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Title: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on December 20, 2011, 03:32:08 PM (http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/taxi.jpg)
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on December 20, 2011, 03:34:17 PM TAXI !!!
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/FEtaxiBW.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on December 20, 2011, 03:43:32 PM Okay ... we'll try that again ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/taxi.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on December 21, 2011, 11:20:11 AM Dash ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxidash.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on December 21, 2011, 05:01:51 PM You wouldn't believe how many of my mates in town can't wait to yell out in the main street.... Taxi!!! Most seem to have the dots but mine doesn't. I've seen that pic with the young bloke how cool. I want to get a ute one day too as a service vehicle
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on December 22, 2011, 11:04:01 AM An FC "Blue Top" cab in St.Kilda Road, Melbourne in 1960.
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/scan0004-2.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on December 22, 2011, 12:54:54 PM Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, 1961 ...Yellow Cab ... FB/EK Redtop Cab and a Silvertop ... note the "GT" stripes on the Humpy ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/scan0005-2.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: zl296 on December 22, 2011, 02:20:56 PM a great town back then..... :'(
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on December 22, 2011, 02:29:38 PM It's shit now. Even Adelaide is better now if u like cars
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on December 22, 2011, 03:56:22 PM This one taken on the First of April , Nineteen Fifty Something ... LOL
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/TaxiSydneycabatHarrys.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: GMVAN on December 23, 2011, 08:28:37 AM Dave good try with the one in front of harry,s. What date was it !!!!!!!!
Grubby Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on December 23, 2011, 10:06:59 AM ya tripper!
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on December 23, 2011, 10:25:16 AM This one is kinda different
(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x448/fewithrb40/cooltaxi.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on December 23, 2011, 11:04:48 AM Thanks Deano it's a beauty ... Ha Ha Ya got me with the De Luxe LOL ...
Here's a real one from 1961 in Flinders Street ... Fe Redtops ...Any ideas what company the orange FC and FB's represent ?? ... some Silvertops there too ... (http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/scan0006-2.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on December 23, 2011, 06:17:50 PM I think city cabs
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: zl296 on December 23, 2011, 07:48:17 PM who reckons that photo,was taken saturday arvo....
8) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fcwrangler on December 24, 2011, 10:37:12 AM take a look at the clock, it's 11.30 so it would be saturday morning.
Jim Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: zl296 on December 24, 2011, 11:09:38 AM :D
great observation jim... Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on December 24, 2011, 12:38:05 PM Today I tracked down the 90 odd year old neighbour of the original owner. She gave me the name of the original owners wife who is still alive and in a nursing home. I'll have to try and catch up with her. I'll post some more info on my build page. The car did have dots under window. A lot more info now. The lady said the owner was her neighbour and all her kids used to pile in the taxi and go down to the beach.
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: customFC on December 30, 2011, 06:07:23 PM How about an Adelaide FB painted in black and white.
(http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/71000/B70890_2.jpg) Regards Alex Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on December 31, 2011, 10:47:50 AM Yes I'm pretty sure now that it had the black stripes on the roof like they had with the Fe in the opening day pic on my build page and white around windows and does where the white was but the old lady said they were diamonds. Later when proper signs were used they went to more mundane schemes in acrylic paints and dots replaced with black.
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 18, 2012, 11:27:30 AM Collins Street , Melbourne ... Late 50's ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxicollinsstreet.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: jack_fc on January 18, 2012, 12:36:01 PM Collins Street , Melbourne ... Late 50's ... (http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxicollinsstreet.jpg) Great pics, thanks Dave! (that last one might be very early 60's though; check the FB behind the FE taxi...) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: DN2168 on January 18, 2012, 01:22:34 PM Great pics, thanks Dave! (that last one might be very early 60's though; check the FB behind the FE taxi...) Or the first Wheels spy photo :P Dean. Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 18, 2012, 02:00:34 PM Ha ha fellas ... well spotted ... ya got me !!!
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 18, 2012, 02:06:03 PM Outside Luna Park , St Kilda ... Late 50's OR early 60's ... LOL
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/TaxiLunaparktaxi.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 18, 2012, 02:08:43 PM New FE cab ... ? company ? ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxi1958fe.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: graham_fuller on January 18, 2012, 02:13:04 PM Dave,
Looks like a Deluxe Cab. Cheers, Graham Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 18, 2012, 03:48:25 PM Thanks Graham ... and here is an FC Yellow Cab ... is it one of ours ??
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxifcyello-1.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on January 18, 2012, 06:27:31 PM isnt that the museum one?
