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gidday ferno!!!!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by LWB123
Yep sure do, and you had to be a fool to try and out run a Cooper S.
I had one for a while motor bored to 1310, 45mil Webber, 2in exhaust mag wheels and little fatties and full comp suspension.
Brought it of a young bloke that had done his license for DUI and it had been sitting for several months unused and some twit tried to get it going and broke the pig tail wire in the distributor I got it for $200 as they thought the motor was stuffed sorry I sold it , as it would be worth a bundle today.
Hodgo
But, at night, you could pick them from standard Minis by the parking lights.Quote:
Originally Posted by LWB123
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Last of the VVV8 intersepters"
Yes, the two driving lights kind of gave them away, as did the roof being the same colour as the body which was a bit unsual for Coopers of the day.Quote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
However, the failsafe ID was noting a Cooper for which you could not see daylight through the windscreen because the view was usually blocked by a fairly large driver...........
My brother actually bought a brand spanker Police Cooper S Mk2 from the Leyland dealer in Wollongong back around 1971 - seems it was set up for delivery and the order cancelled or some such reason. Only thing missing was the second speedo on the dash/steering column used for recording the recalitrants' speeds.
Recall my Dad who was a fairly tall man and usually wore a suit and hat driving it along the Liddell motorway near Muswellbrook one day and the traffic was lined up way behind him and anything coming towards him hit the brakes in a hell of a hurry. Classic!
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G'day Folks :)
Yup! I made their aquaintance several times when riding motorcycles in and around Sydney in the60/70's :( Used to have great fun baiting the "Midnight Flyer" (Rambler 770) that used to patrol from North Sydney to Palm Beach late at night, several of us would sit 400yds in front of it from Dee Why heading to Palmy and gradually up the speed ;) fairly honking by the Bilgola Bends, Rambler sliding all over the shop :D until they stuch a Cooper S up in a private driveway :mad: was doing 80K by the time it hit Barrenjoey Rd :( all stop and get tickets at Avalon:coplight: we all stopped doing it when points came in ;) motorcycling before the drugs & guns.
Aah! police cars and bikes (Triumphs) without radios:D does anybody remember the Trumpets with the rubber edged windscreens?? stood out like Dogs*** with the riders in dust coats :) pre Honda & Yamaha.
cheers
Dad had one of them, bought it from the ex cop auctions. i kick him to this day for selling it. He sold it in 1988 as he got a company car, and didnt need an extra car.......he forgot about his 6 year old son......:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm
A few years back the ACT police had WRXs but had to get rid of them because their arses were too wide to fit in the seats. The official reason was that police could not sit in the seats with their weapons on.
Garry
I still think they got the car that was supposed to go to the State Lottery Office.
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But apart from that in the days of the Police Mini Coopers
one particular ocifier used to park on the apron of our Service Station
after I closed up, hiding behind the big Caltex sign.:nazilock:
I didnt do much about it for a few nights till mates informed me that they were being booked.
The next night after closing up sure as eggs he arrived, parked got nicely settled then I turned all the floodlights on and went and had a shower.:twisted:
He never came back!!;)
that looks like a new VRX lancer with paint saw a ES lancer the other day being used as a general duties car in campbelltown .Maybe the cops are trying to fool drivers that the lancer is quicker than it is . But I must admit they do look good but I am bias as I purchased one a few months ago.