Fillipino Taxi

The Fillipino Taxi was the brainchild of Nobby, seen here leaning on his car just after returning from the National Convention in Timaru, New Zealand. It's a Minor 1000 pickup with lowlight guards grafted on the front and a Datsun 1200 engine under the bonnet. The engine and gearbox mounts were done by a friend, Robby, whose engineering work won Nobby a prize at the Convention in 1997. The paint job is yellow & orange, with a big zig-zag up the cab and back section separating the two.

The Fillipino Taxi idea is meant to resemble the outrageous taxis used in the Phillipines - he later added 4" high model horses to the sun visor and stuck old keys all over the enagine bay...