
Sold for £3,520 at Classic Car Auctions Leamington Spa last week end.
Regards Neil
Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur wrote: 07 Dec 2018, 22:15 really nice to see the contrast between it and the Moderns in the background; surprising to see how little it appears to have in common with them
on a lighter note and with sympathies also Gibbo, I wonder if Rootes Group (was it Rootes initially?) tried one before development of the Chrysler Alpine/Solara. I never drove a R10, but that's a good description of the Alpine 'box.
Pug_XUD_KeenAmateur wrote: 08 Dec 2018, 22:28on a lighter note and with sympathies also Gibbo, I wonder if Rootes Group (was it Rootes initially?) tried one before development of the Chrysler Alpine/Solara. I never drove a R10, but that's a good description of the Alpine 'box.
NewcastleFalcon wrote: 15 Dec 2018, 20:38 Baron's Sale Results in for their 11th December Sale.
Could have had your very own Ex Scotland Yard Panda car for £5,500![]()
https://www.glenmarch.com/auctions/resu ... limit=9999
van ordinaire wrote: 18 Dec 2018, 22:01 Oh yes, just noticed the 1/2-white roof! My recollection of panda cars was that they just had contrasting colour doors. In fact I'm sure there was one force which used Imps, they ordered equal numbers of 2 colours (fawn & yellow?) - & simply swapped the doors over.
Regards Neilhttp://www.imps4ever.info/misc/police.html
News and views : Loch Lomond Imps. - Autocar 1967, June 15
In the sixties the police motorcycles previously utilised by Dunbartonshire Police Force for escort duty were replaced by two standard Hillman Imp Police Cars, one was blue and the other was white in colour. The chief mechanic then decided to swap the respective doors, boot lids and engine covers of both cars to form a 'panda effect'. Both cars were used along the scenic A82 Loch Lomondshire road as basic escorts, using a leap frogging system of one imp going ahead of the other and stopping oncoming traffic where the roads were sufficiently narrowed. Their high profile appearance soon made them a tourist attraction at every rest stop with the subsequent nickname of Pinky and Perky attributed by police and public alike.