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The Taxi Driver of the Year Show is an annual charity event organised by the London Taxi Driver of the Year Charity Fund to raise funds for Taxi-Trade based causes.

The event includes a series of driver "tests" including driving tests and "the knowledge".

This Year's event was held at Olympia on Sunday 1st September, and also included several trade exhibitors, including Twenty Twenty Services Limited. We also sponsored three vintage London Taxis which were on show at the event.

 

Pictured above on the Twenty Twenty stand (from left to right): (Seated) Alex Kaye (Frankum and Kaye Ltd), Maurice Reid (20/20), Mal Smith (20/20) and "Frank" Franklyn (London Vintage Taxi Association)

Vintage taxis sponsored by Twenty Twenty Services Limited at the Taxi Driver of the Year Show. (Click on the images for larger versions)
1965 Beardmore Mk 7 (3-Door)	1964 Beardmore Mk 7 (3-Door)	1971 Winchester
Both of these vehicles have Ford Engines and gearboxes, with fibreglass wings and roof. The rear doors are aluminium on an ash frame, and the bonnets are steel.		This has a Ford engine and gearbox, and an all-fibreglass body, including the grille and bumpers. It uses Ford Transit running gear, and can run on LPG or Petrol.
These classic vehicles came complete with authentic electromechanical taximeters bolted to the area above the exterior luggage compartments: distant relatives of the small and stylish meters available from Twenty Twenty for today's London Taxis!

We would like to congratulate the organisers for the success of the show and hope that this will be repeated in future events.