Swimming Taxi

[Spinner]

From this weeks 'Fairfield Champion' dated Wednesday April 13, 2005, a commemorative issue celebrating Cabra-Vale Diggers Club 80th Birthday.

[customFC]

Hey Spinner.
Cool pic.
Any chance you could raid the neighbours yard and get another copy of that paper for me? I would love an original of that pic.
Regards
Alex

[Jodstar]

What a great way to wash those subrames and sills, hidden seams and cavities, should keep the ol girl from rusting and save peaple allot of headache and torment, frustration and anger.May even stop swearing and  bad language!
                                            Jodstar

[Spinner]

The link to the picture is:

http://library.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/ppweb/scripts/default.asp?Lib=/pplib

However, this takes you to the database.  Type 1961 into the first field, the picture is No. 15: Cabra-Vale Ex-active Servicemen's Club during floods.

I'll try for a couple of copies of the paper too.

An interesting details with this picture: it shows an FC-225 used as a taxi, but does not have the chrome fin extensions.  The car appears to be tri-toned too, with the lower quarter panels painted in the same colour as the upper mudguard.

[RET]

Maybe I'm missing what you're saying.  It looks like it's got fins, certainly the LH one.  The fin extensions were used only on late '59s, with the paint scheme that had only the insert painted the secondary colour.  This car has the 'launch' paint scheme, ie 1958 arrangement.  More info here.

Specials were quite common for privateer taxis, as this one appears to be.  The commercial outfits like RSL and De Luxe tended to have fleets of 217s and 215s.

cheers
RET

[customFC]

Thanks for the link.
Here's the full picture.

Regards
Alex

[HAD 708]

With the full picture you can clearly see that the rear quarter is not painted as mentioned just covered in mud!!!!!