1978 Series III 109 hard top riot van YYX 315T built for South Yorkshire Police public-order duty — dark navy with a mesh guard over the windscreen, blue lamps beside the grille and a bonnet spot lamp — now preserved in the National Emergency Services Museum fleet in Sheffield.
BASE VEHICLESeries III 109″BUILT BYLand Rover (Series III 109-inch hard top)IN SERVICE1978OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONProduction variantLAYOUT4 wheels · 109″
The record
In the late 1970s South Yorkshire Police, like several English forces, ran Series III Land Rover hard tops as public-order vans: tough, simple vehicles that could carry a serial of officers and their shields and take a stoning. YYX 315T, registered in 1978, carries the classic fittings — a hinged mesh guard over the windscreen, blue lamps beside the grille, a spot lamp on the bonnet and POLICE on the hard-top sides — in the force's dark navy. It is preserved by the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield, where ukemergency.co.uk photographed it displayed with a riot-equipped officer, a reminder of the force's role in the 1984–85 miners' strike.
The registry's model is a Series III 109 hard top in navy with the screen mesh, grille blues, bonnet lamp, POLICE lettering, black wheels and plates; in the game it carries the blue-light boost.
Specification
MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Series III 109-inch hard top)
FITTINGSWindscreen mesh guard, grille blue lamps, bonnet spot lamp
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries III
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE109″
CATEGORYSpecial · Police
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Imagery
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Where it was
GB United Kingdom1978–1990 · South Yorkshire Police public order; 1984–85 miners' strike
