1948 Austin FX3 Taxi

1948 Austin FX3 Taxi in Konga, Movie, 1961

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Background vehicle

Author	Message
Kooshmeister ◊ 2009-12-22 05:17	I assume these are taxis. All three that go by in the background are missing the front passenger door for some reason though.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2009-12-22 09:05	Austin FX3 Taxi. The driver has a single seat, the area to his left is for luggage and the installation of the taximeter. There never was a front nearside door on this model.
chris40 ◊ 2009-12-22 09:06	Austin FX3. Until the advent of the FX4 all London taxis lacked a front passenger door and seat; as you can see from the r/h taxi, this area was a luggage compartment.
sixcyl ◊ 2009-12-22 09:14	I've always wondered how many luggages had been lost on the roads
chris40 ◊ 2009-12-22 11:05	I think this happened surprisingly rarely. A leather strap was provided to retain luggage, and anyway cabbies were pretty handy at loading it; I've seen FX3s taking Hyde Park Corner on the door-handles without anything falling out