Police MGTA

[jddevel]

Was it a feature of the MGTA used by the police to have a lockable glove box? If so anyone know if there were specific items stored in them?

[frenchblatter]

Handcuffs?

[Ray White]

Small time crooks?

[SteveW]

Gloves?

[antijam]

Fox's Glacier Mints?

[Duncan M]

Smokes and anti-freeze

[Steve Simmons]

It's actually an interesting question. I don't know the answer but I'd bet the contents of the glove box would vary from precinct to precinct, assuming there was any "standard" equipment in there. Perhaps MGs On Patrol would say something about this?

[Bill Davis]

Did the TA police car even have a glove box door?

Mike Allison’s ‘Magic of MG’ shows the interior of a prewar police car but it doesn’t specifically say that it is a TA.

Notice the shift knob is not as used on the TA. Might that be an XPAG gearbox making that car a TB?

[Rob Reilly]

Interesting picture. I see they moved the speedometer over to the right and eliminated the tachometer.
My TA does not have a glove box at all.