"CammedCTSV" (cammedctsv)
09/17/2014 at 10:44 • Filed to: None
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"CammedCTSV" (cammedctsv)
09/17/2014 at 10:44 • Filed to: None | 5
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So, the boss's London Taxi arrived yesterday via Reliable Carriers and the driver informed me that it suffered an electrical heart attack as he loaded it. Upon close inspection, the thoughtful British engineers used 18 gauge battery leads and they were smoking. Mr. duPont, being industrious and not wanting to subject us pleebs to the hellish temperatures of St. Petersburg at 2pm grabbed our new Argo 8x8 amphibious assault craft and a tow strap. The TX4 diesel London Taxi is 4400 lbs dry, but the Argo's four axles and incredibly low crawl ratio made easy work of this tug job. ( I am the guy in the Lacoste shirt dropping the strap as the video opens)
Argo has a 750cc Kohler Aegis V-twin rated @ 30 hp.
The yellow taxi is a 1973 Checker Marathon powered by a 350 Chevy, of course it cranked immediately. What is a nice summer day without an English wiring harness failure?
OPPOsaurus WRX
> CammedCTSV
09/17/2014 at 10:50 |
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haha those things are almost the same size
Svend
> CammedCTSV
09/17/2014 at 11:20 |
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Although LTI did a good job in styling the TX# units. I grew up with the old Austin FX4 s with there old yet reliable engines ticking away like muffled tractor engines and Fairways with their 2.7litre TD27 Nissan engines. There was a solidness to them and many can still be found well looked after, even if quite a bit of rust. These TX models will never really catch the spirit of a true London cab for me.