my Police S type

[Glyn Ruck]

Courtesy of James Taylor:

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[johngosnell]

If anybody is interested, I have been watching an old TV series called the Sweeny with John Thaw as Regan and The S type is continually used in car chases.



Regards John

1B1257BW

[Glyn Ruck]

Yes ~ John Thaw's car in "The Sweeney" was a 2.4 Manual OD Mk2 with black vinyl roof. He frequently chased S Types in the Series.

John personally owned an S Type in his private life.

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[NigelW]

I think you'll find that John Thaw drove that Mk2 in "Morse". In the "Sweeney" he never usually drove himself on police duty but was usually driven in a Mk1 Ford Granada.

[Glyn Ruck]

I think you'll find that John Thaw drove that Mk2 in "Morse". In the "Sweeney" he never usually drove himself on police duty but was usually driven in a Mk1 Ford Granada.

I think you are quite right. My tired old brain tends to run the one series into the other. Haven't watched it forever.

[johngosnell]

The car used in the sweeny is metallic silver and normally used by the badies in car chases.

john

[Glyn Ruck]

Long list of them right here.

http://www.jagstyperegister.com/tv.htm

[cass3958]

Just checked all those Sweeney cars registration numbers against the DVLA database and none of them has survived which is very sad. DWD606C had a very strange paint work as it was black with a silver gray roof, bonnet, boot and upper body line. Never seen an S Type with that pain combination before.
Also don't know if this is a because the wipers were turned on and the photo caught the blades at the far end of there reach but otherwise this is a right hand drive car but has left hand drive wiper blades on it???

[Glyn Ruck]

That is sad. So many S Types trashed in TV Series or for the IRS to go into hotrods or Cobra Replicas etc. But hey with dwindling numbers it makes our cars more valuable ~ I'd rather see them saved though.

Good catch BTW.

[Jose]

and what was this ocassion?

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