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I think Kenny is right! Check out the ratio of taxis to POV. NY is already a big trash pile in the 40s ...sheesh! Never, ever, cared to go there!
 
Remember the TV series "Taxi"? They were Checker taxis and this is one of its predecessors.

1940 Checker Model A

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Clipped from the video, you can see the Checker stripe across the nose.

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Doc C to the rescue again [cl[cl
Never seen such crazy looking taxis! The soft top on the rear is also a weird thing - you'd think scofflaws would be able to jump out :D Would have been a great gangster car for unobstructed gunning down of their rivals :eek:
Great film though, a bunch of Packard cabs too (or was it the same one a bunch of times??[S)
 
Easy to spot a Checker of you are hailing a cab. The fenders are probably cut away in anticipation of fender bender accidents. The Checker can take a licking and keep on ticking.
 

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