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Taking a cab in the 30s....
Frequent visitor Mahmoud from Cairo, Egypt always comes up with nice shots from another time and world. Nowadays when we drive our vintage cars, we take it for granted that a few stops are necessary to motivate the machinery to continue with the assigned job. It is part of the hobby and when you are really in a hurry, you always have the option to use a modern car or a cab.
Back in those days, a modern car wasn't as reliable as it is now. Take for instance this picture of an Egyptian cab in the 30s. The passenger is helping the driver to resolve some underbonnet issues. Hopefully he was still in time for his meeting or for the steamer to Europe. The radiator is showing some resemblance with the Rolls-Royce but is all behind that it as well?
We would like to know what car it is. And if you ever had a good taxicab adventure in the good old days we love to hear about it of course.
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Montag November 7th, 2016
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lars
08 November 2016, 11:43
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08 November 2016, 11:02
I am certain that it surely was a Fiat 521 instead of a 520, as you can see from the more rounded shape of doors, roof and fittings. Also the sankey-wheels changed to wire wheels at the end of the 520 production, as in the smaller 514. I have found a very similar 521 Weymann landaulet bodywork stored for years here in Finland.
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08 November 2016, 08:50
Fiat 521?
Could it be a war-time picture with the white wings and dull headlamps
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Could it be a war-time picture with the white wings and dull headlamps
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08 November 2016, 08:10
I think, that car is Fiat 512 with body Coupe de Ville. Radiator is Fiat and headlamps Carello. Wire wheels are not orig.
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08 November 2016, 05:08
The six-cylinder Fiat from the late vintage period comes immediately to my mind. The fenders suggests a 520, discontinued in 1930, while the wire wheels and the overall large size points to the 525.
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08 November 2016, 01:41
Approx seventeen years ago or so my wife Geralyn and I had a great holiday in Egypt. Returning from an event one night in Cairo we took a taxi back to our hotel.
It was a much battered Fiat 124 with each wheel vying with its neighbour to escape from the accepted norms of roundness.
On top of that there was no evidence of any working shock absorber.
The rigidity of the body was maintained by welding the end of an iron framed bed end in position just behind the driver.
We could not see the upholestery for all the recycled bedclothes and the like. We noticed the driver was constantly battling with the steering attempting to keep a relatively straight course. He was an extremely jolly fellow and consigned us safely without incident to our hotel.
Obviously no MOT or NCT at that time!
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It was a much battered Fiat 124 with each wheel vying with its neighbour to escape from the accepted norms of roundness.
On top of that there was no evidence of any working shock absorber.
The rigidity of the body was maintained by welding the end of an iron framed bed end in position just behind the driver.
We could not see the upholestery for all the recycled bedclothes and the like. We noticed the driver was constantly battling with the steering attempting to keep a relatively straight course. He was an extremely jolly fellow and consigned us safely without incident to our hotel.
Obviously no MOT or NCT at that time!
In 1975, I saw a similar Fiat sedan de ville, standing i original but dillapidated state, as an advertizer in front of a night club. It wasin Puerto de Soller, Mallorca, why didn´t I bring it home ?
Lack of money of course