Car story
OKD 697F
1968 · Morris Mini Cooper S MkII
ProbableA former-owner account records restoration in the 1990s, export to the United States in 2001 and later residence in Seattle.
Vehicle identity
Vehicle record
- Registration
- OKD 697F
- Year
- 1968
- Model
- Morris Mini Cooper S MkII
- Force
- Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary
- Original police colour
- Police White / BMC WT2
- Chassis
- Not yet recorded
- Engine
- Not yet recorded
- Evidence status
- Probable
- Current condition
- Unknown
- Current specification
- Not yet confirmed by owner
- Current colour
- White
History
The story so far
A former owner publicly reported having OKD 697F restored in the mid-1990s, selling it in 2001 to a Florida Keys collector and later learning that it was in Seattle. A legacy ex-police Mini register separately records export to the United States.
Chronology
Recorded milestones
- 1968
The OKD cars
The 1968 fleet is represented in the archive by eleven currently documented OKD F suffix registrations. Evidence varies between individual cars, ranging from registrations positively identified in period photography to records supported by surviving documentation, vehicle history and later research.
Source: Police Mini Liverpool & Bootle Fleet Archive - 2001
Reported export sale
A former owner reports selling OKD 697F in 2001 to a collector in the Florida Keys; it was later reported in Seattle.
Owner reportSource: PistonHeads ↗ - 9 August 2026
Vehicle tax: Untaxed
DVLA records this vehicle as Untaxed. Snapshot recorded from a vehicle enquiry check.
DVLA tax recordSource: DVLA vehicle enquiry
Car-specific evidence
Physical traces and documented details
Equipment and physical details can be added from photographs, records and owner knowledge.
Custodianship
Where it is now
- Condition
- Unknown
- Specification
- Not yet confirmed by owner
- Colour
- White
- Region
Present-day information is welcome from the owner or custodian.
From the custodian
Owner’s story
Photographs
Gallery
No photographs are attached to this car yet.