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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:57 am ] |
| Post subject: | 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
102 year old London black cab discovered in barn could sell for over £20,000 02.06.2012 A 102 year old black London cab has been discovered in an old barn in Gloucestershire. This rare and priceless cab of a bygone era has now been restored and put up for sale, where it is expected to fetch over £20,000. It is cabs such as this, that saw the end of regal looking horse drawn chariots on streets of London. The chariot is now up for auction after being refurbished and polished. It still retains its original taxi meter and switches in the back so that passengers should indicate to the driver the direction they wished to go in. The London Cab has a top speed on 40 miles per hour and is now the only one being auctioned as most of these cabs were destroyed. The cab is in excellent condition with most of its original leather interiors intact. It possesses a 16 hp engine with a three speed gearbox. It has wooden wheels with pneumatic tyres and paraffin lamps both in the front and rear. The auction will be held at The Castle Combe race circuit, Chippenham, Wilt on the 30th of June 2012 where it is bound to garner a great deal of attention. Brummie Cabbie says; click on the source below to see a photo of the restored vehicle. Source; http://www.rushlane.com/102-year-old-lo ... 35524.html |
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| Author: | jimbo [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
£20,000 for a 102 year old cab? You could get a new one for that! |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
jimbo wrote: £20,000 for a 102 year old cab? You could get a new one for that! But this one is vintage, like a classic old wine!! |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: A 102 year old black London cab has been discovered in an old barn in Gloucestershire. This rare and priceless cab of a bygone era has now been restored and put up for sale, where it is expected to fetch over £20,000. So it isn't priceless then! |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
grandad wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: A 102 year old black London cab has been discovered in an old barn in Gloucestershire. This rare and priceless cab of a bygone era has now been restored and put up for sale, where it is expected to fetch over £20,000. So it isn't priceless then! It is for me. I couldn't afford that price tag for an exhibition model. |
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| Author: | grandad [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 10:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: grandad wrote: Brummie Cabbie wrote: A 102 year old black London cab has been discovered in an old barn in Gloucestershire. This rare and priceless cab of a bygone era has now been restored and put up for sale, where it is expected to fetch over £20,000. So it isn't priceless then! It is for me. I couldn't afford that price tag for an exhibition model. Exhibition model??? It will be snapped up by someone from Blackpool and be on the streets in no time. 
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| Author: | blackpool [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
Exhibition model??? It will be snapped up by someone from Blackpool and be on the streets in no time. [/quote]oh you kill me 
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
grandad wrote: blackpool wrote: Exhibition model??? It will be snapped up by someone from Blackpool and be on the streets in no time. oh you kill me I hear that in Blackpool sh*t comes out of the back-side of some of those Hackneys. |
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| Author: | blackpool [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:51 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
i aspire to be like you one day x |
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| Author: | blackpool [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 12:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: grandad wrote: blackpool wrote: Exhibition model??? It will be snapped up by someone from Blackpool and be on the streets in no time. oh you kill me I hear that in Blackpool sh*t comes out of the back-side of some of those Hackneys. So thats why you were asking about landau licensing ? It will be a step up for you
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
blackpool wrote: So thats why you were asking about landau licensing ? It will be a step up for you That isn't the reason. I was trying to establish if there was a specific licence to drive a landau and that was in relation to one of the questions posed in the LC's consultation paper. |
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| Author: | gusmac [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
jimbo wrote: £20,000 for a 102 year old cab? You could get a new one for that! Try double that for a new one |
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| Author: | toots [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
Grandad wrote: Exhibition model??? It will be snapped up by someone from Blackpool and be on the streets in no time. To be fair to Blackpool I don't know what the joke is about the taxis they all looked good to me when I was there |
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| Author: | Brummie Cabbie [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
toots wrote: Grandad wrote: Exhibition model??? It will be snapped up by someone from Blackpool and be on the streets in no time. To be fair to Blackpool I don't know what the joke is about the taxis they all looked good to me when I was there You probably went to Blackburn instead and that's why they looked OK!! |
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| Author: | toots [ Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 102 year old London black cab discovered in barn |
Brummie Cabbie wrote: toots wrote: Grandad wrote: Exhibition model??? It will be snapped up by someone from Blackpool and be on the streets in no time. To be fair to Blackpool I don't know what the joke is about the taxis they all looked good to me when I was there You probably went to Blackburn instead and that's why they looked OK!! Do not talk to me about Blackburn, it's a god forsaken place and if I never have to go there again I won't miss it. |
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