Those of you who are very observant and have nothing better to do than check people's forum signatures may have noticed that mine now says I have one ex NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S, not two.
Yesterday my original car was collected by it's new owner. Fittingly the new owner is located in NSW where the car used to scare the daylights out of unsuspecting motorists who strayed over the speed limit in country areas. Better still, the new owner is the same organisation that acquired the car after it rolled off the BMC Zetland production line in late 1970. The NSW Police Force has taken custody of the car via a grant as part of their road safety initiative. It will be on display at numerous public events throughout NSW with other period Police vehicles to help get the road safety message across.
The dummy behind the wheel (my wife affectionately called him Mr. Plod) is being re-clothed and will be surrounded by the same period items that were in it when in service as an unmarked pursuit car - AWA two-way radio, Police speedometer, Grifco siren, illuminated POLICE sign, hand-held spotlight, etc. I hope you get a chance to see it somewhere.
Below, leaving the lock-up in Melbourne (my garage) for the last time and being loaded onto the NSW Police Traffic & Highway Patrol Command trailer for transporting to their base at Huntingwood. The trailer is amazing, and was custom built to safely carry Police bikes and display Police vehicles.
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