issue of Call Sign, a genuine London Halda taximeter was featured. It had been on display in the Temple Shelter and was given to me - via our Editor - by Malcolm Levant so that I might find it a good home.
   I had in mind almost immediately a member of the London Vintage Taxi Association, who over the past few years I know has been restoring my favourite taxicab of all time! Richard Buckles, in Headley Down, Hampshire, is a devout Morris enthusiast and has added a Series 1 Nuffield Oxford cab to his stable.
   This 1947 cab was the first post-war cab and had an ash frame with pressed steel panelling. The petrol engine is an 1800cc dry-sump unit and they were not the most powerful cabs in the capital, being beaten by pre-war Austins when it came to the cavalry charge for the gap in Admiralty Arch. But what a beautiful cab! Although a fixed head, there were no rear quarter lights, no glass to the left of the driver and artillery wheels were fitted.
   Richard Buckles bought the cab about three years ago and hopes to have it on the road by the end of this year. There has been substantial reframing and panel work to do but the mechanics seem in pretty good order. This is the only cab of its type in the UK and I never thought I would see one again.
   Richard was delighted to be given the Halda meter, which will be mounted on the cab as soon as a suitable meter table has been engineered. He asked me to thank both Malcolm Levant and Call Sign..."