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: customFC on January 18, 2012, 10:30:55 PM New FE cab ... ? company ? ... (http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxi1958fe.jpg) Isn't this image from the Christmas in Australia video? How did you export it? Regards Alex Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 19, 2012, 12:30:33 PM Isn't this image from the Christmas in Australia video? How did you export it? Regards Alex Alex ... you are spot on ...again !!! ... pause the video at the desired still ... press "print screen" (which copies image) ... go into "Paint" , "Edit" , "Paste" and "Save as" ... then I crop and adjust in my preferred photo editing program ... Canoncraft ... (My scanner) ... Regards , Dave Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 19, 2012, 12:34:14 PM Hey Deano ... Not FE or FC , but here are a couple of "Tricolour" humpies from Perth ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxiperthtricolourfj.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 19, 2012, 12:37:40 PM ...And whilst on the topic of Humpy Cabs ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Notfeorfctaxi.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on January 19, 2012, 08:57:00 PM Cool bananas
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 20, 2012, 03:19:51 PM Yellow cabs FC Special !!!
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxiyellowfcagain.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on January 23, 2012, 09:41:44 AM WA taxi ... Discussion about the need for someone to invent a steel belted radial ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxifewa.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on January 23, 2012, 04:19:13 PM That's great Dave ;D
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on February 01, 2012, 01:39:00 PM 1960 Checker Cab Co.
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/TaxifcCheckerCab1960.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on February 01, 2012, 08:37:46 PM Where were the Indian cab drivers those days???
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: jack_fc on February 01, 2012, 08:49:14 PM probably still in India; also in nappies... ;) and how about the bow tie on the taxi driver?!! Cool pic, Dave; thanks :) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on February 01, 2012, 11:37:09 PM 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. Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on February 02, 2012, 06:50:12 PM 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.
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: customFC on March 19, 2012, 01:30:19 PM Sutherland area.
(http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a405/WayneXG95/MF001005.jpg) Regards Alex Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: customFC on April 12, 2012, 10:47:39 PM (http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23194038-v)
(http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24163773-v) Perth WA. Regards Alex Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on April 14, 2012, 10:07:29 PM Thanks alex
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fc_ute on April 24, 2012, 12:44:25 AM This one is kinda different i built that one about 17 years ago(http://i1182.photobucket.com/albums/x448/fewithrb40/cooltaxi.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Hewart on April 27, 2012, 01:22:58 AM Just re-stumbled upon an old image I put together a few years ago with some Holden taxis....
(http://s10.postimage.org/8xnkh0qo5/taxi1.jpg) ($2) Cheers, Les.... Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Hewart on April 27, 2012, 01:28:55 AM ... and another one - Floods at Harold Park, Glebe, 30 October 1959
(http://s15.postimage.org/5hv7xlft5/taxipic.jpg) Cheers, Les.... Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on April 27, 2012, 10:32:34 AM Some beauties in there Les ... How's the Cop-Top FC ???
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on April 27, 2012, 10:28:39 PM 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 Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on May 02, 2012, 01:42:22 PM Here's a streetfull ... looks to be in Adelaide ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/FCtaxi2.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on May 02, 2012, 01:50:55 PM Humpy Cabs in Hamilton , Victoria ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/TAXIcuttler-taxi-fleet_hamilton_victoria_bw.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on May 02, 2012, 03:35:32 PM One of those would have to be mine. The only place it worked was in Adelaide city. The old Sheila told me so.
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on May 02, 2012, 03:38:35 PM Do all of those have black roofs do ya think or some white.
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Stewy on May 02, 2012, 04:04:48 PM 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) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on May 02, 2012, 04:47:53 PM I think you could be right Stewy ...
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fe350chev on May 02, 2012, 06:35:54 PM I thought that too because swan cabs very similar ???
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on May 09, 2012, 01:38:52 PM Yellow Cab in Qld ... resto ??? ... Any info Queenslanders ??
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Ytaxiqld.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Royal on May 09, 2012, 02:44:45 PM 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
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on May 09, 2012, 03:07:28 PM Thanks Roy. Ha ha , no I didn't notice ...yeah that's a left hand side spear !!! Wonder what's on the other side ...
Do you know if the other cabs are Holdens ??? How's the new black FC going ?? Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Royal on May 10, 2012, 09:21:15 AM Hi Dave , Other side is the same, have seen the car at a few all holden days and is really is straight off the rank, his other cabs from memory are an eh and a f@#d I think, black one is in peices at the moment just correcting a few things that were not done right E.G. all door bubbers fitted on wrong side and engine is the wrong colour and cleaning underneath , just personalising it a bit . Roy
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on August 01, 2012, 11:04:51 AM A couple more ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/taxicity.jpg) (http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/taxigeorgest.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on August 01, 2012, 01:29:42 PM And a few more ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/TaxisandR1Class.jpg) (http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/Taxisbuses.jpg) (http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/taxistramkensingtonjunction.jpg) Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: fink fc on August 01, 2012, 04:57:20 PM Nice one Dave,i'll have the VDub,remember the old days kick'n back blow'n a few scoobs ? Gaz! 8)
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on August 02, 2012, 08:35:55 AM Gaz... you sound as old as me !!!
Title: Re: TAXI !!! (Inspired by fe350chev) Post by: Dave Lakin (Davo Lako) on August 02, 2012, 02:25:46 PM "nother ...
(http://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc439/DavidLakin/taxiandtrolleybus.jpg) |