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Oct 18, 2022 20:52:24 GMT
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The morris was replaced in 1978 when Len got a 1978 escort van and i bet he was happy with the upgrade as the austin would have been so dated by then. Len left the dog section after 17 years of service and joined CID until he retired in 1989  |
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Last Edit: Oct 18, 2022 21:24:15 GMT by oskar22211
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Oct 18, 2022 20:52:53 GMT
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Here is a picture of the rear of a similar Essex dog unit  |
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Oct 18, 2022 20:53:21 GMT
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i got sent an interesting article about the Essex dog units  |
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Oct 18, 2022 20:54:15 GMT
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Oct 18, 2022 20:54:39 GMT
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I had an email from Michael at the Essex record office he managed to find a photo of SVX in service from a file in Lens Records   |
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Last Edit: Oct 18, 2022 21:26:24 GMT by oskar22211
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Oct 18, 2022 20:55:42 GMT
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I had started collecting the correct police parts now as i had decided to put the van back to police spec this was my 1st purchase an Eismann beacon  |
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Oct 18, 2022 20:56:19 GMT
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Then the correct Pye Westminster radio and speaker  |
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Oct 18, 2022 20:56:30 GMT
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Followed by the two tones  |
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Last Edit: Oct 18, 2022 20:57:16 GMT by oskar22211
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Oct 18, 2022 20:57:53 GMT
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Reproduction magnetic signs  |
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Oct 18, 2022 20:59:00 GMT
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Light up sign  |
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Oct 18, 2022 20:59:20 GMT
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Correct lucas spotlights  |
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Oct 18, 2022 21:00:02 GMT
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Quick mockup before the strip down for restoration  |
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Oct 18, 2022 21:00:29 GMT
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I had a message from PC 977 Len Terry who remembered the van was called .... FOXTROT ZULU 2 .... wow this is great
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Oct 18, 2022 21:00:42 GMT
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I had a great message about decoding FOXTROT ZULU 2.
Essex police vehicle radio call signs were made up of a combination of 2 letters and 2 numbers.
The first letter would identify the home division the vehicle belonged in.
The 2nd would identify what type of resource the vehicle was and then the numbers would identify it more.
So FZ02 was a Grays (F= Grays B= Basildon, H= Southend, C= Chelmsford, E= Colchester, G=Harlow)
Then for the 2nd letter Z= dog unit, A= area car, C= CID, K= personnel carrier.
3rd & 4th digits can be used to differentiate between two vehicles of the same type. (The 1st digit was also used to identify the vehicles home station).
There were 2 dog vans per division at that time so Grays would’ve been covered by FZ02 & FZ03
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Oct 18, 2022 21:01:33 GMT
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So the strip down starts there have been many bodges over the years that need correcting 1st the gearbox tunnel  |
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Oct 18, 2022 21:02:18 GMT
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removed  |
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Oct 18, 2022 21:03:04 GMT
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Trial fitting the replacement tunnel  |
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Oct 18, 2022 21:03:42 GMT
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Bodged up inner wings will need replacing  |
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Oct 18, 2022 21:04:38 GMT
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Someone was definatly welder happy lol more cutting to be done   |
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Oct 18, 2022 21:05:27 GMT
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So here it sits now I will keep updates coming   |
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