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I have it on good authority that it was on a closed section of the A12 Chelmsford by-pass close to Boreham where the car was based, it was a publicity stunt, they never actually had a RS200 Police car, I am told this one was most likely an early prototype dressed up and may not even have had a registration number. And, I am told they didn,t crash a RS200 but did a Sierra Cosworth.
Alan M
Alan M
nalaeroom said:
I have it on good authority that it was on a closed section of the A12 Chelmsford by-pass close to Boreham where the car was based, it was a publicity stunt, they never actually had a RS200 Police car, I am told this one was most likely an early prototype dressed up and may not even have had a registration number. And, I am told they didn,t crash a RS200 but did a Sierra Cosworth.
Alan M
there's quite a few police cossies crahed pics on the web, never checked the regs to see where they came from though ?Alan M
Your right on the A12, J15 A1007 to billericy
nalaeroom said:
I have it on good authority that it was on a closed section of the A12 Chelmsford by-pass close to Boreham where the car was based, it was a publicity stunt, they never actually had a RS200 Police car, I am told this one was most likely an early prototype dressed up and may not even have had a registration number.
Yes, it was a publicity stunt, but, it wasn't an early prototype, it was chassis number 122 and that was, and still is it's real registration number.IIRC, this car is also well known for being 'heavily damaged' in an 'incident' at a RS200 OC day many years ago and has been on a very slow rebuild ever since.
My father worked for Ford at the Aveley Advance Vehicle Operations plant where these were put together - just after the rally group was banned there were 25 parked up outside his office with nowhere to go. That was when it was decided they would let the police 'have a go' in the hope they would buy them as interceptors. Anyway two traffic officers took one out and wrapped it round a bridge support on the A12 in Essex - very sad. Anyway that ended the idea of them being Police cars - that and the fact they were hellishly expensive to fettle.
custardtorpedo said:
My father worked for Ford at the Aveley Advance Vehicle Operations plant where these were put together - just after the rally group was banned there were 25 parked up outside his office with nowhere to go. That was when it was decided they would let the police 'have a go' in the hope they would buy them as interceptors. Anyway two traffic officers took one out and wrapped it round a bridge support on the A12 in Essex - very sad. Anyway that ended the idea of them being Police cars - that and the fact they were hellishly expensive to fettle.
You're not the first person to know someone who saw them being put together, you might be interested in this thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff