1970 Austin FX4 Diesel

1970 Austin FX4 in To Catch a Spy, Movie, 1971

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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130rapid ◊ 2024-06-04 14:46	Added because some mistery behind. Plate number BYF963H Vehicle make AUSTIN TAXI/HIRE CAR Date of first registration June 1970 Year of manufacture 1970 Cylinder capacity 2200 cc Fuel type DIESEL Export marker Yes Vehicle colour WHITE (changed from black in 2002) Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 10 April 2008 Maybe it's still serving somewhere as the wedding cab?
humungus ◊ 2024-06-04 15:43	130rapid wrote Maybe it's still serving somewhere as the wedding cab? Try a food delivery vehicle. Before you ask how I know that's the same cab: I don't, but there's a 2007 photo on flickr showing the license plate and it seems to have the same teapot logo on the door as the one in the b&w photo further down the gallery (with Kyle MacLachlan having some chips?).
Gag Halfrunt ◊ 2024-06-04 16:28	Unless Tea and Sympathy have more than one taxi, they've replaced it with an LTI Fairway (the one with the bulldog inside).
dsl ◊ 2024-06-04 18:36	Its last MOT in UK was passed on 30 August 2007.
humungus ◊ 2024-06-04 19:56	Gag Halfrunt wrote Unless Tea and Sympathy have more than one taxi, they've replaced it with an LTI Fairway (the one with the bulldog inside). Well, their blog does seem to have pics of two different ones and mentions one being imported in 2010.
130rapid ◊ 2024-06-04 21:44	Well find! Pretty nice retiring for taxicab.