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doubt in asking me for it." But we have now heard from another Spanish taxi driver whose preferred mode of business transport is also English – but this time a Fairway. Carmelo Ruiz López (licence no 25) is the only taxi driver in Zaragoza with a London cab. His city is almost as historically famous as London and goes back to 25BC when it was a Moorish colony. He saw the story of the FX4R manual on-line and let us know that he is also a lover of London-style cabs. He bought the cab in 1998 when he saw it at an exhibition of cars in the city - La Feria de Muestras de Zaragoza - fell in love with it and decided to buy it on the spur of the moment. The Fairway wasn’t for sale, but so desperate was cabby Carmelo to have it, that the director of the exhibition eventually sold it to him. Carmelo charges the same fares as all the other cabs, but emphasises his unique selling points for Zaragoza which are more comfort as well as travelling in a unique vehicle so far as the Spanish city is concerned. Because the cab is unique in Zaragoza, companies advertising on the sides of taxis are paying Carmelo much more to advertise than the others get. And as the picture shows, he is not only using, but also advertising the UBiee Power Pill along with all the other drivers across the city. Not surprising, perhaps, as Zaragoza is the International headquarters of UBiee, the Internal Marketing Company of the Power Pill. |
The
July issue of Call Sign contained an article on
Spanish taxi driver José M.Basadre Montesinos, who lives in
Puerto Real (Cadiz) and who wrote to this magazine in
desperation after buying an old FX4R, but not managing to get
the driver’s manual with it. It was his English – or lack of it
– that made a factual article so amusing. He had originally signed off his first letter with the plaintiff cry of: "If you or his wife collect something, or they desire some Hispanic object, not doubt in asking me for it, that with pleasure he would send it." Fortunately for José, LTI’s Head of Overseas Operations, Nigel Walters, also read the article and after gaining his address via Call Sign, sent him the manual, which led José to thank him with a heartrending: "If some Spain wishes to, please, not |
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One of the hobbies of Dial-a-Cab
driver Bill Kibble (K86) is "now and
then" photography. In this series, Bill has
taken photos of places and buildings that have
an original version somewhere in the public
domain… This month: Looking at the junction of Vere Street and Oxford Street in 1901 and the present day… ![]() Vere St/Oxford St in 1901 |
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