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Car of The Day: August 17, 2009; Corgi’s London Taxi. (Hackney Carriage)
Topic Started: Aug 17 2009, 12:26 AM (522 Views)
JustDavid
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Today’s Car of The Day is Corgi’s London Taxi. (Hackney Carriage)

A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab or hack) is a carriage or automobile for hire.[1] A livery carriage superior to the hackney was called a remise.[2]

In the United Kingdom, the name hackney carriage refers to a taxicab licensed by the Public Carriage Office in Greater London or by the local authority (non-metropolitan district councils or unitary authorities) in other parts of Great Britain, or by the Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland.

In the United States, the police department of the city of Boston, has a Hackney Carriage Unit, analogous to taxicab regulators in other cities, that issues Hackney Carriage medallions to its taxi operators.

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The name 'hackney' is an anglicized derivative of French haquenée—a horse of medium size recommended for lady riders. The first documented 'hackney coach'—the forerunner of the more generic 'hackney carriage'—operated in London in 1621...

The New York colloquial terms "hack" (taxi or taxi-driver), "hackstand" (taxi stand), and "hack license" (taxi license) are probably derived from "hackney carriage", but such cabs are now regulated by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.

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An Ordinance for the Regulation of Hackney-Coachmen in London and the places adjacent" was approved by Parliament in 1654, to remedy what it described as the "many Inconveniences [that] do daily arise by reason of the late increase and great irregularity of Hackney Coaches and Hackney Coachmen in London, Westminster and the places thereabouts".[3] The first hackney-carriage licences date from 1662, and applied literally to horse-drawn carriages, later modernised as hansom cabs (1834), that operated as vehicles for hire. There was a distinction between a general hackney carriage and a hackney coach, a hireable vehicle with specifically four wheels, two horses and six seats, and driven by a jarvey (also spelled jarvie).

Electric hackney carriages appeared before the introduction of the internal combustion engine to vehicles for hire in 1901. During the 20th century, cars generally replaced horse-drawn models, and the last horse-drawn hackney carriage ceased service in London in 1947. A small, usually two-wheeled, one-horse hackney vehicle called a noddy once plied the roads in Ireland and Scotland. The French had a small hackney coach called a fiacre.

UK regulations define a hackney carriage as a taxicab allowed to ply the streets looking for passengers to pick up, as opposed to private hire vehicles (sometimes called minicabs), which may pick up only passengers who have previously booked or who visit the taxi operator's office.

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I picked this one just for the fun of it. I have so few Corgis and this is a well-done casting. Both rear doors open which is great.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Taxi

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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

Sweet, opening doors are always a bonus. I could vote for this one. What's the scale on this David? Looks quite big scale wise.
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diecastdingo
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It's bit bigger than 1/64 - but a very nicely detailed and heavy casting. Great model.
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Sak
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Oh, yeah. I'll land this one, I will.
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
Definitely on my list of what I'd like to find!!!
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
ivantt
Aug 18 2009, 11:32 PM
Definitely on my list of what I'd like to find!!!
Mine too! I have lots of FX4s, but none of these!
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james_autos
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Mine too! I have lots of FX4s, but none of these!


I thought I sent you one in our last trade?

It's a very nicely done model, and to my knowledge the only 1:64 model Corgi has produced for some time. The Juniors line was discontinued about 15 years ago and there hasn't been much since. There was a line produced a few years ago called 'Cprgi Wheelz', which basically just conisted of Realtoys.

I think these were originally just sold in gift shops and stands around London but I didn't see any on my last couple of visits there. The shops aimed purely at tourists all sell the same old tat, and exactly the same die-cast, which appeared to all be Welly.
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Swifty
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
james_autos
Aug 30 2009, 03:32 PM
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Mine too! I have lots of FX4s, but none of these!


I thought I sent you one in our last trade?
I thought that was a Welly 1979 FX-4?
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james_autos
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Yes, there was the Welly FX4 but I did pick you up one of these from a toy fair. I'm sure I sent it in our last trade, but it could be in the box I set aside for our pending trade. I'll have a look later.
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james_autos
Aug 30 2009, 03:32 PM

It's a very nicely done model, and to my knowledge the only 1:64 model Corgi has produced for some time.
For the record, Corgi also does a Ford Transit in 1:64 scale, which is "true scale", therefore larger than three inches. Besides, there is the replica Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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