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1971 Winchester London Taxi for sale
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Author:  GBC [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:19 am ]
Post subject:  1971 Winchester London Taxi for sale
What a beauty.

Could even be viable to re-plate it for use in Blackpool.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TAXI-1971-WINCHES ... 286.c0.m14

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Author:  skippy41 [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:49 am ]
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Do you not fancy it GBC, clean the tank out, or get a new one from ford, a quick respray, convert it to LPG easy to do with a petrol engine, and no £400 RFL I bet it would pull more fares from the tourists.
I think that about 2k should see it back in service
Author:  Capt Taxi [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:28 am ]
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Surely this would be a good buy for weddings etc and to be preserved as an historic part of our trade.
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:33 am ]
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dont know about LPG but it would need hardened valve seats just to run on unleaded
Author:  skippy41 [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:46 pm ]
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wannabeeahack wrote:
dont know about LPG but it would need hardened valve seats just to run on unleaded


Wanna, Ford still make that engine so getting the valve seats would be no problem, you could even get a head from the scrappy's, you could even get an engine and box from a Granada, or transit, its the same all be it a slightly different cc
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:36 pm ]
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what engine is it then?
Author:  skippy41 [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:01 pm ]
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a Ford 260 1E petrol engine, this came in many guises as a 2,4 2.6 and 3Lr, it was first used in the Ford Consul, then the Zefa and right through to the Granada, the only difference today is the introduction of injectors as seen in the Mondeo
Author:  Sussex [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:58 pm ]
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That's in really good nic. :shock:

Make a good funeral car.
Author:  bloodnock [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:58 pm ]
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skippy41 wrote:
a Ford 260 1E petrol engine, this came in many guises as a 2,4 2.6 and 3Lr, it was first used in the Ford Consul, then the Zefa and right through to the Granada, the only difference today is the introduction of injectors as seen in the Mondeo


as a sprog in ford dealership way back then....I can remember a Ford Essex engine it was either 2.4 and 3.0 lt V6...would that be the same engine??
Author:  Capt Taxi [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:46 pm ]
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Zefa?
Wos that?

Surely you mean Zephyr!
Author:  GBC [ Sat Aug 30, 2008 11:57 pm ]
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Capt Taxi wrote:
Surely this would be a good buy for weddings etc and to be preserved as an historic part of our trade.


I sent the details to Bill Munro of the LVTA, he's going to pass it onto a few interested people, I think it'll go to a good home.
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Sun Aug 31, 2008 9:21 am ]
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skippy41 wrote:
a Ford 260 1E petrol engine, this came in many guises as a 2,4 2.6 and 3Lr, it was first used in the Ford Consul, then the Zefa and right through to the Granada, the only difference today is the introduction of injectors as seen in the Mondeo


surely the current mondeo engine has no links at all with a any zephyr/zodiac engine, the bigger ZZ units were either straight or Vee 6 units, the straight 6 unite were police-tuned by raymond mays using twin stromberg carbs, the later v6 essex units of 3ltr, the 2.8 v6 cologne units had the dizzy at the rear, both v6 had oil pumps+dizzies driven by a hex shaft which wore and failed.....nice


The MkIV had an all-new body on the MkIII chassis and a Fords Transit engine.
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