1935
This 1935 Austin Taxi has travelled a very long way indeed – well over 800,000 miles on UK roads plus all the way to South Africa and back. She served in London until 1951 and then went onto taxi ranks in Birmingham. After her second retirement she toured England and Scotland with a group of holidaying students. Following that she undertook school runs and general carrying duties for the Earl of Aylesford, who named her Clarabelle. The car was bought by the museum’s founder in 1973 and shipped to South Africa. Clarabelle returned to England in 1977, shortly before the museum was opened.
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