Registration No: FGU 616 Chassis No: 1268G2SW1889 MOT: Exempt Motor Car Location: Avon Morris-Commercial began building London Taxis to comply with Metropolitan Police regulations in 1929.

The G2SW Super Six was introduced in 1938, and is unusual in being one of only two models of London taxi to have a six-cylinder engine; its predecessor, the Morris-Commercial G2S 'Junior-Six’ being the other.

Only three of these six-cylinder rarities are thought to have survived, all of which being G2SW’s.

The engine of these taxis was an overhead valve Morris unit mated to a four-speed synchromesh gearbox, a worm drive rear-axle, and rod-operated brakes.

With coachwork provided by Morris Bodies Ltd., a branch of the Morris organisation, the standard factory style was a landaulet, and they were trimmed in leather/cloth with leather seat facings.

During the Second World War, many are believed to have been requisitioned for work with the Auxiliary Fire Service.

This example is one of the only thr...