55fireflite Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Greetings all, The Bowery Boys is a podcast and website about New York City history. Below is a link to a collection of photos taken along the Third Avenue Elevated. http://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2018/01/bowery-third-avenue-elevated-capturing-soot-shadow-old-new-york.html If you scroll down the page there is a photo by Marjory Collins showing a rear view of a taxi cab taken in 1942 at the corner of Bowery and St Mark's Place. It has an opening roof section over the rear seat. It appears a section of the roof may even slide down inside the rear bodywork. It reminds me of those luxury car bodies from the teens and twenties with the fold down rear roof, but I've never seen anything like this from the late thirties/early forties. Any ideas what make of car this might be, or who might have built the body? Might there be more photos somewhere on the web? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 1940's De Soto taxis had the retractable "Skyview" roofs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Mellor NJ Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Different, I agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Checker model A http://www.icta.club/the-1939-checker-model-was-watershed/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55fireflite Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 That's the one! I had read one that Checker made cars for a while, but I've only ever seen one or two in person, and certainly not one of these. Very cool car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 On 1/28/2018 at 1:15 AM, Bloo said: Checker model A http://www.icta.club/the-1939-checker-model-was-watershed/ The open rear compartment lets passengers enjoy all the smells of the city! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Brass is Best said: The open rear compartment lets passengers enjoy all the smells of the city! Or it lets the city enjoy all of your smells. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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