1937 Austin 12/4 Taxi Low-Loader

1937 Austin 12/4 Taxi in The Singing Detective, Mini-Series, 1986 Ep. 1

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
chicomarx ◊ 2011-05-15 21:57	DLT 122 is now registered to a Mercedes. Seven? -- Last edit: 2011-06-06 19:56:14
Ingo ◊ 2011-05-15 21:59	Is it an original plate anyways?
dsl ◊ 2011-05-15 22:08	Yes - DaveLeeTravis xxx series issued London Jan-Mar 37. DLT was "The Hairy Cornflake" and used to play some good music but then became all housewife-audience with crap tunes and idiotic phone-in sob story competitions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Lee_Travis .
nzcarnerd ◊ 2011-05-16 01:25	Maybe a Heavy 12/4 taxi? The style is 1931-32 but I don't know how long that model was produced for. The headlights don't look to be in good order nor are they aligned.
chris40 ◊ 2011-05-16 08:39	I think it is a taxi, although possibly a later Low Loader (1934+); screen split horizontally and cowl-mounted sidelights.
chicomarx ◊ 2011-05-16 18:20	nzcarnerd wrote The headlights don't look to be in good order nor are they aligned. They were clearly aligned by Marty Feldman himself.
Sunbar ◊ 2011-09-15 12:44	DLT121 to DLT170 were a series of numbers registered by Mann Overton between January and February 1937 on Austin taxis.
Classic_Car_Nut ◊ 2014-12-03 22:46	If this was filmed in Aberdeenshire in Scotland then it the chances are it was my Uncles 1937 Low-Loader DYN533