"Toby Ponsenby" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:19:36 -0700, jackbadger56 blathered on in :
>
>> http://tinyurl.com/24ds3t
>>
>> Some neat ideas here. I like how the meter incor****ates a GPS map. Have
>> had to use cabs a lot over the last 2 months, and maybe even more soon
>> as the Tarago is definitely on it's final legs!
>>
>> BTW does anyone know who made the old NY cabs; the old style rounded
>> shape that looked like they were designed in the 50's-60's but
continued
>> being made until very recently? ;-)
>
> Who?
> Dunno - but they're called Checkers (spulling is sus there) and believe
> it or no they are 'based on' the Humber Super Snipe series 5, or 4 -
it's
> a bit hazy in RAM at the moment.
> I'm guessing they were originally used Chrysler power/drive train, given
> what they are -
Dunno about the 40s and 50s, but from 1960 until the late 70s they were
using a chev straight 6 or, in a small number of cases, a small block chev
V8.
> but IIRC the later machines use Small-blocks and other GM
> ****e for running gear.
>
> Solid as... they have to be.
> I'd be *very* interested in what they use in the braking department.
They were drums all round.
One interesting design feature they had was that every panel (other than
the
roof) was a bolt-on item. Even the rear quarter panels. It made for quick
and easy repairs in the crash-and-bash of new york traffic.
The last one active one in new york was retired from service in 1999 and
was
sold at auction for US$134,500 :
http://web.archive.org/web/20031220225106/http://www.newsday.com/other/special/ny-ihny0418story.htmlstory
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Kwyj.
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