Showing posts with label taxi cab. Show all posts
Showing posts with label taxi cab. Show all posts

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Do you instantly recognize this image?

To me it brings back memories

Bry nailed it really fast, it's the opening credit sequence to Taxi, the Danny DeVito, Judd Hirsch, Andy Kaufman, Tony Danza, and Marilu Henner sitcom. Great show. I watched this as a 7 year old, and it still entertains me, but now I can appreciate the writing, the acting, and the funny characters much more. Reverend Jim and Latka are two really well performed characters.

Saturday, February 26, 2011

Another look at the El Guapo, the paint has been upgraded in a unique way

Looks cooler with the tank between the headlights too, and without the saw blades that used to top the airbags
The above switch is a real electric chair switch, from a Texas death chamber


I love the gauge pods, they are exhaust pipe!

Click on the above to see the flat black applied to emphasize the tattoo designs that are WW2 era simple birds, ships, etc


for the contrast to what it looked like with plain black paint, but pinstriped:

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

What a jerk. Didn't have the courtesy enough to just go another block and pull 3 right turns


Bryan asked where this is... he said it looks familiar, and seemed to him to be near LAX... well, close. It's at the East side of San Diego International Airport. This is the intersection of Laurel and Pacific Highway. That Shell station on the left of the photo is the same one with the $15 2 gallon gas can
http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/11/if-you-ever-run-out-of-gas-beware-shell.html

Sunday, October 31, 2010

The taxis from "The Wiz"


these taxi customs were built my Mechanic Dan! Dabanka commented and let me know to go over to http://www.clearviewtire.com/MechanicDan.php

where it's written " Between 1977 and 1978, Mechanic Dan and built the Taxi Cabs for the movie The Wiz starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Lena Horne and Richard Pryor. The Taxi Cabs were made out of golf Carts. Dan cut the golf carts in half and made them longer. He then built custom fiberglass bodies and rewired all of the carts. "
Six different photos are on the link above

Friday, October 29, 2010

Updated gallery now that the So Cal Suspension taxi has a coat of paint and pinstriping



I admire the shifter being a really long socket extension, good touch, and putting any socket on it, or anything with a square drive the right size if you get bored looking at the socket