1970s Motorway Fleet
Vehicles of the Greater Manchester Police motorway fleet from the mid 1970s.
The iconic police Range Rover is flanked by a Ford Granada estate and a Ford Transit van.
The impressive police sign and blue light atop the vehicles may have been very eye-catching, but were sadly not very aerodynamic and known to reduce the vehicles top speed by several miles per hour.
The Range Rover and the Ford Capri are perhaps the best-remembered Greater Manchester Police vehicles of the era.
For more of our collection of Historic Police Vehicles.
Today, Greater Manchester Police patrol one of the largest and busiest motorway networks of any UK police Force.
From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.
1970s Motorway Fleet
Vehicles of the Greater Manchester Police motorway fleet from the mid 1970s.
The iconic police Range Rover is flanked by a Ford Granada estate and a Ford Transit van.
The impressive police sign and blue light atop the vehicles may have been very eye-catching, but were sadly not very aerodynamic and known to reduce the vehicles top speed by several miles per hour.
The Range Rover and the Ford Capri are perhaps the best-remembered Greater Manchester Police vehicles of the era.
For more of our collection of Historic Police Vehicles.
Today, Greater Manchester Police patrol one of the largest and busiest motorway networks of any UK police Force.
From the collection of the Greater Manchester Police Museum and Archives.
To find out more about Greater Manchester Police please visit our website.
You should call 101, the new national non-emergency number, to report crime and other concerns that do not require an emergency response.
Always call 999 in an emergency, such as when a crime is in progress, violence is being used or threatened or where there is danger to life.
You can also call anonymously with information about crime to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity who will not want your name, just your information. Your call will not be traced or recorded and you do not have to go to court or give a statement.