130mph Police Speedometer, with no kilometer markings.
The zip in the headlining is not applicable to OKD cars, but I found two BMC zips on ebay and have put one in the car for ease of replacing the roofbox. As a rule, zips only applied to cars on G plates and newer (or late ’68 onwards).
Acorn blue light recessed into box
POLICE’ lettering on sides of doors is magnetic and made of a special material, although on the original cars these were painted on.
Pye Westminster Radio
698F radio set and telephone - 2010 Unknown Officer, MkI Cooper, 1960's.
As you can see from the above picture on the right taken in the 60's, the telephone was set on the upper dash rail onto a piece of wood, so that it didn't foul the lower rail. No expense spared here then! The head unit was hard wired to the control box in the boot
- Paint code is monotone BMC WT2, or ‘fridge white’
- No vinyl on upper dash rail
- No ashtrays in rear
- Cars were fitted with alternators
Grease nipple shrouds appear, although these were deleted in October '67
Single off side door mirror
- Clear glass indicator lenses
- Single off side towing eye hook
- Spare wheel retaining bracket exists, although deleted in Feb '68, build month for the fleet
CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES
698 has articles in these Mini Cooper Register magazines
3 x Wooden Truncheons, Motorola radio belt holder, mace holder, LION Alcometer, compass
Pre-dating the LION Alcometer, the 2 original ALCOLYSER breath test units below come direct from the company that manufactured them, in Wales, and would have been used by officers carrying out their duties in this car
