Taxis

pretty sure it's Toyota..

I was reminded of a line from the classic early 1960s jazz anthem 'Sweet Patootie': 'Some like em black, some like em brown, they all look the same when they're upside down'.
Have the classic Aussie version, Frank Traynor:
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Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

.....jeeez Rodders .. i thought i was old fashioned....you knock my socks off !! ....cheers mate

pretty sure it's Toyota..

it looks like an Ford Falcon FG model to me. Unless someone has grafted Ford taillights onto a Toyota!

830825Th Kaiser-Wilhelm-Ring, Mainz (Germany). Taxi. (R Smith collection)
This is a crop from a tram photo, part of a great collection gifted to me by an HCVC member.
At 1983, it almost counts as historic, but 32 years is not quite 35 years ago. I can't pick the make or model with that bland styling. The resemblance to a Ford Falcon is strong. Could it be a Ford Taunus?

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Ford Granada was the car that Ford Australia based the styling of the Falcon on.

I'm on a Cuba kick this week, triggered by a thread on Cuba trucks. It is easy to focus on 1950s 'yank tanks' when in Cuba, but there are also modern vehicles. I'm placing the taxi ones here; the horse ones with horses; and truck & bus ones with the trigger thread. Here are the first three.

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

100301M La Habana, Cuba. Horse taxi, motor taxi. R Smith. It looks like a Fiat 500, but could be a larger model, and could be from one of the licenced makers (eg Seat). I wonder how many it holds?


100301M La Habana, Cuba. Modern taxi. R Smith. What is the make?


100301M La Habana, Cuba. Taxis, yank tank.
I can't identify that early 1950s car; the yellow plate indicates private ownership.

Here are the next three taxis: two old and a modern; I can't identify any. All taken in La Habana (Cuba) on Mon.1.3.10.

Roderick B Smith
Rail News Victoria Editor

Hyundai, Oldsmobile, Chev, Oldsmobile x 2, Lada.

Corrections welcome.

ASW

Think the one with the green Oldsmobile is a '55 Pontiac