Vehicles involved in serious crime

[bobbo89]

Yep, very interesting.

Had never heard of the 'Essex boys' before, probably too young, but bloody hell there's some graphic photo's out there! Only did a quick google and within a few clicks found a site full of photo's that you'd think only the police would have access to!

[0a]

The Mercedes W124 that was used in the 2007 London car bombings. Checking the plate, G824 VFK, it was a straight 6 300e model, rather than a lowly 4 cylinder.



The last MOT was in November 2007, with a failure and then a pass. 176k though, so a nice run.

[LosingGrip]

sleepera6 said:

Salisbury poisonings - BMW 320d ES - HD09 WAO


These police cars were buried after being deemed a hazard. So was the BMW.

The recovery agents truck is buried as well.

Was speaking to one of the drivers. Down to the insurance company! Ouch.

[Pizzaeatingking]

bobbo89 said:

Yep, very interesting.

Had never heard of the 'Essex boys' before, probably too young, but bloody hell there's some graphic photo's out there! Only did a quick google and within a few clicks found a site full of photo's that you'd think only the police would have access to!

Yup, done the same

[Jonnny]

Interesting thread!

[Matt-il77s]

Hungerford Massacre, this taxi was last until January 1998 which is surprising considering what happened inside.



The killer drove an Astra GTE but there's no photos of that online.

[Levin]

Matt-il77s said:

The killer drove an Astra GTE but there's no photos of that online.

There's actually a photo with the GTE in it: somebody on Autoste managed to find an aerial photograph of the area, where Ryan's Astra can just about be picked out. It's a nice picture of the area, and a worthless picture of the car. Ryan shot the car up himself before the end of his spree.

The 320d used in Salisbury looks to have been a nice colour too! Being an ES model, am I right in thinking it would have had virtually minimal spec?

[BigBen]

have we had the Lincoln that JFK was shot in? Was used a a presidential car for the next couple of presidents.

[GCH]

OJ Simpsons ford bronco was up for sale a year or so ago....

[tim0409]

I'm not sure if the Police got around to auctioning it, but the car used to transport the body of Suzanne Pilley, murdered in Edinburgh back in 2010, was destined to be sold. The man found guilty argued that it should be retained until the end of his sentence as it could be used as evidence in any future review of his conviction

Although the body was never recovered, the Police believed the car had been used off road to dispose of it; the purchaser would definitely need to get the suspension looked at as a three of the springs were found to be broken!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-e...

[Matt-il77s]

Tigra used in the Lee Rigby murder:

[anonymous-user]

Tell me this one doesn’t give you even a slight chill

https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/56239668

[oobster]

sleepera6 said:

Tell me this one doesn’t give you even a slight chill

https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/56239668

Was that one involved in crime?

[rustfalia]

There used to be a lot of information knocking around about Ian Huntleys Fiesta but can't find it. Sure there was an old pistonheads thread about it and the changes he made to try and cover his tracks.

[MrGTI6]

sleepera6 said:

Tell me this one doesn’t give you even a slight chill

https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/56239668

Look at the photo of the speedo and rev counter to get an idea of the speed at which the crash occurred!

[Dr Interceptor]

MrGTI6 said:

sleepera6 said:

Tell me this one doesn’t give you even a slight chill

https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/56239668

Look at the photo of the speedo and rev counter to get an idea of the speed at which the crash occurred!

I did wonder if it was the car that was hit head on by the Subaru towing a caravan the wrong way down the M40, but that was a Mondeo according to the news reports.

[Dr Interceptor]

Up until a couple of years ago, Diana's Mercedes was still sat in a container in this Police compound near Paris... Probably still is.

https://bit.ly/2JPNJO4

[Wildcat45]

I thought it had been brought to the UK as inquest evidence.

[silverfoxcc]

JFK lincoln is in the Henry Ford museum in Detroit

Also there is the chair Lincoln was shot in

One other gem is Edisons last breath

There are pictures of Ford Edison Eastman and Firestone out camping

Can you imagine how the world would have turned out if a bear got those 4?

Back to the breath. Ford collected building from all over the US and had them rebuilt in Greenfield. There are Edisons workshops and the Wright brothers workshops and Firestones farmhouse
Ford got to hear of his mates imminent demise and asked Edisons son to hold a large test tube under his nose ,and bottle the last exhalation. Which he did

Inside it is a treasure trove of US home history 1950s diners early white goods, stacks of cars ,not all Fords either. Jim Clarks Indy Lotus a DC-3 an Chesapeake and Ohio 2-6-6-6- loco. The tender holds 25k gallons of water and 25 tons of coal. in comparison to the A4 of the LNER ( see Mallard) that held 9 ton of coal tops and 5k gallons of water
Great place to visit. It is a at least a two day visit, one for the inside ,the other for the buildings

Edited by silverfoxcc on Monday 6th January 11:07

[Stussy]

Levin said:

The 320d used in Salisbury looks to have been a nice colour too! Being an ES model, am I right in thinking it would have had virtually minimal spec?

Barbera red, quite a rare colour.

I seem to remember an article about someone who bought a Rolls Royce (Savile’s?) and was moaning that he couldn’t use it for weddings etc anymore and lost a load of cash on it

ETA:
https://news.sky.com/story/buyer-of-jimmy-saviles-...