TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev)

[jack_fc]

probably still in India; also in nappies...  ;)

and how about the bow tie on the taxi driver?!!

Cool pic, Dave; thanks  :)

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Where were the Indian cab drivers those days???

In India! The guy leaning on the car is most likely an immigrant anyway, I'm not sure about anywhere else but in Adelaide the '70s and '80s Taxi Stereotypes were Greek, Italian or other European and my Uncle was one of them. Beaded seat covers hadn't been invented but there were often Rosary Beads hanging from the rear view mirror with the air-freshener.

[fe350chev]

I work with 4 indians out of a team of 6 and I am always hanging shit on them about their driving. Now some of them cant go back there and drive cos they are too soft with our road rules and they freak out now when driving over there cos anything goes.

[customFC]

Sutherland area.

Regards
Alex

[customFC]

Perth WA.
Regards
Alex

[fe350chev]

Thanks alex

[fc_ute]

This one is kinda different

i built that one about 17 years ago

[Hewart]

Just re-stumbled upon an old image I put together a few years ago with some Holden taxis....



Cheers, Les....

[Hewart]

... and another one - Floods at Harold Park, Glebe, 30 October 1959



Cheers, Les....

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

Some beauties in there Les ... How's the Cop-Top FC ???

[fe350chev]

I was talking to an older guy today. He said in Adelaide when he was arrested in 1960 and put in a cop car the same year, it was an FC with a taxi rail in the back in the cop cat and it was white and he was handcuffed to it. I thought he was pulling my leg but he wasn't.

That taxi is cool FE ute! Never seen that colour scheme.

He I found an old becks packet in the ute in an obscure place under the glovebox compartment insert. It had powder so I thought it might be cocaine until my mum told me it was a powder  :D :D :D

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

Here's a streetfull ... looks to be in Adelaide ...

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

Humpy Cabs in Hamilton , Victoria ...

[fe350chev]

One of those would have to be mine. The only place it worked was in Adelaide city. The old Sheila told me so.

[fe350chev]

Do all of those have black roofs do ya think or some white.

[Stewy]

I think by the U reg on the front taxi, and the Tricolour one it is probably Perth or W.A.

(much to busy for adelaide in the 60s)  :D

Cheers Stewy   8)

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

I think you could be right Stewy ...

[fe350chev]

I thought that too because swan cabs very similar  ???

[Dave Lakin (Davo Lako)]

Yellow Cab in Qld ... resto ??? ... Any info Queenslanders ??

[Royal]

  Hi  Dave  This car comes from Toowoomba and is basicly as it came of the rank years ago, the owner has a couple of other old cabs as well.  Did you notice the front gaurd spears aer on upside down?   Roy