out the corner of my eye I saw it roll past and stop and someone get out. (At that time West Mercia Police were still using orange stripped cars). A voice asked me if I had problems to which I replied 'nothing I couldn't fix' and then looked up and saw the car properly. Pete Capnos then asked me if we were going to the show and said he would let the organiser on our club stand know that I was going to be late because of the breakdown. When I realised that he was not a copper and the car was retired from active service , I did breath a big shy of relieve!
Anyway, most UK forces had P6's at some time or other from 63 to 77 and they were used both in plain and in livery. Devon and Cornwall also had a white Estate which incidentally was recently on ebay but is not in livery. They also had Mexico Brown cars as well. Gt Manchester Police had white, blue and red P6's which were used on motorway work. The red ones tended to be plain apparently.
As for the MET they had white, blue, brown and black P6's according to the production records and I have seen news films where they are present in full livery.
Going back to your picture of GKX, we also have one of the coppers who drove it in service in the club and at the National Rally in 2007 at Turweston, we reunited the car and driver for the first time in many years. GKX's sister car was dramatically written off on the M1 Motorway, when it stationary on the hard shoulder, while aiding a broken down vehicle, when it was run into by a bedford lorry. The lorry ended up nearly on top of the car and GKX went out to assist in the clear up.
The first time I saw it was in 1994 and I had just suffered brake failure on the way into the Malvern Show at the Three countries showground, Worcestershire. I was under the bonnet and in the process of disconnecting the feed to the back brakes and blanking the feed, when out the corner of my eye I saw it roll past and stop and someone get out. (At that time West Mercia Police were still using orange stripped cars). A voice asked me if I had problems to which I replied 'nothing I couldn't fix' and then looked up and saw the car properly. Pete Capnos then asked me if we were going to the show and said he would let the organiser on our club stand know that I was going to be late because of the breakdown. When I realised that he was not a copper and the car was retired from active service , I did breath a big shy of relieve!
Anyway, most UK forces had P6's at some time or other from 63 to 77 and they were used both in plain and in livery. Devon and Cornwall also had a white Estate which incidentally was recently on ebay but is not in livery. They also had Mexico Brown cars as well. Gt Manchester Police had white, blue and red P6's which were used on motorway work. The red ones tended to be plain apparently.
As for the MET they had white, blue, brown and black P6's according to the production records and I have seen news films where they are present in full livery.
Going back to your picture of GKX, we also have one of the coppers who drove it in service in the club and at the National Rally in 2007 at Turweston, we reunited the car and driver for the first time in many years. GKX's sister car was dramatically written off on the M1 Motorway, when it stationary on the hard shoulder, while aiding a broken down vehicle, when it was run into by a bedford lorry. The lorry ended up nearly on top of the car and GKX went out to assist in the clear up.