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03-10-2018, 05:25 PM | #1 |
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Driving in NYC 1945
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Always interesting to see clips like this. It's amazing how relatively few FORDS you see in the overall traffic count. Anyone have a clue as to why all of that particular brand of taxi cabs had their front fenders so radically trimmed-back? Anyone know what brand of cars they were? Sure is an unfamiliar grill/hood configuration. DD
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pretty cool! those cabs are something i never saw before
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First, NYC was most definitely NOT Ford Country in 1945! No love lost there! About the taxi cabs, maybe a brilliant idea on how to repair front end damage on the cheap, and attain a brand recognition in the bargain!
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Great info, 38bill! I had never heard of them before! Most of the others are Chrysler corp taxis. I think Desotos were very popular. There is a 42 Desoto with hidden headlights about half way through.
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A lot of Jay Walkers taking their life in their hands. Especially dodging those trimmed fenders.
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4AFEC23A-5FAD-4CAB-957D-751A624BA1EC.jpg correct on Checker M-A
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Packard taxies, lack of open cars, coupes and few station wagons.
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03-10-2018, 08:38 PM | #11 |
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There were a FEW white wall tires in the mix. DD |
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What amazes me is that this is only 1945 yet any vehicle pre 1930 seems to have already disappeared from the cities roads (except the horse and cart).
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Seems like half the cars were taxi's!
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That's pretty much the same way it is today in Deblazioville. DD
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Wikipedia says that there is only one surviving Checker Model A! Wow! No wonder few of us had any idea what they were.
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Gosh, the policeman directing traffic must have had eyes in the back of his head.
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03-11-2018, 10:15 AM | #19 |
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Ford was busy with the War making no cars. I don't know about Chrysler, Packard and Studebaker.
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Packard and Studebaker were building aircraft engines...Packard building Merlin's, and Studebaker building Pratt & Whitney's. DD
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