Table of Contents

Introduction |1 Before the FX4 |2 A Troubled Start | 3 The 'New Shape' | 4 Carbodies Takes Over | 5 London Taxis International | 6 The FX4 Around the World | 7 Special Bodies, Special Versions & Famous Owners | 8 Models and Memorabilia | Appendix 1 The Public Carriage Office | Appendix 2 The Conditions of Fitness |Appendix 3 Advertising on London Taxis |Appendix 4 Buying a Retired FX4 |Appendix 5 Production Figures & Technical Specifications | Further Reading

About the Author

Bill Munro spent most of his working life driving a London taxi. He has driven every version of the FX4 taxi ever made and is the author of Carbodies - the Complete Story, the definitive story of the company that made the FX4, so he is uniquely qualified to write about it. He is a committee member of the London Vintage Taxi Association and is the creator and first editor of their magazine, Vintage Taxi. He now runs. Earlswood Press, a Surrey-based micropublishing business

Reviews

"Brilliant - I sat down to browse through it and read it one go!"; Peter Simpson, editor, Classic Van & Pickup magazine