240 General: - Better than a panda!

146ken · Feb 10th, 2007, 21:22

Hi
I grew up thinking that all police cars were volvos, this article probably explains it.

http://www.hants.gov.uk/hchs/240.html

(If someone can explain to me how to insert links then this might be easier all round)

146ken · Feb 10th, 2007, 21:24

obviously these things are easier than I thought, it worked anyway. now I need to work why my pictures read sigpic:sigpic rather than being visions of volvo lovelyness.

Erling · Feb 10th, 2007, 23:05

Yup, Volvos have always been very popular as policecars in my neck of the woods too:

Velorum · Feb 10th, 2007, 23:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Erling

Yup, Volvos have always been very popular as policecars in my neck of the woods too:

Love it.

Image saved onto my PC!

The Mad Taff · Feb 11th, 2007, 00:09

They started to change to Sierra's very shortly before I joined in '92. All you heard for the next few years was "Why did they stop making them Volvo's!!!" lol

CTCNetwork · Feb 11th, 2007, 02:30

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by 146ken

obviously these things are easier than I thought, it worked anyway. now I need to work why my pictures read sigpic:sigpic rather than being visions of volvo lovelyness.

the sigpic code does not work here.
You need to link to an image that is hosted somewhere and use the image bbcode tags to link to it..

Des. . .

Jona76 · Feb 11th, 2007, 12:16

That's my Ex-Hampshire T5 when it was used in the force - well not exactly 'mine' - it was a year younger but exactly the same model.

Clifford Pope · Feb 12th, 2007, 11:16

I thought they used Wolseleys - black with large chrome bells on the front?

93240se · Feb 12th, 2007, 22:43

Erling, nice photo. Did the Norwegian police cars have the same boot lid handle as your own car?, the ones the Swedish police used for handcuffing drunks to ( so you told us when we were in Stavanger ! )

Regards, Richard.

Erling · Feb 13th, 2007, 07:08

They sure did, Richard. "The drunkard handle" was a standard item for the police 240s. I bet the older policemen miss them on the newer cars! Here's mine; an original accessory rarely seen on civilian cars:

Feb 10th, 2007, 21:22	#1
146ken VOC Member Last Online: Jul 16th, 2022 19:08 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Exeter View Photos By: 146ken	Better than a panda! Hi I grew up thinking that all police cars were volvos, this article probably explains it. http://www.hants.gov.uk/hchs/240.html (If someone can explain to me how to insert links then this might be easier all round)

Feb 10th, 2007, 23:05	#3
Erling VOC member Last Online: May 8th, 2007 20:15 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Stavanger	Yup, Volvos have always been very popular as policecars in my neck of the woods too: __________________ The older I get, the better I used to be.

Feb 13th, 2007, 07:08	#10
Erling VOC member Last Online: May 8th, 2007 20:15 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Stavanger	They sure did, Richard. "The drunkard handle" was a standard item for the police 240s. I bet the older policemen miss them on the newer cars! Here's mine; an original accessory rarely seen on civilian cars: __________________ The older I get, the better I used to be.

Feb 10th, 2007, 21:24	#2
146ken VOC Member Last Online: Jul 16th, 2022 19:08 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Exeter View Photos By: 146ken	obviously these things are easier than I thought, it worked anyway. now I need to work why my pictures read sigpic:sigpic rather than being visions of volvo lovelyness.

Feb 11th, 2007, 00:09	#5
The Mad Taff VOC Member Last Online: Feb 10th, 2015 09:48 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bishops Waltham	They started to change to Sierra's very shortly before I joined in '92. All you heard for the next few years was "Why did they stop making them Volvo's!!!" lol

Feb 12th, 2007, 11:16	#8
Clifford Pope Not an expert but ... Last Online: Yesterday 12:45 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Boncath	I thought they used Wolseleys - black with large chrome bells on the front?

Feb 12th, 2007, 22:43	#9
93240se VOC Member 3801 Last Online: Today 08:50 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Castle Douglas	Erling, nice photo. Did the Norwegian police cars have the same boot lid handle as your own car?, the ones the Swedish police used for handcuffing drunks to ( so you told us when we were in Stavanger ! ) Regards, Richard.

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