This Triumph TR4 police car needs a new home

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Retired and restored 1962 roadster is on sale through Petrolicious

When we think about classic British police cars (which we constantly do), we typically picture the old Rover P6 slowly navigating foggy London streets at bicycle speeds. What we don't picture is a Triumph roadster chasing down bank robbers piloting the obligatory British Ford Transit van.

Despite their reputation for using words alone to shame criminals into surrender, Britain's finest have occasionally had to put some pedal to the metal and chase down some baddies. Back in the '60s, if you and your mates nicked some antique shotguns ("That's right, guns that fire shot") and took off in something British Leyland cobbled together from rusty steel left over from the war effort, you might have seen a Triumph TR4 in your rearview mirror.