Cool Police Car!

[aeronca65t]

 

[DrEntropy]

Tough to outrun, even with th' radio broken.

They used Lotus Cortina MkI's in the past too.

 

[sabot]

where would that picture have been taken sabot

 

[AngliaGT]

I copied that picture off of a Lotus website a few years ago - can't remember which one,though.

- Doug

 

[DrEntropy]

A general guess would be "Somewhere in England"???

 

[kennypinkerton]

Better than the Lambo countach police car I saw in SC! At least the Lambo had Black N white paint job though!

 

[vanillagorilla75]

So not fair my police car is only a crown vic. Maybe I can talk Chief into one of these. Can't be outdone right.

 

[kennypinkerton]

We have a mid 1990's C-4 corvette police car here in tuscaloosa too. One policeman's private ride though. He converted it as part of the D.A.R.E. program.

 

[JamesWilson]

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A general guess would be "Somewhere in England"???

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ARGH! Or Scotland. Or Wales. Or even Northern Ireland.

Looking at "Y999YCL" where the YCL generally denotes the locality where it was first registered:

https://www.dvla.gov.uk/vehicles/regmarks/reg_marks_memorytags.htm

A better guess might be somewhere near Leeds in England, though the link may be very uncertain for cop cars may well be registered differently than personal vehicles....

 

[vanillagorilla75]

Wow some of ya'll are very informed. Guess thats why this is such a good forum. Well I guess I should get back to work now. Be safe and go cruising.

 

[kennypinkerton]

I'll bet that light bar knocks 20 mph off the top speed though!

 

[DrEntropy]

...and whistles "God Save the Queen" past 150MPH.

 

[Nunyas]

past 150? hmmm...N/M...Since you said "whistles 'God Save the Queen'"... bet it only whistles annoyingly at 100KPH... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[DrEntropy]

Yup: "Pomp 'n Circumstance" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

 

[647F]

Atleast they put all those big lights on top of it. Out in Cal they like to use the super thin one (about 3 - 4" thick) and they are clear.

The best just have lights inside the car and in the grill...

 

[Nunyas]

hmmm... Glendale, CA and Burbank, CA police have a new set they're putting on cars that's even thinner than that... probably in the 1" to 2" range plus about 1/2" for the mounting system.

 

[Guest]

https://www.lotusespritworld.com/EOtherstuff/PoliceEsprit.html

 

[vanillagorilla75]

Yep with LEDs you can put them about anywhere. Then they don't affect speed. Gotta love the whistle though.

 

[Nunyas]

d'oh! according to the site alana linked for us, it's a publicity car for Lotus, and not a real patrol car... *sigh* ah well.

It's nice to see that some of the cars on the above link are real police cars though... I wonder how many (if any) have been acquired in drug busts and converted to police use.

 

[JamesWilson]

From the site: "The setting is the turnoff the A11 dual carriageway to East Carleston ...." in Norfolk, though the car is in Warwickshire (think Stratford upon Avon, which is some distance away) livery...