1936 Austin 12/4 Taxi Low-Loader - Rickets Body

1936 Austin 12/4 Taxi in Le mur de l'Atlantique, Movie, 1970

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1936 Austin 12/4 Taxi Low-Loader - Rickets Body

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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dsl ◊ 2017-03-05 21:36	We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided AUSTIN 12/4 UNKNOWN 1936 Registration number: DGW 271 Body type: Taxi Colour: Black And Maroo[n] Date of first registration: November 1936 Check the MOT history of a vehicle Registration number: DGW 271 Vehicle make AUSTIN Vehicle model TAXI Date first used 1 November 1936 Fuel type Petrol Colour Black MOT history of this vehicle Test date 2 January 2015 Expiry date 1 January 2016 Test Result Pass Odometer reading 42,905 miles /vehicle_243125-Austin-12-4-Taxi-1936.html sixteensix wrote The identity of the taxicab ( DGW 271) which appeared in the Eye of the Needle. 1936 Austin 12/4 with a Rickets body. This is a very rare cab indeed and I believe that there is only one other in existence. At the time of the filming the cab was owned by a Mr Bernie Austin, but I have known this cab since the early 1960's when it was owned by Chris Baker-Duly who lived in Wembley (west London) At that time it was painted green (the original colour), it then appeared in Yellow, and now it's Maroon (as in the Eye of the Needle). - Jim Stringer (Vice President - The Vintage Austin Register & Editor of The Vintage Austin Magazine)

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◊ 2017-03-05 21:36

We've identified this vehicle using the details you provided
AUSTIN 12/4 UNKNOWN 1936
Registration number: DGW 271
Body type: Taxi
Colour: Black And Maroo[n]
Date of first registration: November 1936

Check the MOT history of a vehicle
Registration number: DGW 271
Vehicle make AUSTIN
Vehicle model TAXI
Date first used 1 November 1936
Fuel type Petrol
Colour Black

MOT history of this vehicle
Test date 2 January 2015
Expiry date 1 January 2016
Test Result Pass
Odometer reading 42,905 miles

/vehicle_243125-Austin-12-4-Taxi-1936.html

sixteensix wrote The identity of the taxicab ( DGW 271) which appeared in the Eye of the Needle.
1936 Austin 12/4 with a Rickets body. This is a very rare cab indeed and I believe that there is only one other in existence. At the time of the filming the cab was owned by a Mr Bernie Austin, but I have known this cab since the early 1960's when it was owned by Chris Baker-Duly who lived in Wembley (west London) At that time it was painted green (the original colour), it then appeared in Yellow, and now it's Maroon (as in the Eye of the Needle). - Jim Stringer (Vice President - The Vintage Austin Register & Editor of The Vintage Austin Magazine)

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1936 Austin 12/4 Taxi Low-Loader - Rickets Body

1936 Austin 12/4 Taxi in Le mur de l'Atlantique, Movie, 1970

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