my Police S type

[Glyn Ruck]

I'm sure that the OP can give you SUU486F's whole life history. It's a Met Police car that appears all over the place.

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[Glyn Ruck]

Decided to order the 14 disc collection of "The Sweeney" plus "Life at the Top" & "11 Harrowhouse" for my S Type collection. Look forward to watching these oldies & S Types in period surroundings.

[cass3958]

Just noticed on the last photo of SUU 486F it only has one fog light on the passenger's side and a grill on the drivers side,(UK sides).
Anyone like to have a guess as to why it would only have one fog light fitted and a grill?
Don't expect an answer from me but maybe John the Jagman can assist here.

[Glyn Ruck]

It is my understanding that all Met police S Types had one fog lamp & one grill as did some 340's. Behind the grill was a low intensity gong instead of siren for late night use in the city.

[Orlando St.R]

There's an article in the January 2019 edition of Classic & Sportscar on Ernie Jupp's ex-police cars, including the S-type I sat in at the NEC, photos of which appear above.

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[Jose]

in action

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[Orlando St.R]

Interestingly, this car appears in numerous films and TV dramas of the period, sometimes with registration plate BHE884G and sometimes in white. See post from dsl on IMCDB here: https://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_514767-Jaguar-S-Type.html. I'd guess it was probably owned by a company that hired out police cars to production companies, eg Joe Wadham's Nine Nine Cars.

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[David Reilly]

'S'-type police cars have appeared in many many films. You can read about (and see some scenes from those I have reviewed in the Enclosures to Newsletters Vol 7, Nos 3 & 4 in the Newsletter Archives.
Cheers
David

[Jose]

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[Orlando St.R]

There's more on Police S-types in the latest April/May 2019 Classic Jaguar Magazine.

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