Carbodies
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Carbodies was a taxi design and manufacturing company based in Coventry, England. In its latter years it also traded as London Taxis International and The London Taxi Company.
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- 1919–1954
- Standardised Coachwork
- Taxicabs, Convertibles, Daimlers and other Postwar Vehicles
- BSA ownership (1954–1973)
- Manganese Bronze ownership (1973–2013)
- Rebranded as London Taxis International
- Administration
- Gallery
- Carbodies' MGs
- Carbodies' prewar sports bodies
- Carbodies' postwar drophead coupés and estate cars
- Carbodies' Daimlers
- Carbodies' taxis, hire cars and commercial vehicles
- LTI taxis
- See also
- References
- External links
Carbodies was a taxi design and manufacturing company based in Coventry, England. In its latter years it also traded as London Taxis International and The London Taxi Company.
It operated a coachbuilding business on Holyhead Road, Coventry. After half a century making short runs of limited demand bodies for major manufacturers it was obliged to replace these now moribund activities and in 1971 took from its former customer and supplier of taxi chassis, Austin, the manufacture of complete London taxicabs. Two years later was bought by Manganese Bronze Holdings.
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