1936 Austin 12/4 Taxi Low-Loader with Modified Saloon Body

1936 Austin 12/4 Taxi in Rockets in the Dunes, Movie, 1960

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2020-10-27 04:09	"Dark Side of the Moon" special edition??
Sunbar ◊ 2020-10-27 11:26	'DGH 251' to 'DGH 300' 1936 Austin 12/4 Taxi Low-Loader, no other movie appearances found so far. Any more views to show the extent of the body alterations? I think it's more than just the addition of a passenger side door.
jcb ◊ 2020-10-27 19:23
Sunbar ◊ 2020-10-27 19:53	Thanks JCB. The usual landaulette body, normal driver's door and rain deflector, new passenger door (shorter at the bottom to avoid the luggage platform?), at the rear sixth-lights added probably eliminating the folding hood section. No roof rack.
Sunbar ◊ 2020-10-28 13:26	After the B pillar it has a lot in common with the Provincial 'Saloon' bodied taxi however the front section and the fact it was registered by Mann & Overton for London use, rules out a provincial taxi. Not all London's Austin taxis were of the usual landaulette type, the Cape body for example, but the Saloon style was probably very rare.
rattle on ◊ 2022-04-23 17:37	Queen Nefertiti bonnet ornament/radiator cap