Well, i think i like almost every car in my collection, if i chose them amongst others it is because i loved them, ill post random ones in here.





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And these two were the last ones i bought, i bought it in a shop in Madrid's train station the last time i went, i had been wanting the DS for a long while and i finally found it, and when i saw the Montecarlo SS i got it too because i love american cars so i thought it was fantastic, there were many other models i would have bought but they were just too expensive...

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And well, that's a very small part of my entire car collection, Taxiguy, you should make the taxis of the world collection, you'd learn a lot with each car, i dont know if 1:43 is a common scale in the US though.

CCF I am so jealous of you!!
Where did you get those wonderful Caprices and that beautiful Impala?
I want them so badly!! They were probably quite expensive being that nice, wern't they? Please post more pics of your other models, I would love to see them!

Haha dear Taxiguy i knew you were going to love my 1:18 Caprices an Impalas , im no sure if i have other models you could love from my collection, ill see and ill add them tomorrow ok? im tired now, also, for the moment i have almost them all in boxes, sicne i changed my room so now i have to buy new shells to put them.

Oh and by the way responding to your question i bought both Caprices in ebay, both of them to English people, any time you want a rare car just go to ebay, there are so many i still want... and the Impalas, they were presents, so both fo them were both in shops.

Taxiguy, do they have other models available at the GM headquarters? I can try to find an online store for now, I guess.

Maybe 1/43 then, as such black plastic base is common with these, and that scale is quite common outside US.

I do not have that recent Crown Victoria, but I have a 1995 one:



And for the Caprice, I have these (still at 1/43, though that here the scale is maybe a little approximative)




1993 & 1995 models also exist in these series, all of them seem quite easy to find on ebay US, less easy to find in Europe.

Those are really nice indeed Taxiguy, i forgot to post the other Impala i have, it is a Taxi from San Francisco, its scale is 1:18 as well.



I also have this one, which i love, its a 1:24 Dodge Ram.



Also this Checker from NYC that i bought in a toys R Us , the photo is not very good since i just took a photo of these four at the same time.



My beloved Seville STS, that ill have to buy again because it is a bit broken...



And the Blues Mobile, with a Lincoln Town Car Limo.



And i also love these three, well one of them you saw it yesterday



And i guess those are the ones that can attrack your interest, i then have many in 1:43 scale, i have an entire collection fo taxis of the world, and then i have tohers that ive been buying seperately, mostly european ones, if you are interested i can post some too.


Damn guys youve made me want to buy a new car soon!

Yeah, there was a store in there that had a whole bunch of model cars and car memorabilia. They have a whole mall type of thing on the ground floor with tons of stores and resturaunts, it's a pretty cool place. Plus you can visit the top floor of the building (72 stories) which as you can imagine has a great view. Have you ever been there? I would suggest visiting if you ever happen to be in downtown Detroit. Here are some pictures I took:

The entire complex




The mall (where I bought the model)




Downtown Detroit from the 72nd floor




Also, they have a whole showcase of real cars on the ground floor too. Both new and classic, a must see for any car lover. You can even get inside some of the cars, but only new ones such as a Saturn Aura or a Buick LaCrosse. You can still look at the old ones though, and boy are they nice . They even have some crazy concept cars from the 1950s and 1960s. Here are some pics I took there:

@CCF- I have seen pictures of that Impala taxi online before and I have always wanted it, it is very nice You have so many wonderful cars, I love them all! The only thing you need to complete your collection now is a Crown Victoria

First taxiguy let me tell you that i envy you for having visited the GM building, what a great site, and those real cars own there oh my God, amazing, those Cadillacs oh dear...

And about the Crown Victoria i bought one once, quite cheap, an autoart one, i idnt even mind it was from a Canada police department, i just wanted one and got it, it was going to be a present for Christmas of 2007 and on January the sixh when i unpackeged it i realize it had a broken wheel that was dancing in the box, i was very angry and sad at the same time, that was the only Vic they had in the shop, i went there and changed it for another one, i saw the Expedition and i got it, you see well at least i got another rare model which is one of my favorites too, a Crown Vic is now in my to-buy list, so some day

Since I was a small school-boy, I've collected the 1:87-scale WIKING-cars. Some I've bought in toy-shops, but I'd preferred to get used ones on collecor-markets and -shops.

But in the early 90ies I've stopped with it, because they are getting more and more expensive. I still have a few hundred WIKING-cars in the plastic-cupboards, but since over 15 years, nothing new was added.

You can guess, what a model was my first WIKING-toy? Yes, a K 70, a red one, I got, when I was 3 years old, from a neighbour, who owned such a car in original. One time I thought. "A K 70 was you first toy-car, so a K 70 shall be your first real car." - so I did.

But I don't collect any K 70-toys! Maybe it sounds strange, but the only two K 70-toys, I own are that redt WIKING and a greenmetallic Majorette with a Streckeman-caravan. which I got, when I was 5 years old.

I've seen the big K 70-toy-collections of 4 of my friends, and I've seen, that I cannot hold on with them (without spending very much money).
So I decided to let them collect the toys, but I wanted to have the world's biggest collection of K 70-literature. This I've reached.

