Barn Find Chevy Caprice NYC taxi!

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  • @copcararchaeology
    @copcararchaeology 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Such a cool find! Amazing that so few of these have survived.

  • @JayMalone26
    @JayMalone26 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    Love seeing the 90's caprice taxi's and police cars. Really defined the NYC landscape of that era. Seeing yellow Camry's in Manhattan is so boring

    • @moonbeamskies3346
      @moonbeamskies3346 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Is the Camry the most common model used now, or is it one of many? I read somewhere that the Prius is also common. And a few minivans.

    • @JayMalone26
      @JayMalone26 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@moonbeamskies3346 Its one of many. Prius, Camry, Sienna, Rav4, Nissan NV200, Ford Transit are pretty much what make up the fleet now. Occasionally, you'll see a Tesla.

    • @moonbeamskies3346
      @moonbeamskies3346 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@JayMalone26 Amazing how the Big 3 don't dominate the taxi market anymore.

    • @danikoo582
      @danikoo582 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Agreed

  • @moeman4562
    @moeman4562 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    It would be neat to just get it running well enough and drive it through the city, grime and all. I wonder how folks would react.

  • @ThomasP187
    @ThomasP187 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Amazing find. Hope it gets cleaned up. I remember seeing family pictures with these in the background

  • @monsterstereos1836
    @monsterstereos1836 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    There's a lot of potential in that car!

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      So this was filmed about a year and a half ago. There is an update video coming.

  • @PeterHanna02
    @PeterHanna02 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The original medallion for this car is 1C81 not 4Y73. I saw this very car in person few years ago back when it was still in the yard in PA. Old owner told me it was used in a movie or tv show and that is why the medallion # was changed. I actually bought the metal medallion off this car that was bolted to the hood and I still have it. I reached out awhile ago regarding getting the original medallion back to the owner but don’t think I got a response

  • @arthurmccarron4379
    @arthurmccarron4379 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love this. Body. Style. ❤❤❤❤

  • @acoffeewithsatan
    @acoffeewithsatan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    These are so cool, and came with many unique factory options as well! I’m the proud owner of a ‘98 Merc W202 that also served as a Lisbon cab for over 25 years with my dad always behind the wheel! Needless to say I’m prizing that car so much. It has reinforced suspension, a rear window curtain, and special reinforced seats.

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I love weird fleet spec cars like that!

    • @killerdinamo08
      @killerdinamo08 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cop shocks and everything 😂.

  • @robertdiehl9003
    @robertdiehl9003 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So beautiful to see a great era of time in one video. The sunshine Yellow 1996 but the rare squares backs in the background are off the charts....

  • @rlchts1cmdr
    @rlchts1cmdr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The before and after on this car was really incredible. What a great piece of NYC history.

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Can wait to do the after part

  • @robertdiehl9003
    @robertdiehl9003 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Beautiful, Beautiful, beautiful.... Last rwd from Arlington, Texas...

  • @fhwolthuis
    @fhwolthuis 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I had this one as a 1/18 scale model back then. Very cool find!

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I think everybody had the 1/18th scale model back in the day lol

  • @EnthusiastCarHangar
    @EnthusiastCarHangar 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great vehicle! I had a 79 Caprice and it was great. Have a short video on it.

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I have a 90 caprice 9c1 that I’ll be making a video on sooner or later

  • @Sammydx1
    @Sammydx1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Grandfather was a yellow cab owner/operator.
    He was a Checker cab driver my whole life growing up. He won his medallion in 1992 (Chicago).
    He purchased a yellow 92 Caprice 9C6 with a 4.3L V6. I distinctly remember him bringing it home, I was 12.
    He went into the garage and put Oldsmobile wheel covers on it and he's beeded seat cover lol
    He drove it for 8 years ? Give or take. Until he sold his medallion. Then sold the cab.
    Interesting issues with the car was that the check engine light never went off. He had to put a piece of black electrical tape over it. And change the oil monthly at the yellow cab shop and only used 10w40. Summer and winter lol

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Those V6 caprices are super rare. I believe they were only used from 91 until 93. Did Chicago require all medallion cabs be new cars?

    • @Sammydx1
      @Sammydx1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@The718Motorpool I'm not 100% sure. But I do know that the used police car market price revolved around what year you could put a cab in service.
      For instance. If you wanted a 96 Caprice and it can be used as a cab you were bidding against cab companies and you paid top top top dollar. But if a 95 Caprice couldn't be used for a cab. Well you got it on the cheap.

  • @carlbentley80
    @carlbentley80 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very cool

  • @maxrockatanksyOG
    @maxrockatanksyOG 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Mum's Uncle, who was a Taxi driver from the early 1970's up until 2000, kept his 1981 XD Ford Falcon sedan Taxi; his was ordered with the standard Ford Australia Taxi pack, except he was good mates with the local dealer and the car was ordered with a 351ci Cleveland V8 & Auto+ LSD.
    He has had it semi restored (400,000km kn the clock), has all the original lights & gear in it

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I would love to see it. Did Australia have an actual taxi spec?

  • @MichaelOKeefe2009
    @MichaelOKeefe2009 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice sedan.

  • @Ivan92UK
    @Ivan92UK 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I hope this one gets restored

  • @ENYoriginal
    @ENYoriginal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These actually looked good unlike the Ford Crown Victorias from 1993-96 when they were painted bleached yellow....

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      When Ford changed the yellow paint on the later aeros it was a huge improvement

  • @jcraigshelton
    @jcraigshelton 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Seeing as it came from NYC, probably smells like a barn inside.

    • @stopmakingsense9915
      @stopmakingsense9915 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think you meant bagel, there are very few barns in NY.

  • @jozseft7224
    @jozseft7224 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Awesome!

  • @42luke93
    @42luke93 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Surprisingly they never used Chevy Lumima or Ford Taurus.

    • @mopargm9329
      @mopargm9329 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They used both the Lumina and the Taurus in the 1990s

  • @Full_Otto_Bismarck
    @Full_Otto_Bismarck 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thats terrible that so few have survived

  • @FizzooYT
    @FizzooYT 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why are there so many audio cuts?

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is when I was just learning to edit audio and I’ve learned a lot since. IIRC i edited this on my phone

    • @FizzooYT
      @FizzooYT 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@The718Motorpool oh ok nice find though

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@FizzooYT if you check out some of the stuff that I have uploaded this year, I feel audio quality has improved. However, this is just one of rewarding parts of being a creator where you can see your quality improve over time.

  • @paulmatakovich9096
    @paulmatakovich9096 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I bet thats one of the few that was built as a taxi and not a converted police car

    • @jonthebuildingmanager2896
      @jonthebuildingmanager2896 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A lot of them were taxis from new. Owner/Operators put so many miles and depended on them, so they didn’t want to start with an already worn out car. And NYC made it mandatory for them to be new in the later 90s

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      New York City required them to be new sometime around 1994 or 1995 when Rudy Giuliani became mayor. This was part of his clean up of NYC. However, many operators bought new cars as this was their primary source of income

  • @unter1103
    @unter1103 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    that's fantastic news so are you gonna start a taxi business

  • @2010hyundaielantra
    @2010hyundaielantra 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Buy it

  • @dtb305
    @dtb305 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What’s the color code

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No clue next time I visit my friend I can ask

  • @robertdiehl9003
    @robertdiehl9003 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I see diamonds after one power wash....

    • @The718Motorpool
      @The718Motorpool  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I do have an update on this car as this video was filmed early last year

    • @killerdinamo08
      @killerdinamo08 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nooo, that would take it's appeal 😥