[77Birdman]

I thought it was odd that Ford made a 'Taxi' specific auto. After reading an article on Checker, I found that in the early days the taxi business was cut throat. The larger cities had laws that said a vehicle had to be purpose built to be used in the taxi business. I could not find where the basis of this was, but I would surmise that Checker may have been instrumental in lobbying for this.