CCF- That's too bad about the CV model. In America they are literally everywhere, police and taxi models. You could go to any store that sells models and I garuntee you they would have a Crown Victoria of some kind. Here's a very nice CV taxi model on ebay if you're interested: http://cgi.ebay.com/FORD-CHECKER-CAB-TAXI-CROWN-DIECAST-1-18-YELLOW_W0QQitemZ190222775449QQihZ009QQcategoryZ223QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZ- ViewItem

Also, I would like to make a collection of taxis of the world and include one from every part of the world. Here is a list of taxi models I would like:

1. Toyota Crown Comfort or Nissan Cedric - Japan

2. Toyota Camry - Taiwan

3. Ford Falcon or Holden Commodore - Australia

4. Hyundai Sonta - Korea

5. Volkswagen Beetle - Mexico

6. Hindustan Ambassador - India

7. Toyota Corolla - Indonesia

8. Mercedes E-Class - Germany

9. Whatever this is: http://i.pbase.com/g3/36/640536/2/58051073.Taxi.jpg - Russia

10. Volkswagen Santana - China

Also, I would like a taxi from Spain or France, but I'm not sure what they use there. Maybe someone could help me out with that? Maybe a Skoda or something? Or were the first and second generation Seat Toledo used for taxis in Spain ever? I would like one of those if they were. Maybe they use Citroens or Peugots in France?

EEW taxiguy speaking of Seat Toledos and identifying them as first and second generation, am i dreaming?

Taxiguy as i said the collection of taxis of the world made by Altaya would suit you a lot, i did it entirely adn its quite nice, i also have that CV from NYC in 1:43 just like you

Abotu taxis from Spain it dependes on the era, there are plenty Toledos on the road, specially in Madrid as taxis yet, also Skoda Octavias and superb, Seat Toledo of the third generation, those are the most common ones, as i said, specially on cities like MAdrid, in small towns and smaller cities like mine can be you may found any four door sedan model, that is for nowadays.

Look,

Seat 800 (extended version fo the eat 600) taxi from Bilbao, Bilbao its a city in the Basque Country.
http://cgi.ebay.es/SEAT-800-TAXI-BILBAO-SOLIDO-1-43_W0QQitemZ230253087215QQihZ013QQcategoryZ100119QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZV- iewItem

Another one but this time from Barcelona, dont forget that this yellow and black color is always for taxis from Argentina and Barcelona.
http://cgi.ebay.es/LA-FRAGONETA-SEAT-800-TAXI-DE-BARCELONA-1-43_W0QQitemZ380026108154QQihZ025QQcategoryZ100117QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZV- iewItem

A newer model Nissan Primera, also from Barcelona.
http://cgi.ebay.es/1-43-Nissan-Primera-Taxi-Barcelona-J-Collection_W0QQitemZ290230924956QQihZ019QQcategoryZ100119QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ- 1QQcmdZViewItem

Yet another 800 but from when they were black, nowadays Madrilian taxis are all white with a red stripe.
http://cgi.ebay.es/LA-FRAGONETA-SEAT-800-TAXI-DE-MADRID-1-43-SOLIDO_W0QQitemZ300223473970QQihZ020QQcategoryZ100117QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQc- mdZViewItem

Now a very nice model of a 1973 Seat 1430 with the modern color squeme of a Madrilian taxi.
http://cgi.ebay.es/LA-FRAGONETA-SEAT-1430-TAXI-DE-MADRID-1-43_W0QQitemZ300216126477QQihZ020QQcategoryZ100117QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZV- iewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

And this one that i also own, a nice Seat 1500 as a Barcelona taxi
http://cgi.ebay.es/TAXI-SEAT-1500-BARCELONA-1970_W0QQitemZ270234115680QQihZ017QQcategoryZ120285QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmd- ZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247

Its a shame no others were or are made, though im not 100% sure about this, i think, that a spanish car toy brand that didnt last long made several Toledos 1, which is very rare to find, i think aside from the plane civil model they did whether a taxi or a police car, either way very rare, i'd like to get one but they are sooo difficult to find... and i want it the first gen toledo is a nice looking car.

Yeah, I'm talking about nowadays taxis.
So they use current Toledos as taxis? I hate the current generation ones, they're ugly. But as I said I like the older ones. Btw, you're surprised I know about Toledos? The only reason I know about them really is the US is going to be getting a version of the first generation Toledo badged as a Chery (Chinese car company) in 2010:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chery_A15





Anyway about the taxis of the world series I am planning on collecting some of them. In fact I just bought the 1998 Toyota Crown Comfort Tokyo taxi, the 1985 VW Beetle Mexico taxi, and the 1980 Hindatsu Ambassador India taxi on ebay a few hours ago. So I should be getting them in the mail sometime in the next week. I've been trying to find a list of all of them, but I can't. Do you know all of them? which ones do you have?

Found the "taxis of the world" site
http://www.altaya.es/ficha.php?id=47&t=Taxis20Mundo

haha, but I can't read it

Go to that site and click on the drop list and then on "todas" youll see eery vehicle, i already knew about that Toledo chinese twin, but are you sure such unsafe thing is going to be sold in the US?

Huh, so how is the US going to adquire such things? i think you may have get it wrong Taxiguy.