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Atlanta, GA
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1966 Austin English Taxi FX3

1966 Austin English Taxi - A classic English taxi for your enjoyment. A great "take notice" car for your business or for your driving fun.
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1966 AUSTIN ENGLISH TAXI FX3, -

2- tone paint exterior finished in Black / Yellow with the original leather interior & rear passenger jump seats, authentic Austin London Taxi which has had the power train professionally converted to all Ford components.

The gas engine is an economical 4 cylinder mated to a 4-speed manual transmission insuring great gas mileage. Runs out great and has had all major systems rebuilt including brakes, steering, electrical etc.

This would be a very good promotion car for any "English" styled business, or any other type of business where a unique vehicle will make people notice you!.

A Classic London Taxi being offered at only $7,500

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The interior is genuine leather & still looks great, rear suicide doors with divider window in the passenger compartment, Will make an excellent promotional vehicle for your business or just enjoy driving on special days or events, ideal for a Bed & Breakfast, we have priced this one very low, call us today toll free @ 866-297-2331 for more information, delivery to your door no problem.

We have low rate, simple interest financing, delivery to your door no problem, please call our office toll free or stop by our 15,000 square foot Classic Car museum located inside the 100,000 square foot Brandons Home Furnishing complex here in Atlanta.

This unique and very collectible English Taxi is offered @ $7,500.00

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NEWS - MEMORIES - CULTURE  FROM 1966 - (in no particular order) -

- Mass Draft Protests in U.S.
- Star Trek
T.V. Series Airs
- Black Panther Party Established

Click here to view the TOP 100 Songs of 1966

- Chinese leader, Mao Zedong launches Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)
- Soviet spacecraft Luna 9 makes a soft landing on the surface of the moon

World Events
- France withdraws its forces from NATO. President De Gaulle visits the USSR (June 20)
- Sukarno leaves office in Indonesia; Suharto assumes power
- Botswana, Lesotho, and Guyana become independent states within the British Commonwealth
- India suffers the worst famine in 20 years; Lyndon Johnson asks for $1 billion in aid to the country

World Statistics
Population: 3.415 billion

U.S. Statistics
President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey
Population: 196,560,338

Entertainment
Events

- The first Star Trek episode, "The Man Trap," is broadcast on September 8. The plot concerns a creature that sucks salt from human bodies
- CBS backs out of plans to broadcast Psycho, deeming the movie too violent for at-home viewing
- The old Metropolitan Opera House is abandoned as the company moves to Lincoln Center. The new Metropolitan Opera opens with Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra

Movies
- A Man for All Seasons, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Alfie, A Man and a Woman

Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter, Katherine Anne Porter
Music: Variations for Orchestra, Leslie Bassett
Academy Award, Best Picture: The Sound of Music, Robert Wise, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Nobel Prize for Literature:
Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Israel) and Nelly Sachs (Sweden)
Record of the Year: "A Taste of Honey," Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
Album of the Year: September of My Years, Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
Song of the Year: "The Shadow of Your Smile" (Love Theme From The Sandpiper), Paul Francis Webster and Johnny Mandel, songwriters

Miss America:
Deborah Irene Bryant (KS)

Click here to view the Top 100 Songs of 1966

Science
- Insulin is first synthesized in China. Background: Health & Nutrition
- MIT biochemist Har Khorana finishes deciphering the DNA code. Background: genetic engineering
- The Food and Drug Administration declares "the Pill" safe for human use. Background:
Birth & Contraception

Notable U.S. Deaths in 1966
Montgomery Clift - Walt Disney

 


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