Chris Longhurst Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 I had an article published in the February 2021 Courier (#488 pp66-67) on Monmouthshire police cars ('panda cars'). After submission of the article to Bern. last year I found a link to another batch of Police Herald 1200s belonging to the Barrow-in-Furness Borough police force. They are similar to the Monmouthshire cars but with a slightly different shape to the roof boxes. I've been trying to figure our the registrations of the cars. The picture on the site only downloads as is only 9 kbs so detail is poor; looking at the picture on the website & enlarging the picture on my monitor the registration of the right hand-side car looks like a 'F' reg (may be FED 7?7F). I wonder if anyone with better eyes (or technology) can read them! https://british-police-history.uk/f/barrow-in-furness-borough Thanks - Chris (78/00350) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 How's this, Chris, or is it the source you found? https://british-police-history.uk/f/barrow-in-furness-borough The picture is displayed as part of a webpage, and I can't download it into image manipulating software, to magnify it, but naked eye, the numbers look to go up to "FED787F" so from "783" Someone had a GSoH, labelling them the 'Feds'! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 GKV17D seems to be popular, you can buy a jigsaw puzzle of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longhurst Posted February 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 53 minutes ago, JohnD said: How's this, Chris, or is it the source you found? https://british-police-history.uk/f/barrow-in-furness-borough The picture is displayed as part of a webpage, and I can't download it into image manipulating software, to magnify it, but naked eye, the numbers look to go up to "FED787F" so from "783" Someone had a GSoH, labelling them the 'Feds'! John Thanks John - that's the correct link. The letters could be FEO as EO was used in Barrow-in-Furness (ha - just thought of looking that up!) & F is a possible prefix in 1967 (when the F year letter was in use). Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longhurst Posted February 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 46 minutes ago, Colin Lindsay said: GKV17D seems to be popular, you can buy a jigsaw puzzle of it... Yes - that & it's alter ego CFH 217B seem to dominate Google searches. Another one that comes up is VAA 379H which is sometimes listed as a Belfast car. Any idea if it was a genuine N.Irish car? https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-triumph-herald-police-car-from-1959-59190578.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, Chris Longhurst said: Yes - that & it's alter ego CFH 217B seem to dominate Google searches. Another one that comes up is VAA 379H which is sometimes listed as a Belfast car. Any idea if it was a genuine N.Irish car? I've a photo of that one taken some years back at a local show but it was never a local car, nor a local Police vehicle - the RUC used mostly Fords (although they did have TR6 'Q' cars.) Must have a quick rummage for that photo... got it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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