33 Ford Taxi

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Here is a '33 Ford Argentina Police car and yes RHD std w/cowl lights.
 

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Yes, Coop, straight louvers. Thank you. And you've got excellent eyesight regarding the '34 hubcaps, as well. Too far away for me. Although, being a typical taxi, it appears it's been around the block more'n its share . . . with the beat-up hubcaps, egregious fender boink, grill damage(?).

"Hey Mac, Get me to tirdy-tird an' Trimbal. . . . An' make it snappy . . ."

"Toidy-Toid an' . . . you got it, Bud . . ."
 
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Sheldon,


Cowl lights were standard equipment throughout much of South America as a local lighting requirement. It was pretty much standard driving practice not to use the vehicles' headlamps while driving in cities well into the early 1970s. A foolhardy practice, to say the least.

As for RHD, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay were RHD countries until September, 1945 when all three countries switched to LHD; imagine the preparations required for such a change and notwithstanding, the chaos in the short term when the change took place. The photo below is of main street in Stockholm on the day in 1967 when Sweden switched from RHD to LHD; think about the photo in terms of how well organized Swedes tend to be compared to .....
 

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Very Interesting .

Cowl lights were standard equipment throughout much of South America as a local lighting requirement. It was pretty much standard driving practice not to use the vehicles' headlamps while driving in cities well into the early 1970s. A foolhardy practice, to say the least.
 
It was pretty much standard driving practice not to use the vehicles' headlamps while driving in cities well into the early 1970s.

I saw the same practice in several cities I visited in the Mediterranean in 1969/70 timeframe. A different practice than I was used to.
 
All cops are right handed... right?

Only a lefty would see that? Am i right, Alan? Kinda like me asking if they had an m-16 for lefties so the empty cartridges wouldn't fly by my face. They could only say maybe, somewhere maybe? Right hand bs discrimination. terry
 
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