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[damon80]

Hi Folks,

Thought it was time I added a few pics of my ex-plod motor.  She started off life as an unmarked car, and only had around 83k on the clock when I got her 12months ago - but I'm doing a silly amount of miles with work at the mo, hence she's up to 110k now.

53-plate, first registered in Feb 2004 (must be one of the last??)

She may be up for sale in the next couple of months, as we are looking at getting another caravan after a 3-year hiatus from weekend pikey-ing    I couldn't do her the injustice of slapping a tow-hook on her, so have got me feelers out for an LPG'd Jeep.

I could go into quite a lengthy sales-pitch here, but... I won't cos this obviously ain't the "For Sale" section 

What do you think of the ol' girl?




















Cheers to MarkMV6 for the wood trim - looks beltin' if I may say so myself! 







Cheers 

[Ploppy]

Looks fantastic !!!

is it an ex TVP one?

Ploppy
 

[Del Boy]

Love that

[damon80]

Cheers chaps!   

Nope, it's not ex-TVP - it's ex-Wiltshire

[Lizzie_Zoom]

A very nice example indeed!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

[Mikes1670]

Now that is a really clean car and it certainly doesn't show its miles. How did you get it as an ex-police vehicle?

[Andy B]

Recent oil change too! 

[unlucky mark mv6]

Very nice damon,just need the door card inserts now,shame i couldent help you out with them.

[joshwyatt]

That really does look great...the nocturno blue has really come up well. Mine is terribly dull in places, so I'll have to spend ages getting it to look half as good as yours.

[damon80]

A very nice example indeed!! 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)

Cheers Lizzie! 

Now that is a really clean car and it certainly doesn't show its miles. How did you get it as an ex-police vehicle?

Thanks  - got it from a chap in Manchester who deals in ex-police motors.  I bob in to see him every now and again when I'm up that neck of the woods, but he said that mine's the last Omega he'd been able to get hold of - mainly Vectra's and Volvo's now 

Recent oil change too! 

It has indeed - wonder who did it?  :-/ 
Fantastic job you did, so cheers for that Andy! 

Very nice damon,just need the door card inserts now,shame i couldent help you out with them.

You helped more than enough bud    Funnilly enough, I saw some fablon-type stuff in the local ironmongers today - a semi-gloss walnut effect, looked as near as dammit the same as the dash.  Was only a fiver for a roll - might pick some up have a dabble with that on the door cards to see how it looks  :-/

That really does look great...the nocturno blue has really come up well. Mine is terribly dull in places, so I'll have to spend ages getting it to look half as good as yours.

Cheers Josh    Although I'm (obviously!) biased...    - I think Nocturno Blue is one of the better colours for Omega's, they do tend to suit darker coours.  It's a bugger to keep clean though - doesn't half show up the dirt!  My last one (the white one) never showed up dirt half as much as this one!

I wash her with Turtlewax Wash and Wax stuff, and once a month use AutoGlym Super-Resin Polish, then AutoGlym Ultra Deep Shine, then Turtlewax Fast Wax to finish.  In between the monthly polishings, I just use the Fast Wax once I've washed/chamois'd her.

Was quite dubious about how good the Fast Wax stuff would be (it's in a sprayer - spray it onto cloth, then wipe over the panel, then wipe off with clean cloth).  But I'm impressed with it

[Foxycav]

looks fantastic

[FYS]

Not quite the last Omega registered, mines an 04 plate ex-TVP marked car.

The last TVP Omega expired this week, engine failure of some sort, it's a 53 plate and I guess will be sold through West Oxford Motor Auctions (WOMA) soon - end of an era!

Nice car though, did you get rid of it?

[DodgeyDave]

Lovely motor, looks in great condition.

[damon80]

Not quite the last Omega registered, mines an 04 plate ex-TVP marked car.

The last TVP Omega expired this week, engine failure of some sort, it's a 53 plate and I guess will be sold through West Oxford Motor Auctions (WOMA) soon - end of an era!

Nice car though, did you get rid of it?

Is yours the marked one that's up on Pistonheads??

Nope, couldn't bring myself to letting her go!  I sold my last ex-plod (a white un, which FerrariJason on here has got now) to get another motorbike, and regretted it, so then spent ages trying to get another ex-plod.

And cheers for the comments 

[damon80]

Lovely motor, looks in great condition.

Cheers Dave 
It missed it's weekly-wash last week (was away in the motorhome, which is what we settled on to save getting rid of me baby) so it ain't quite as nice looking now, but I've got tomorrow booked-out to sort her, and give her a nice few coats of polish and wax to get her ready for winter.

As an aside - I'm thinking of painting the brake calipers red.  Tacky, or not?  :-/