Tijuana Taxi
Ever heard of Tom Daniel?
I’d argue that him and Larry Wood might have been the most influential figures in the toy car industry. Larry kept on truckin’ for most of the 80ies and 90ies, while Tom reached his peak creative output in the 1970ies with such iconic creations like the Red Baron, S’cool Bus, Paddy Wagon, Badman Chevy, the Hangman, Baja Bandeto, Pie Wagon, Tatantula Dragster… While Larry worked mostly on Hot Wheels, Tom’s creations were also made into model kits, one of them is the Tijuana Taxi, which is loosley based on a Ford T, but Tom’s designs are mostly made up hot rods, mirroring the show rod craze of late 60ies and 70ies.
I mostly built the Tijuana Taxi out of LEGO, because the kit is meanwhile so rare and expensive, that I don’t see myself ever building that. I also finally had a good reason to use the awesome sombreros from the LEGO minifigure collectibles series.
The car is mostly built as I would build it, if I had to make a set. It’s quite stable, there is no werid connections, or illegal mods. But since it’ll never be a set, I went overboard with certain details that are flimsy when played with (the seats on the chest out back, the running boards), and chromed bricks that I got from Auri’s Chrome Block City. But since this is for fun only, didn’t bother solving any issues I might have encountered.
Tijuana Taxi
Ever heard of Tom Daniel?
I’d argue that him and Larry Wood might have been the most influential figures in the toy car industry. Larry kept on truckin’ for most of the 80ies and 90ies, while Tom reached his peak creative output in the 1970ies with such iconic creations like the Red Baron, S’cool Bus, Paddy Wagon, Badman Chevy, the Hangman, Baja Bandeto, Pie Wagon, Tatantula Dragster… While Larry worked mostly on Hot Wheels, Tom’s creations were also made into model kits, one of them is the Tijuana Taxi, which is loosley based on a Ford T, but Tom’s designs are mostly made up hot rods, mirroring the show rod craze of late 60ies and 70ies.
I mostly built the Tijuana Taxi out of LEGO, because the kit is meanwhile so rare and expensive, that I don’t see myself ever building that. I also finally had a good reason to use the awesome sombreros from the LEGO minifigure collectibles series.
The car is mostly built as I would build it, if I had to make a set. It’s quite stable, there is no werid connections, or illegal mods. But since it’ll never be a set, I went overboard with certain details that are flimsy when played with (the seats on the chest out back, the running boards), and chromed bricks that I got from Auri’s Chrome Block City. But since this is for fun only, didn’t bother solving any issues I might have encountered.