Someone must have the text of that story about the Fat Geezer in the Mini Cooper.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

Reminds me of this cartoon that was in the NSW Police News magazine back in the 1960's.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

like the new Safety Traffic Patrol Number Plates.
I suppose they had to put the stickers on the doors
Must I must say I never saw a Police Cooper S with the sticker on the
doors

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

Yep...only station cars maybe and in other states other than NSW of course...

Plain wrapper, highway patrol cars (the normal Mini drivers friend! Ohhhh is that a Copper behind me? or just some other drip?...certainly modified peoples behaviour)...

that was back when they actually patrolled!

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"Show me the Mini!"

Growing up we lived on a fairly main rd and always had 4-5 mini's in the front yard for many years - several of these were Cooper's or Cooper "S's". When either of my elder brothers drove out and down the street people behind or in front of them used to stand on the brakes at the first sighting.

One drunk even slept on a chair on our front verandah one afternoon as he saw the mini's; mistook our place for a cop shop and decided to "hand himself in"
KB

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Earlier today I was speaking to a member of Ausmini, And He advised Me That
STP was not Safety Traffic Patrol. In Fact it was Called Special Traffic Patrol
This Person is far more in knowledgeable Than I in this area, And being The Gentleman
That He is Did not wish To Make a Point on the forum. As I respect This person greatly
I Thought I should mention That I had made a Mistake, It was Special Traffic Patrol

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" A Hundred Years From Now It will not Matter what my Bank Acount Was,
The Sort Of House I Lived in, Or The Kind Of Car I drove ... But The World May Be A Better Place
Because I was Once Important In The Life Of A Child"

Thanks John, I just thought that STP had been "re-branded" like so many other things is this life!

(being politically correct is more important than being right or wrong these days)

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"Show me the Mini!"

Those number plates look just like the early original NSW plates, can you order them like that now?? I thought you could only get the brighter yellow reflective ones.

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68 Morris Cooper S Mk1 (*ex 78 1275 LS 4th last built, 70 Morris 1500 OHC & 70 MiniMatic)

Just found this on facebook (Traffic and Highway Patrol Command - NSW Police Force)









A few others more there as well........
(apologies look like will come out supersized... )

Today marks the start of a new chapter in the life of this car. It was formally passed from NSW Police Traffic and Highway Patrol Command to new custodians the NSW Police Academy at Goulburn in an official ceremony this morning. The vehicle takes pride of place in the Academy lobby overlooked by a display board that outlines its history. Police recruits in training will now get a glimpse of how their predecessors carried out their road safety duties.

Assistant Commissioner Michael Corboy talked about the role it and other unmarked Cooper S's played in reducing the road toll when six of them first took to the road between Sydney and Goulburn in June 1966. A Canberra Times news article two weeks later said "not one fatal accident had been reported in the whole of the southern police district" since their introduction. "In the same period the previous year there were 12 road deaths". He also confirmed what I'd heard in speaking to some of those who drove them, that they were one of the most effective, exciting and memorable pursuit cars they had driven during their police career.

Photo below is of Dana Jennings who drove this very car whilst a constable in the Special Traffic Patrol at Mittagong. Dana has been a wealth of knowledge to Watto during the writing of the Police Minis article for The Mini Experience magazine, and to me also in subsequent research efforts.

The car is still registered and roadworthy and I'm assured it will get out of the lobby from time to time to clear its lungs.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

great find

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1968 Morris Mini Cooper S

I would gladly drive down to Melbourne once a month, and go for a spin.

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Nick

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=86675

one of my "S"`s was ex-police & sand Beige & from down that way Doc

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Wonder if the HWP ran day books where they logged incidents...you know the sort of thing, date/time, low flying Fiat 124 sport, name, licence number etc etc etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JHH6iwgIek

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"Show me the Mini!"

Some great comments about the Cooper S from ex-STP/HWP police and others on the FB page.

https://www.facebook.com/TrafficService ... 7123498266

Here's a pic of the display board behind the car giving some history of the S pursuit cars in general, and this one in particular.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43