Car story
KKD 430E
1967 · Austin Mini Cooper S MkI
Unconfirmedprobable identification from period photograph
1967 Liverpool police fleet press line-up
Caption
An elevated 1967 view of Liverpool’s police fleet assembled with Austin Mini Cooper S cars, Ford Anglias, police motorcycles and uniformed officers.
Source & rights
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Vehicle record
- Registration
- KKD 430E
- Year
- 1967
- Model
- Austin Mini Cooper S MkI
- Force
- Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary
- Original police colour
- Police White / BMC WT2
- Chassis
- Not yet recorded
- Engine
- Not yet recorded
- Evidence status
- Unconfirmed
- Current condition
- Unknown
- Current specification
- Current colour
History
The story so far
Chronology
Recorded milestones
- 1967
The KKD cars
The earliest 1967 group currently represented in the archive carries KKD E suffix registrations. Six cars are presently documented. Each is included according to the surviving photographic, documentary or ownership evidence currently available.
Source: Police Mini Liverpool & Bootle Fleet Archive - 1967
KKD Fleet within press line up
An elevated period photograph records the wider Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary fleet in 1967, with Austin Mini Cooper S cars appearing alongside Ford Anglias, police motorcycles and uniformed officers. The image places the early Police Minis within the broader operational fleet of the period.
Source photograph1967 Liverpool police fleet press line-upPeriod photograph · Open photograph →
Period photograph1967 Liverpool police fleet press line-up
Caption
An elevated 1967 view of Liverpool’s police fleet assembled with Austin Mini Cooper S cars, Ford Anglias, police motorcycles and uniformed officers.
Commentary
A remarkable overhead portrait of the wider Liverpool police vehicle fleet in 1967. Austin Mini Cooper S cars form a major part of the formation, alongside Ford Anglia police cars, rows of police motorcycles and uniformed officers. The elevated viewpoint provides an unusually useful comparison of the different vehicle types and their roof mounted equipment. Two of the nearest front facing Minis appear to carry registrations KKD 442E and KKD 430E, although the resolution of the surviving image means these readings should presently be treated as probable rather than confirmed.
Linked recordsCar · KKD 430ECar · KKD 442ECar portrait · KKD 430ECar portrait · KKD 442ETimeline · 1967 — KKD Fleet within press line upSource & rights
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Car-specific evidence
Physical traces and documented details
Custodianship
Where it is now
- Condition
- Unknown
- Specification
- Colour
- Region
From the custodian
Owner’s story
Photographs
Gallery
1967 Liverpool police fleet press line-up
Caption
An elevated 1967 view of Liverpool’s police fleet assembled with Austin Mini Cooper S cars, Ford Anglias, police motorcycles and uniformed officers.
Commentary
A remarkable overhead portrait of the wider Liverpool police vehicle fleet in 1967. Austin Mini Cooper S cars form a major part of the formation, alongside Ford Anglia police cars, rows of police motorcycles and uniformed officers. The elevated viewpoint provides an unusually useful comparison of the different vehicle types and their roof mounted equipment. Two of the nearest front facing Minis appear to carry registrations KKD 442E and KKD 430E, although the resolution of the surviving image means these readings should presently be treated as probable rather than confirmed.
Source & rights
Rights / permissionLiverpool City Police
Open original source ↗
Commentary
A remarkable overhead portrait of the wider Liverpool police vehicle fleet in 1967. Austin Mini Cooper S cars form a major part of the formation, alongside Ford Anglia police cars, rows of police motorcycles and uniformed officers. The elevated viewpoint provides an unusually useful comparison of the different vehicle types and their roof mounted equipment. Two of the nearest front facing Minis appear to carry registrations KKD 442E and KKD 430E, although the resolution of the surviving image means these readings should presently be treated as probable rather than confirmed.