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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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£20,000 for a 102 year old cab? You could get a new one for that!

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But this one is vintage, like a classic old wine!!

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So it isn't priceless then!

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It is for me. I couldn't afford that price tag for an exhibition model.

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Exhibition model??? It will be snapped up by someone from Blackpool and be on the streets in no time.

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Exhibition model??? It will be snapped up by someone from Blackpool and be on the streets in no time. [/quote]
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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i aspire to be like you one day x

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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Try double that for a new one

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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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You probably went to Blackburn instead and that's why they looked OK!!

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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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