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The origins of The London Taxi
Company can be traced to 1919, when Robert 'Bobby' Jones, a former general manager at coachbuilder Hollick & Pratt took over the coachbuilding operations of his then employer, timber merchants Gooderhams and set up in business in premises acquired from Thomas Pass
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taxi, introduced in 1948, as well as finishing and delivering the complete vehicles. More than 7,000 FX3s, mainly destined for London, were produced over 10 years. They also developed a system for turning modern all-steel saloon cars into convertibles. This work was carried out on the early unit
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It operated a coachbuilding business on
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bodyshell was abandoned after almost five years of development. In 1984, the London taxicab dealer Mann & Overton was bought by
Manganese Bronze Holdings. Pending the development of a new model, the FX4 was further developed and became the LTI Fairway.
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Rather than make bespoke bodies to individual designs, Carbodies set out to produce coachwork to a number of standardised designs for car companies that did not have their own coachbuilding facilities. Their first major customers during the 1920s were
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scheme, which enabled them to make aircraft components. In 1943, Carbodies also became a limited company at this time, with Bobby Jones as governing director and his son, Ernest Jones managing director.
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meant that they needed larger premises and in 1928, they moved to a larger site on
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to manufacture London taxis for the export market and to supply components to the home factory in
Coventry. In 2010 the Mann & Overton trading name was dropped.
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for passengers with moderate walking difficulties. For people with hearing problems it has an induction loop incorporated in the intercom system.
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was introduced as a successor to the FX4. Further development resulted in the launch in 2002 of the
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by Geely. It continued to trade as The London Taxi Company until rebranded as the
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Taxicabs, Convertibles, Daimlers and other Postwar Vehicles
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London Taxi Company to change its name after 69 years
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