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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Commander Red

February 3, 2010

WOW know wonder your creator of MOCpages. I would rate beyond 5 sytars

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James Hawke

January 30, 2010

Hey Sean, can you try your hand at a police car!

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Staal Kalar

January 27, 2009

Amazing vehicle! I want one for my town!

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James Combs

September 18, 2008

this is awsome and it fits with my Police Car you should go check it out and my F-150

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Kenneth Gucyski

August 21, 2008

This is amazing. People are jokers when they want to rate. This reminds me of the Taxi in the Ultimate Lego Book.

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commander cody

July 29, 2008

i love ford

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Aaron Lai

March 23, 2008

good! you should try making a holden ve commodore

Ciaran Mauro

November 4, 2007

I build legos alot. That kinda looks like a lego coupe 2-door.

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Nathan

September 16, 2007

its awesome!i want to buy it in B.C but where where!?I respect it more than every lego creation maded. But it kind of looks like the smashing drive taxi...but please tell me where I could get it in B.C!

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Vladimir Matikov

August 4, 2006

No opening doors, but more detailed than mine!

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Konrad Ali Zahedi

July 10, 2006

I love it I wish you would build one in police edittion!:-)

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chris

July 7, 2006

It looks nice pretty good for a lego car PS. Did you get it out of a box.

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Jared Adams

January 19, 2006

show that to ford thell like it.

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VIC

March 14, 2005

Your work is great...are you interested in selling any of your ART ! Give me a call or drop me a line ...Keep up the great work...Crown Vic !

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anthony

March 5, 2005

details must be your specialty, great job!

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Daan Vanden Bosch

December 9, 2004

Nice

Henry Lynn

May 28, 2004

looks a bit short in the back

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Ryan

April 13, 2004

It is a good taxi cab, it looks just like them.

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Mike Lucio

March 28, 2004

Its supposed to look alot like a police car, its a crown victoria, for those who dont know, its the main vehicle of US police, and is also the main car of US taxi companies. Anyway, great work! Keep up the awesome work! -Mike Lucio

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fedor

March 25, 2004

i think it rocks. but it looks a little like a police car, but still good work.

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joe

March 19, 2004

This is a very good creation,it looks alot like a real crown vic, and it would be a good idea for you to make an NYPD crown Vic. I think it would turn out good.

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Hullu

January 15, 2004

That looks just like the ones in the american movies.

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Laurent .

October 27, 2003

cheer

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Rob

October 9, 2003

nicely built, but doesn't look that much like the crown victoria.