The prototype FX3 was fitted with an all steel body from Carbodies and was registered as JXN 842, and it went on test in the summer of 1948 together with the FX2, registered JXN 841. It was announced at the Commercial Motor Exhibition in November of that year. The cab was commissioned from Austin by the taxi dealers Mann and Overton and had been designed to meet the Metropolitan Police conditions of fitness.
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sold in the United Kingdom by Austin from 1948 to 1958
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built by Carbodies of Coventry on a chassis supplied by Austin
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on test in the summer of 1948
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on test in the summer of 1948
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sold in the United Kingdom by Austin from 1948 to 1958
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was announced at the Commercial Motor Exhibition
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The Austin FX3 is a taxicab that was sold in the United Kingdom by Austin from 1948 to 1958.
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