Finding out NSW XD Police car inservice history

taylod1 · 23-06-2013, 07:53 PM

Does any body know some one, who knows some one, who knows where to find out, what type of service my NSW Ford XD 5.8 was used for.
Hope I explained my self here, sounds like double d double Dutch.

XB GS 351 Coupe · 23-06-2013, 09:35 PM

XD 5.8 I would say highway patrol car.

The owners/service manual should give you an idea where it was serviced/worked on so would give you an idea where it was stationed/used when in service.

taylod1 · 23-06-2013, 10:04 PM

Bought the car from car yard in 1981, who picked it up at police auction, no owners/service books came with it. They must have Souvenired them.

xxx000 · 24-06-2013, 04:32 AM

police records don't go back that far to assist you

if you're lucky there might still be the disc with the cars serial # on the lh a pillar inside the door jamb but that's it

plus autos were generally metro cars, manuals country cars

66GT · 24-06-2013, 05:34 AM

Hey xxx000 the disc with serial no. would that be approx. 20 cent size, brass with 4 digit no. on one side & car's original rego on the other? My XC ex NSW HWP has this & the no. is also hand written on the logbook cover.

I was told the if you pay through (forgotton who - freedom of info?) you can receive the cars service history, repairs, location, etc.

xxx000 · 24-06-2013, 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by 66GT

Hey xxx000 the disc with serial no. would that be approx. 20 cent size, brass with 4 digit no. on one side & car's original rego on the other? My XC ex NSW HWP has this & the no. is also hand written on the logbook cover.

I was told the if you pay through (forgotton who - freedom of info?) you can receive the cars service history, repairs, location, etc.

that's the one

police foi details only go back to mid '80's

66GT · 24-06-2013, 02:37 PM

I did apply for this some years ago, but the idiot who looked at the info
I supplied only used the recent current QLD rego no. & the replacement non original engine no. & amassingly did not find any details of this car in NSW.

GYRKIN GT · 24-06-2013, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by XB GS 351 Coupe

XD 5.8 I would say highway patrol car.

The owners/service manual should give you an idea where it was serviced/worked on so would give you an idea where it was stationed/used when in service.

More than likely a Highway car but definitely not an absolute. There were always a few unmarked 5.8's running around the various squads housed at the old hat factory" in Campbell St. And, they often copped more of a hiding than the marked Highway cars.