![]() The registration letter year ran from the 1st august to 31st July from 'F' plate to 'Y'įrom 1983 the year letter was at the beginning of the number plate (prefix) and for example 'A' ran from 1st August 1983 to 31st July 1984. An 'N' plate would have been registered between 1st August 1974 to 31st July 1975. For example a 'T' plate that is a plate which ended in 'T' was registered nbetween 1st August 1978 to 31st july 1979. They were there for a few years and registered on a 'T' plate when they came back into the UK.Ĭlick to expand.In the 60's, 70's and early 80's the last letter of the number plate (called the suffix) denoted the year a car was registered for the road. There were also two Atlantis Blue 3500's sent out to Malta as Police cars. So if anyone in the Manchester area ever comes across a picture of a Monza Red 3500auto with blue lights in the grill and a Fire Man stood along side, I'd be pleased to hear from you, as would GMFS archive department. ![]() Anyway, this is the only P6 that I have come across that has been in the fire service, but it doesn't mean it was the only one.Īnd yes, I have tried the Greater Manchester Fire Service and they haven't got any pictures of the car either, but would like to get hold of one for their archives. So somewhere there are pictures of the car with its blue lights, but I know not where. He was ill when I spoke to him but he said when he was feeling better, he would send me some pictures of the car when it was in service, but unfortunately, he died not long after and I couldn't get hold of his kin by the time I found out. He also told me, he couldn't wait to retire in the end, not because of the job, but he was eager to have the car repainted to anything other than red.too many years around red fire engines or something. This is what the ex Station Officer who originally owned mine said. If they did use their own vehicles then the cars would be fitted with blue lights in the grill and two tone horns and fire service radios. I will clarify that now by saying that, apparently Fire Officers in that era were issued with Ford Escort Estates or something very similar, but they did have the option to use their own vehicles as long as they were red. There is a unmarked Special Branch car in Hendon Police Museum.Īs far as I know, mine is the only Fire Officers car, however, i'm not saying it is definitely the only one. I know it wasn't the RP6C who was contacted because I checked, but I don't know whether it was a police enthusiast club or another rover club that was contacted, but it was a real shame that whom ever it was never followed up on it. But he went on to say, that the person they had spoke to never got back in touch with them, so they were burnt. According to the then General Manager, his personal assistant had been in touch with a club about the records, to see whether there would be any interested in the rover stuff. They also told me, that they had a big clear and burnt everything that was more than 10 years old around 2000. I then spoke to Lookers (previously Henleys) and they told me that I had missed the records by about a year at that time. ![]() The guy told me that it was always serviced by Henleys and he remembers there being police cars in the service bays, when he went to pick it up. ![]() When I traced the cars history, it had been repainted from Monza Red to Lunar grey by Henleys, when the station officer retired, because he kept the car. It was fitted with blue lights and two tone horns and also had a big ariel in the cente of the boot lid. ![]() But it turned out, it had been a Fire Station Officers car in Manchester. I know because I have a 3500 auto which I thought had been a police car when I bought it. Some of the unmarked cars were serviced at Henleys in Manchester (now Lookers) but all records were distroyed about 9 years ago. Manchester or Lancashire Police had unmarked 'blue' P6's(colour unsure) and unmarked Monza Red P6's. Devon & Cornwall constabulary had two unmarked Mexico Brown P6's and also had a P6 estate which was used as a police car come ambulance (early form of paramedic car) according to one of the police museum curators. ![]()
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