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Old 21-12-2006, 08:29 PM   #1
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Default any one got ex cop car cossie's

just wondering if any one on here has an ex police car that is a cossie as my mate had one

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had two sapphires both j plates, no sunroofs.
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havent had one but here is one.

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never knew they had escos's seen the saphs
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i remember seing that programme blues & two's in hull..they had escort cossies with uprated suspension for going up kerbs & speed bumps at high speed
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no, sold both at decent money straight away
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Im sure Greater Manchester had 1 or 2 that were supposedly about 330bhp and group n spec suspension etc with sump guards and on OZ rims
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Im sure Greater Manchester had 1 or 2 that were supposedly about 330bhp and group n spec suspension etc with sump guards and on OZ rims
Both of mine were standard except the inertia switches had be bypassed as the crooks had found that if they rammed the cop cars the switch tripped!!
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Old 21-12-2006, 08:57 PM   #12
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Doug i have the original picture of that police car and is framed with a plaque that says its the first 4x4 sapphire cosworth into police service and it was presented to the northumbria police by Geoff king from "ford motor co"
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Doug i have the original picture of that police car and is framed with a plaque that says its the first 4x4 sapphire cosworth into police service and it was presented to the northumbria police by Geoff king from "ford motor co"
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I love hearing stuff like that, it's all part of the hetitage that makes Cosworths "special".....
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Im sure Greater Manchester had 1 or 2 that were supposedly about 330bhp and group n spec suspension etc with sump guards and on OZ rims
Both of mine were standard except the inertia switches had be bypassed as the crooks had found that if they rammed the cop cars the switch tripped!!
Im sure it was in an early Max power or Fast car or something similar at the time as well as local TV.
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i remember years ago seeing a saff that had all the stickers taken off but the dirt had got on the glue that was left so you could see where all the stickers were.
looked a bit of a mess,was late 4x4 i think.
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them nutters had a saph cossie, loved that program
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tayside police had a k plate saff
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I remember watchin that
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Im sure Greater Manchester had 1 or 2 that were supposedly about 330bhp and group n spec suspension etc with sump guards and on OZ rims
I think they're the police force that have scooby's too aren't they?
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Saw escos police cars but didn't know bout saphs. Suppose same as essex police using evos and mondeo st's now.
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In that vid u can see the heat comin out of the vents on the heat camera.
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i would of luv`d to been a coper bac then gettin up in the morning and to drive a cossie all day
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they had an RS2000 aswell and a cav GSI tubby
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Walkden is where I live
J202 NNE......I wonder if it is still alive!!!
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Date of Liability 01 06 2002
Date of First Registration 01 02 1992
Year of Manufacture 1992
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1993CC
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Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE
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not been on the road since 2002 so i doubt it
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manchester had lots of saffs some unmarked plenty marked up,they had the later style wheels no sunroofs and hidden blue lamps.they destroyed gearboxes all the time ,quicks in ashton always had them in for repair.
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Saw escos police cars but didn't know bout saphs. Suppose same as essex police using evos and mondeo st's now.
Me and my friend was driving through horsham last month and we got pulled over by the police in a grey evo 8, for driving whilst on a phone.
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i remember the police having mk.2 rs 2000's....i think i'm getting old.

they have had early saffs and late saffs.






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There used to be a couple of escort and saph marked cars up this way, i remember coming through the tyne tunnel once and there was an escort and saph parked together at 1 end looked mint
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manchester had lots of saffs some unmarked plenty marked up,they had the later style wheels no sunroofs and hidden blue lamps.they destroyed gearboxes all the time ,quicks in ashton always had them in for repair.


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was watching traffic cops the other night and see a white three door getting chassed up to 130 mph until the driver realised the police where chassing him he then pulled over, but i tell ya he was leaving them quick

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LOL type in "police cosworth" into google image search and 4th pic in is a pic of mart's car crashed on the gumball.

Small world ehh?
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LOL type in "police cosworth" into google image search and 4th pic in is a pic of mart's car crashed on the gumball.

Small world ehh?
So is the 5th pic Porkie? bloke layed on the gound with his face in a mess?
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