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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: malcy_p on 01 July 2012, 18:18:05
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Evening!
Having just found http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HYo7AUsmE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HYo7AUsmE) on YT, and discovered 1:18 in that the black 3.2 Omega in the chase is *my* black 3.2 Omega :o , I was wondering if anyone knows the show this clip is from?
Perhaps there are some more shots of my car *not* being crashed and mechanically destroyed?? :-\
/malc.
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Guessing it will be Road Wars :-\
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Guessing it will be Road Wars :-\
yep. :)
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Yes will be Road Wars........... Being an ex TVP Officer, I can verify it :D :y
I've got most episodes on my Sky box ::)
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Yes will be Road Wars........... Being an ex TVP Officer, I can verify it :D :y
I've got most episodes on my Sky box ::)
Do you remember OU03UYD - a black 3.2?
Do you know which season/s of RW had the Omegas in??
Ta! :)
/m.
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I remember the vehicle and who used to crew it ( Officer names and crew numbers ) but can't remember exactly how many series this vehicle featured in. From memory, the majority of Road Wars episodes featured the Omega from 2002 - 2007 I think.
PM Josh Wyatt as I believe he has a lot of dealings with ex TVP Omegas and may be able to help you further :y
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wasnt this the one they stook a batman symbol on the bootlid and a police woman from the series was washing it once at the station and said something like,this is our batmobile!! i know it was a black omega so may have been this one,it was featured quite a bit i recall. nice to know its survived its hard life with the force.
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wasnt this the one they stook a batman symbol on the bootlid and a police woman from the series was washing it once at the station and said something like,this is our batmobile!! i know it was a black omega so may have been this one,it was featured quite a bit i recall. nice to know its survived its hard life with the force.
Interesting...! :) I've had a few TVP Omegas; N673OJO (3.0l saloon) & W546MUD (3.0l saloon) have gone to the great scrap yard in the sky. I still have W258HBW (3.0l estate) and OU03UYD (3.2l saloon).
Also had a couple of Lincolnshire Constabulary cars - X86HVL (3.0l saloon) and X46HFE (3.0l estate) plus a Wilts Police red 3.0l saloon W576RMW
Some photos here... http://malcp.com/cars.htm (http://malcp.com/cars.htm)
/malc.
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Evening!
Having just found http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HYo7AUsmE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HYo7AUsmE) on YT, and discovered 1:18 in that the black 3.2 Omega in the chase is *my* black 3.2 Omega :o , I was wondering if anyone knows the show this clip is from?
Perhaps there are some more shots of my car *not* being crashed and mechanically destroyed?? :-\
/malc.
Or kicked on the rear wing in frustration :(
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I own two TVP Omega's, OV03 LJL which is a black 3.2 saloon, which was registered GM03 HYU in Road Wars as driven by 'Rosie' and 'Daz', this was the one with the batman sticker on the back.
The other is OV03 LHY which is a white estate.
There a few Road Wars Omega's out there going strong :y
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nice to hear that.They wernt all killed catching crims.wonder if the force prefers the vectra or not they were replaced with? personally think you cant beat rear drive as much as i like the powerfull 2.8 turbo veccy.
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Evening!
Having just found http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HYo7AUsmE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8HYo7AUsmE) on YT, and discovered 1:18 in that the black 3.2 Omega in the chase is *my* black 3.2 Omega :o , I was wondering if anyone knows the show this clip is from?
Perhaps there are some more shots of my car *not* being crashed and mechanically destroyed?? :-\
/malc.
Hello Malc , Don here from the old Manta days ........
Nice to see your still driving the Omegas , are all the white ones gone ?
:y
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Is there a reason for the police to use mainly vauxhall cars , maybe a price issue or have say ford not any decent performance cars that are suitable/reliable :-\ Cant think of any performance ford in the showrooms at the minute off top of head that would be suitable :)
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focus st unmarked i know the force like,few of em in devon with the force as unmarked traffic cars
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One of mine is ex TVP, OV03 LJN, Silver, fairly sure I seen it on Road Wars, but the Reg No. gets covered up.
