Is the Iconic Fairway Taxi practical and is it a classic?

[hobby]

If you are all that desperate this is for sale just down the road from me:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/n ... 2015160578

[JPB]

.....before we mock you john can you post a pic of this cab??

The Chop Shop one? Aye, here she be:





And there was the "Devil's Taxi" from a certain other car show:



They managed to find custom front wheels where PMR failed with the Bez taxi.

[rich.]

like those

[TerryG]

This is the automotive abortion that they bodged up for Bez (which has subsequently lost it's big engine and all the electronics then was sold on ebay)

[UKJeeper]

Practical? Beyond a doubt as they have strong Diesel engines, a tighter lock than anything that isn't a Reliant kitten or Fox and loads of reconfigurable room in the back but my classic taxi of choice for use as a daily would have to be a Metrocab. Sorry, it's my Reliant fetish oozing out and takes nothing away from the worth of any other form of black hack, any one of which could happily live out its days as a PLG vehicle.
Classic? Since when were we allowed to debate this question on the forum? It's an older, interesting vehicle that has an enthusiastic following. QED! Now get out there and buy one before they've all been shipped to Dundee where the black cabs go to die.

This. Horses for courses, if we all liked the same thing, life would be a lot more boring. I just posted pics of a Unimog camper (what classic vehicles have you seen?). Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but the owner had a lot of stories to tell, and currently uses it as his home away from home while on various sites (drainage contractor).

[mach1rob]

Mmmmm, Diesel Bluey. Nice!

No, no they weren't! I didn't rate them, although they were popular in the early 90s as most of the fleet were them, mainly saloons, but a couple of hatches for good measure. If you can imagine about 5 in a row, all in black with a TAXI sign on the roof, that's what it was like. Alas I have no photos to prove it, so you'll just have to take my word for it

[JPB]

.......you'll just have to take my word for it

Yeah, no problem there. After all, it's not likely that anyone would make such a confession unless it were true.

So would the Nissan product have been better or worse than that favourite of the minicab trade back in the '80s, the Hyundai Stellar? I often wondered whither the Stellar was supplied in a special, private hire trade version with a rear seat that stank of stale vomit. I'm guessing that wasn't quite the vibe they were aiming for but it was always there, especially on Friday and Saturday nights.

[mach1rob]

Oddly enough the Stellar never really featured as a cab round here, I know of 2 that made it, one that I sold whilst working for the local dealer, and one my mate ran I think it was just before he got a Bluebird. However dad bought 2, one A reg, the other C, both GSLs and, dare I say it, half decent motors at the end of the day. He was all set to buy a new Montego 1.6L in 84, but for the same money got a range topper Stellar with, central locking and all round leccy windows, height of luxury back then!

Thankfully, the soilers were few and far between, I won't go into details, but some toff managed to coat the outside with vomit whilst doing about 70, was quite off-putting watching it spread over the rear window in the mirror, but still beaten by the young girl sat in the front who smiled weakly, said sorry, hoiked her top forward and spewed all down her cleavage...