Car story
SKD 200G
1969 · Morris Mini Cooper S MkII
Probable Last verified: September 2024A matching-numbers surviving MkII Cooper S described in auction material as the first of Liverpool’s SKD-numbered group.
Vehicle identity
Vehicle record
- Registration
- SKD 200G
- Year
- 1969
- Model
- Morris Mini Cooper S MkII
- Force
- Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary
- Original police colour
- Police White / BMC WT2
- Chassis
- CA25B1238288
- Engine
- 9FXEY52513
- Evidence status
- Probable
- Current condition
- Unknown
- Current specification
- Not yet confirmed by owner
- Current colour
- White
History
The story so far
Auction and Heritage material records SKD 200G as a surviving Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary Cooper S associated with Knotty Ash in 1969 and the first registration in an SKD-numbered group. Later records cover its 2022 mechanical rebuild and auction appearances in 2022 and 2024.
Chronology
Recorded milestones
- 1969
Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary allocation reported
Auction material identifies it as the first of an approximately twenty-car SKD-numbered series.
Reported - 2022
Engine rebuild and auction offering
The original strengthened block is described as rebuilt at first oversize with an EN40B crankshaft.
Seller documentation - 2024
Stoneleigh sale record
A later auction page is marked sold, although the accessible public record does not reveal the transaction detail.
Public sale record - 1969
The SKD cars
The 1969 group currently represented in the archive carries SKD G suffix registrations.
Source: Police Mini Liverpool & Bootle Fleet Archive - 8 August 2026
Vehicle tax: Taxed
DVLA records this vehicle as Taxed. Snapshot recorded from a vehicle enquiry check.
DVLA tax recordSource: DVLA vehicle enquiry
Car-specific evidence
Physical traces and documented details
The surviving shell has been described with traces of the roof warning-box aperture and dashboard-shelf radio mountings, details that help document its police presentation.
Custodianship
Where it is now
- Condition
- Unknown
- Specification
- Not yet confirmed by owner
- Colour
- White
- Region
- United Kingdom; current region unconfirmed
Sold at Stoneleigh in September 2024; the current custodian and exact location remain private.
From the custodian
Owner’s story
Its ownership following the 2024 sale has not been publicly documented.
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