| Set features model numbers VA10702, VA10703, VA10704. Until the seventies Lancashire Constabulary probably had the biggest Police fleet of MGs. They used a large number of MGA 1600s, followed by the MGBs, MGCs and MGB GTs. They employed more than sixty MGBs, of which forty were finished in white and the remainder in black. Standard level drivers used the black cars whilst the white cars were reserved for advanced drivers. At this time it was almost impossible for female officers to get on the advanced course and therefore most of them were confined to driving the black cars, giving rise to the myth that the cars were deliberately painted this way to separate the sexes. A couple of the white cars were later repainted with the lower half of the body finished in bright orange to help make the cars stand out in adverse weather conditions. Both the white cars, and later the orange cars, were used to patrol the new Preston by-pass (Britain's first stretch of motorway) and the motorways that followed. Lancashire police even used MGBs in their driving display team. |
