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1956 Austin FX3 Austin London Taxi
Sale price: $14,000.00 make an offer
Car location: Houston, Texas, United States
Sale type: Fixed price listing
Technical specifications, photos and description:
- Year:
- 1956
- Mileage:
- 23000
- Engine:
- 4 Cylinder Diesel
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1956 Austin FX3 Austin London Taxi for sale
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1956 AUSTIN FX3 LONDON TAXICAB
Chassis No. FX 234043
Black with black leather interior
Engine: four cylinder B.M.C. 2.2 liter diesel, 55hp; Gearbox: manual four speed; Suspension: front beam with live rear axle and semi-elliptic leaf springs all around; Brakes: Girling mechanical, wedge and rollover. Right hand drive.
The FX3, offered to the trade by Austin in 1948, although not the first post-war taxicab introduced in England, was the first modern all steel taxicab. Prior to the FX3, taxicabs, like most cars manufactured in Britain, were coachbuilt, so they had steel chassis frames with wooden body frames and metal panels fastened to the wood. The all steel-bodied FX3 was thus revolutionary and quickly became the standard for the industry - the ubiquitous black cab of London.
The three-door body design with its open luggage bay continued a pre-war design for taxicabs, but unlike pre-war taxis, the FX3 had a sliding glass partition between the driver's compartment and the luggage bay. For summer comfort, the windscreen was made to pivot open from the top and a lower cowl vent provided fresh air.
By Public Carriage Office standards of fitness regulations, the rear of a taxicab must comfortably accomodate a gentleman wearing his top hat. The commodious passenger compartment features a rear bench seat, as well as two jump seats mounted on the front partition. Passenger capacity was limited by law to four.
Geared low for inner city use, the FX3 had a maximum speed of approximately 50mph, but cruises comfortably at 40-45mph. Standards of fitness regulation required a 25 foot turning radius. Although the FX3 was offered only as a petrol model until 1954, when the diesel variant was introduced, it quickly became the cab of choice especially for fleet owners because of its lower cost of operatioN. The FX3 continued virtually unchanged throughout the production run which ended in 1958 with the introduction of the FX4. During its ten years of manufacture, 7,267 taxicabs were produced.
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