Car story
KKD 435E
1967 · Austin Mini Cooper S MkI
ConfirmedKKD 435E in service at Bootle
Caption
Austin Mini Cooper S MkI KKD 435E pictured at Bootle behind a Ford Anglia police car, showing its rear POLICE/STOP roof board and rear quarter aerial.
Vehicle identity
Vehicle record
- Registration
- KKD 435E
- 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
- Confirmed
- 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 435E in police service
A surviving period photograph records KKD 435E in police trim, providing another rare contemporary view of the 1967 KKD cars and their appearance during service.
Source photographKKD 435E in service at BootlePeriod photograph · Open photograph →Period photographKKD 435E in service at Bootle
Caption
Austin Mini Cooper S MkI KKD 435E pictured at Bootle behind a Ford Anglia police car, showing its rear POLICE/STOP roof board and rear quarter aerial.
Commentary
An exceptionally useful period streetscape showing KKD 435E as part of the wider police vehicle fleet rather than in isolation. The Mini is parked behind a Ford Anglia police car beside two uniformed officers and a prominent County Borough of Bootle “DRIVE WITH CARE” sign. KKD 435E’s registration, large side POLICE lettering and rear facing POLICE/STOP roof board are clearly recorded. Of particular interest is the aerial mounted on the drivers side rear quarter above the tail lamp. The same view also shows no second fuel filler on that side, indicating that KKD 435E was photographed here without the twin tank arrangement associated with many Cooper S cars suggesting that 1967 cars were ordered without twin tanks. A route 39 double-decker bus and the surrounding streetscape add further contemporary context to the photograph.
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
KKD 435E in service at Bootle
Caption
Austin Mini Cooper S MkI KKD 435E pictured at Bootle behind a Ford Anglia police car, showing its rear POLICE/STOP roof board and rear quarter aerial.
Commentary
An exceptionally useful period streetscape showing KKD 435E as part of the wider police vehicle fleet rather than in isolation. The Mini is parked behind a Ford Anglia police car beside two uniformed officers and a prominent County Borough of Bootle “DRIVE WITH CARE” sign. KKD 435E’s registration, large side POLICE lettering and rear facing POLICE/STOP roof board are clearly recorded. Of particular interest is the aerial mounted on the drivers side rear quarter above the tail lamp. The same view also shows no second fuel filler on that side, indicating that KKD 435E was photographed here without the twin tank arrangement associated with many Cooper S cars suggesting that 1967 cars were ordered without twin tanks. A route 39 double-decker bus and the surrounding streetscape add further contemporary context to the photograph.
Commentary
An exceptionally useful period streetscape showing KKD 435E as part of the wider police vehicle fleet rather than in isolation. The Mini is parked behind a Ford Anglia police car beside two uniformed officers and a prominent County Borough of Bootle “DRIVE WITH CARE” sign. KKD 435E’s registration, large side POLICE lettering and rear facing POLICE/STOP roof board are clearly recorded. Of particular interest is the aerial mounted on the drivers side rear quarter above the tail lamp. The same view also shows no second fuel filler on that side, indicating that KKD 435E was photographed here without the twin tank arrangement associated with many Cooper S cars suggesting that 1967 cars were ordered without twin tanks. A route 39 double-decker bus and the surrounding streetscape add further contemporary context to the photograph.