New York City Taxi (2003 Ford Crown Victoria): A LEGO® creation by Sean Kenney : MOCpages.com

New York City Taxi (2003 Ford Crown Victoria)

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A 10-stud wide taxicab.

About this creation

This was something I put together for fun the other day. It's 10-stud wide and about 8.5 inches long.

I've always thought that the standard-issue Ford Crown Victoria NYC Taxicab was an insteresting design to model in LEGO, especially after building my small scale and very tiny scale taxi cabs.

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Daylight shows the LEGO bricks' true yellow color, opposed to the other photos taken indoors that look more "taxicab yellow".

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Here's an in-your face shot of the back of the cab. The Crown Vic's slanted taillights were tough to do.

You can also see a bit of the rear-mount stop lamp.

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this was how I attached the tires so that I could create my own hubs.

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The wheels are desinged to match taxi's wheels, which are mostly just black metal, with a small chrome center that covers the bolts.

The trunk is actually a little too long, and the nose is a little too short.

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At these slanted angles, though, the incorrect length of the hood and trunk isn't as noticable. :) It's most noticable in the "main" picture up at the top of the page.

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The C-pillar is a little strangly shaped; I would like to re-do it. It was hard, because the Crown Victoria's C pillar is rather thick and pretty steep, so it wasnt suited very well to many LEGO sloped bricks.

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Here's a view from above. Getting the subtle tapering of the hood was pretty tricky, but I'm happy with how it came out. The roof is also sloped/tapered in a similar way, although you can't see it now that I added the rooftop advertisement.

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Leather bench seat, with lumbar support. :)

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Taxi Cabrio? :)

Here is a picture of the inside, with the roof removed. There are 2 pedals on the floor, a steering wheel, and a "dividing wall" between the front and back sections. And I realized later that I forgot to add the fare meter! Duh!

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