Re: 1948 NYC lwb taxi project

Posted by packardtaximan On 2020/6/2 9:20:22

Hi Brian, The taxi was factory built to NYC specs. I do have most of what I need to at least assemble the car. I bought this lwb sedan from a estate that had 6 or 7 cars disassembled and the parts were not organised just sort of in piles. Two fellow Packard members and I spent two weekends sorting parts as best we could. The car I bought was filled inside with various 48-50 parts best we could see. After I got the car home, under the top layers there was a wash tub full of V8 nos parts and the bumpers for the48 that had been re-chromed at one point. I gave the V8 parts to one of the guys that had helped sort the parts. He owned a 55 Patrician that his father bought new. Needless to say he was thrilled as some of the parts were rare and expensive. I have a 49 taxi to use for parts as a last resort if I need to.
Packardtaximan