Maybe we should organise a Ex Plod meet between us or least get some Pics together for the Gallery Section before they all end at the breakers.
Chris. ;)
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Hello Malc , Don here from the old Manta days ........
Nice to see your still driving the Omegas , are all the white ones gone ?
:y
Mr Mavor, is that you?? :)
I still have the TVP armed response white estate, 152k miles and still going strong. Fitted her out with black leather a month or so back so I'm intending to keep her running for a few more miles yet!
Soon be 13 years of driving Omegas - no idea what I'll move on to next... I still think the Omega (saloon or estate) is a damn handsome car!
/m.
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focus st unmarked i know the force like,few of em in devon with the force as unmarked traffic cars
more than a few unmarked ones here...they patrol the A/M 2 the M 20 and the bottom section of the M 25 (jcts 2 to 8)... :y
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There's a grey ex-TVP one on Ebay at the moment. Was tempted, but my neighbours would think I've had a bump on the head, having two identical cars...
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Road Wars pal, see em all :y
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Gastro have you got a link to the Omega on ebay, can't seem to find it ;D ::)
Cheers Paul :y
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Gastro have you got a link to the Omega on ebay, can't seem to find it ;D ::)
Cheers Paul :y
This one maybe?, finished OVO3 LHZ
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=110905984843&nma=true&rt=nc&si=J2UY8bsPlLDKcVL1junSmVlO%252FBQ%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_946wt_932
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Gastro have you got a link to the Omega on ebay, can't seem to find it ;D ::)
Cheers Paul :y
This one maybe?, finished OVO3 LHZ
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=110905984843&nma=true&rt=nc&si=J2UY8bsPlLDKcVL1junSmVlO%252FBQ%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_946wt_932
It used to wear the plate VE03 WVN when first in service, and was featured on RW.
It's the sister car to my white estate :y
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Gastro have you got a link to the Omega on ebay, can't seem to find it ;D ::)
Cheers Paul :y
This one maybe?, finished OVO3 LHZ
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=110905984843&nma=true&rt=nc&si=J2UY8bsPlLDKcVL1junSmVlO%252FBQ%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_946wt_932
It used to wear the plate VE03 WVN when first in service, and was featured on RW.
It's the sister car to my white estate :y
Why would they change the Reg Josh?
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Gastro have you got a link to the Omega on ebay, can't seem to find it ;D ::)
Cheers Paul :y
This one maybe?, finished OVO3 LHZ
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=110905984843&nma=true&rt=nc&si=J2UY8bsPlLDKcVL1junSmVlO%252FBQ%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_946wt_932
It used to wear the plate VE03 WVN when first in service, and was featured on RW.
It's the sister car to my white estate :y
Why would they change the Reg Josh?
A few of them wore 'ghost' plates to disguise them;
For example my black 3.2 used to be GM03 HYU and the blue Vectra seen on there that wore LW05 AET is actually OU05 EN*
KF52 NDX was another ghost reg for an Omega. They reverted back to the STD registration assigned to them when they were new either later in service, or when disposed of.
Yours always wore it's original registration, I've got a copy of it's service history and now a little about its life now. I'll stick it in the post to you :y
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Josh I remember the KF reg Omega which was used mainly by Yorkie and Dixie ;D
Always saw it around Reading and Bracknell where I was posted ;D
Thanks for the info Josh............
Paul :y
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I also have an ex-TVP Armed car, OY53 URM...
Still going strong! :y
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I'm feeling a little left out here :( both of mine are ex Met,anyone else owning ex Met cars out there? :y
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Gastro have you got a link to the Omega on ebay, can't seem to find it ;D ::)
Cheers Paul :y
This one maybe?, finished OVO3 LHZ
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=110905984843&nma=true&rt=nc&si=J2UY8bsPlLDKcVL1junSmVlO%252FBQ%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_946wt_932
Anyone else appreciate that it has been turned right round at twice the price http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vauxhall-Omega-3-2i-24V-V6-POLICE-SPECIAL-SALOON-MANUAL-RWD-LONG-MOT-TAXED-/160834009581?_trksid=p4340.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222001%26algo%3DSIC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D11%26meid%3D351780806869961912%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D1005%26rk%3D1%26
But at least now it includes a free sat nav and is priced to clear ::)
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The other is OV03 LHY which is a white estate.
