2024 sale record, matching-numbers claim and surviving physical evidence.
Source: Iconic Auctioneers ↗Car story
SKD 200G
1969 · Austin Mini Cooper 1275 S MkII
Strong surviving identity; service chronology incompleteA matching-numbers surviving MkII Cooper S described in auction material as the first of Liverpool’s SKD-numbered group.
Vehicle identity
Vehicle record
- Registration
- SKD 200G
- Year
- 1969
- Model
- Austin Mini Cooper 1275 S MkII
- Force
- Liverpool & Bootle Constabulary
- Original police colour
- Police white; later Snowberry White with black roof
- Chassis
- CA25B1238288
- Engine
- 9FXEY52513
- Evidence status
- Strong surviving identity; service chronology incomplete
- Current condition
- Not yet confirmed by owner
- Current specification
- Not yet confirmed by owner
- Current colour
- Police white; later Snowberry White with black roof
History
The story so far
Auction descriptions identify SKD 200G as an ex-Liverpool & Bootle Police Cooper S associated with Knotty Ash in 1969 and as the first registration in an SKD-numbered batch. The Heritage Certificate, chassis and engine numbers were reported with the car. The public sources do not yet provide a complete station log, incident history or disposal date. The engine and gearbox were comprehensively rebuilt in 2022, and the car was offered at auction in 2022 and again in 2024.
2022 sale preview reporting Knotty Ash use, batch position and decommissioning traces.
Source: Mike Brewer Motoring ↗Chronology
Recorded milestones
- 1969
Liverpool police allocation reported
Auction material identifies it as the first of an approximately twenty-car SKD-numbered series.
Reported - 2022
Engine rebuild and auction offering
The original strengthened block is described as rebuilt at first oversize with an EN40B crankshaft.
Seller documentation - 2024
Stoneleigh sale record
A later auction page is marked sold, although the accessible public record does not reveal the transaction detail.
Public sale record
Car-specific evidence
Physical traces and documented details
This surviving shell is reported to retain physical traces of the roof warning-box aperture and dashboard-shelf radio mountings. Those traces are registration-specific evidence; alternator and radio arrangements are described separately as fleet equipment.
DocumentedReportedPhysical evidenceOwner information
Custodianship
Where it is now
- Condition
- Not yet confirmed by owner
- Specification
- Not yet confirmed by owner
- Colour
- Police white; later Snowberry White with black roof
- Region
- United Kingdom; current region unconfirmed
Sold through Iconic Auctioneers at Stoneleigh in September 2024. Current custodian and exact location are not publicly confirmed.
Last publicly verified: September 2024From the custodian
Owner’s story
Its ownership following the 2024 sale has not been publicly documented.
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In the Wild
SKD 200G sold at Stoneleigh
Iconic Auctioneers offered the ex-Liverpool Police Mini Cooper S at the 2024 Stoneleigh sale.
Source: Iconic Auctioneers ↗SKD 200G offered at Classic Car Auctions
The 2022 preview reports Knotty Ash use, matching-numbers status and surviving decommissioning traces.
Source: Mike Brewer Motoring ↗Stories
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