Re: 1940's Los Angeles Video Packard Taxi

Posted by 58L8134 On 2011/9/11 8:10:01

Hi

By the postwar days, a 5-6 year old Clipper would be the type of car that would see taxi duty for it's last use. Just conjecture, but it was probably a '42 Clipper Six: nice, spacious interior; rugged, durable, ecomonical six cylinder engine.....with the [I]plus[/I] of a Packard!

The rarity in the image is the 1941 Lincoln staring us in the face. That's no ordinary Zephyr (ovoid rear window), note the taller stature and the rectangular rear window, its the 138" wb Lincoln Custom, either the Model 31, 7-passenger sedan, 355 built, or the Model 32, 7-passenger limousine, 295 built.

Interesting the taxi would be a Packard and the chauffeured car a Lincoln!

Quite the wonderful video!

Steve