Model Cars, Bikes, Ships And Planes

This was the perfect getaway car - space for the gang, their equipment and loot, pace for beeting a hasty retrat, and grace for avoiding suspicion. As Bruce Reynolds, the brains behind the Great Train Robbery, put it, "The police at that time would tug thier forlock to a man in a nice car and a decent suit".

It didn't take long for the police to level the playing field and, byy 1963, several forces had begun to use the Mark II themselves. The car was commonly seen patrolling motorways and, as high-speed police work increased, so the look of patrol cars evolved from traditional black to white, bells and sirens, flashing blue beacons and the first 'jam sandwich' livery - all desinged for the highest visibility.