Greetings - Newbie here! Just spotted this thread and had a read... I used to drive LHY when i was TraffPol at Taplow! Was the only estate we had and spent most of its time as the Motorway car as we could stuff the boot with kit! Out of all the marked cars it had the easiest life as its obviously not that nimble round town, so didn't get ragged about too much. In fact most of us hated driving it so it spend alot of time sat in the back yard having a rest :y Only got stuffed once if i recall - You know the bit on the beginning of Road Wars intro sequence when the Police car gets rammed head on by an old Tipper Transit, taken from an in car view - yea, thats your car :o
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Has this been re-listed today or something? Just seen the ad and thought it sold a few days ago at half the price ::)
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The other is OV03 LHY which is a white estate.
Greetings - Newbie here! Just spotted this thread and had a read... I used to drive LHY when i was TraffPol at Taplow! Was the only estate we had and spent most of its time as the Motorway car as we could stuff the boot with kit! Out of all the marked cars it had the easiest life as its obviously not that nimble round town, so didn't get ragged about too much. In fact most of us hated driving it so it spend alot of time sat in the back yard having a rest :y Only got stuffed once if i recall - You know the bit on the beginning of Road Wars intro sequence when the Police car gets rammed head on by an old Tipper Transit, taken from an in car view - yea, thats your car :o
Firstly, welcome to OOF :y
Thank you for posting, I've been interested in LHY's history.
I've actually been speaking with Sgt Welham from the CC's office about this vehicle, it is in the process of being restored back to its 'in-service' state. I'm a member of PVEC, and there are a few Omega's on there.
I'd be interested if you could remember it's dash layout and where the switch panel was? I now know it obviously was 'Video Equipped' as it filmed itself being front ended ;D
When it's complete, you'd be more than welcome to take it for a drive :y
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Gastro have you got a link to the Omega on ebay, can't seem to find it ;D ::)
Cheers Paul :y
This one maybe?, finished OVO3 LHZ
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=110905984843&nma=true&rt=nc&si=J2UY8bsPlLDKcVL1junSmVlO%252FBQ%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_946wt_932
It used to wear the plate VE03 WVN when first in service, and was featured on RW.
It's the sister car to my white estate :y
Why would they change the Reg Josh?
A few of them wore 'ghost' plates to disguise them;
For example my black 3.2 used to be GM03 HYU and the blue Vectra seen on there that wore LW05 AET is actually OU05 EN*
KF52 NDX was another ghost reg for an Omega. They reverted back to the STD registration assigned to them when they were new either later in service, or when disposed of.
Yours always wore it's original registration, I've got a copy of it's service history and now a little about its life now. I'll stick it in the post to you :y
Thanks a lot for that Josh, reminds me I need to reply to a pm from you re paint codes, I do that when Im back later.
Chris. :y
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just spotted GM03 HYU on roadwars pick tv ;)
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Gastro have you got a link to the Omega on ebay, can't seem to find it ;D ::)
Cheers Paul :y
This one maybe?, finished OVO3 LHZ
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&item=110905984843&nma=true&rt=nc&si=J2UY8bsPlLDKcVL1junSmVlO%252FBQ%253D&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc#ht_946wt_932
It used to wear the plate VE03 WVN when first in service, and was featured on RW.
It's the sister car to my white estate :y
Why would they change the Reg Josh?
A few of them wore 'ghost' plates to disguise them;
For example my black 3.2 used to be GM03 HYU and the blue Vectra seen on there that wore LW05 AET is actually OU05 EN*
KF52 NDX was another ghost reg for an Omega. They reverted back to the STD registration assigned to them when they were new either later in service, or when disposed of.
Yours always wore it's original registration, I've got a copy of it's service history and now a little about its life now. I'll stick it in the post to you :y
Just had another read through this thread, Josh would you have any history on my TVP Estate? OY53 URM