Steve shared this odd ball.
“Wow, it’s a Austin FX-3 BMC gas powered London taxi cab with title and meter,
asking $1200, yes, it’s a spare parts car for the other taxis we have,
Features auto jacking for flat tires, whoops, tyres…
Repowered by a WW2 Willys Go Devil flat head engine and trans,
you could put that in your army Jeep
when was the last time you saw a London taxi in the USA?
as featured in Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movies.
cheaper if you don’t take the engine and trans”
https://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/cto/d/austin-fx-3-london-taxi-cab/6443198912.html
Americar engine? Carb set-up looks a little different
I always am astonished by the fact that the FX3 required a very small driver due to the hard partition between the driver and the front luggage compartment (what we in the US would call the driver’s side of the front seat), and that the luggage compartment had no door, just a set of straps to hold the luggage in place. The first time you ride in the back of an FX3, you’ll be amazed at how big it is back there.
It’s pretty clear that this black cab is beyond saving.