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Author:  bamnfi [ Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:03 pm ]
Post subject:  NSW Police Coopers
These seem almost mythological to me. Is there a resident expert in the room? I have no idea how many 'real' NSW Police Coopers there were, but there seems a disproportionate amount of them surviving. If they were a cop car, surely there would be telltale signs of where wiring for police lights, radios etc. were mounted. How in the heck do you pick a real one? What years did the coppers use 'em? Is there a definitive list of mods that were made to them over the base Cooper S?
Author:  9YaTaH [ Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: NSW Police Coopers
bamnfi wrote:
These seem almost mythological to me. Is there a resident expert in the room? I have no idea how many 'real' NSW Police Coopers there were, but there seems a disproportionate amount of them surviving. If they were a cop car, surely there would be telltale signs of where wiring for police lights, radios etc. were mounted. How in the heck do you pick a real one? What years did the coppers use 'em? Is there a definitive list of mods that were made to them over the base Cooper S?


No not mythological...there were heaps of them all over the state...The Mini Experience magazine has done a feature on them and there are several threads on here about what to look for...maybe use the search button :idea:
Author:  simon k [ Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:15 pm ]
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you're in for a thorough information overload.... there was a feature on them in "the mini experience"

statistically, 1 in 7 Cooper S's were cop cars (~1000 of them), so they aren't all that rare, though a lot were crashed, several turned into mini K's etc. etc.
Author:  bamnfi [ Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:21 pm ]
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I have the dvd's of the mini experience. Time for some research!

Seems a heck of a percentage that were cop cars tho.

Thx for the replies guys; appreciated.
Author:  Wombat [ Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:24 pm ]
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Hey Bamnfi - I used to own the Pharmacy on the corner of St Georges Rd and Holden St 30 years ago - the bloke I sold it to is still there !
Author:  bamnfi [ Fri Aug 01, 2008 4:42 pm ]
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Hiya Wombat. I'm not far from there. I am in McKean Street off Michael.
Author:  watto [ Fri Aug 01, 2008 8:20 pm ]
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Save you a bit of a search, the feature in The Mini Experience is in Issue 11, p45 onwards.

And yes, it was over 1,000 - around 1 in 7 Cooper S.

I would love to find some confirmation for the actual numbers of Clubman GTs thouygh.

Cheers,
Watto.
Author:  bamnfi [ Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:30 am ]
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thx watto; that's a big help.
Author:  frednutz&co [ Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:34 am ]
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allegedly only 500 :) but who would know accurately.


know where there is a bent one in box hill :(
Author:  bamnfi [ Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:19 am ]
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hey frednutz, how bent? When my current money pit is finished I am looking for a new project. I think mini's are like pets; only having one is no good, they need a companion :wink:
Author:  watto [ Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:34 pm ]
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allegedly only 500 but who would know accurately.


Well, I guess you didn't see Issue 11 of The Mini Experience, where we tore that old myth apart.

Who would know? Well, we would - at least as accurately as can be deduced from the available evidence.

Check this out (and thanks to Kyoda on here for sending it to me for the feature).

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On top of that, I spent hundreds of hours going through NSW Police annual reports, records, libraries, photos, speaking with ex-police who drove the cars. But the Leyland press release is the best proof.

Note: the figure of "over 11,000" refers to Cooper and Cooper S. There were of course only 7,405 Cooper S built.

Cheers,
Watto.
:shock:
Author:  Kyoda [ Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:08 pm ]
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watto wrote:
Check this out (and thanks to Kyoda on here for sending it to me for the feature).


You're welcome. :D

Well, thanks to Gus Staunton really.
Author:  bamnfi [ Sun Aug 03, 2008 9:19 am ]
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Thanks Watto, thanks Kyoda. Real mythbusters! Most appreciated. This site really is Google for minis. :shock:
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