Barn Find Chevy Caprice NYC taxi!
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Hey its Zach from 718 motorpool and today we have something really unique. A 1996 Chevy Caprice 9C6. This car was Built June 26th 1996 and delivered to Major Chevy in Queens on July 9th 1996. An owner operator cab driver purchased this car for 22762 dollars. Adjusted for inflation this would be roughly 43 thousand dollars today. Since then It went through 2 owners before it was discovered in yard a few weeks ago by my friend who was kind enough to let us check it out.
The 9C6 was the Heavy duty taxi package that chevy from the 70s until the early 2000s. The 9C6 is probobly one of the rarest options you can find today, granted thousands were made when the package was offered but these cars often lived very hard lives and the ones that survive are typically owner operator cars like this one was. I only know of a handful of these cars and I would have to estimate were looking at single digit numbers for suvivor cars.
The 9C6 option was an 831 dollar option that equipped the car with heavy duty componants similar to the 9C1 police package but without any of the performance upgrades. The dark blue vinyl interior with the split bench was standard This car was also equipped with the L99 V8 Engine putting out 200 Horsepower and factory wiring for the taxi sign. This package prepared the car to be able to function in a rough urban environment with little to no down time as many of these cars were run 24/7
As it sits right now is exactly how it was when it left service in 2001 and is a time capsule. Since it was an owner Operated car the standard Taxi partion was not required by the taxi and limosean commsion. The Fare decals on the front doors are from 2000 replacing the orignal Decals from 1996 reflecting a fare increase.
1996 would an interesting year for New York Taxi cabs as the TLC would make it a requirment that all yellow cabs be new vehicles with less than 500 miles before they got got hacked up. Later in 1996 the TLC would roll out the celebrity talking taxi program where you would be greeted with a recording of B list celebrities to remind you to buckle up when you entered the cab and reminded to take your belongings and reciept as you exited the vehicle. This was activated by a button on the dash This program was not well recieved by the general public and drivers alike but lasted until 2003.
The owners plan for this car is to restore it back to the way it was when it was hacked up in the summer of 1996 and keeping the original medallion number. This is to preserve a piece of New york city history as this was one of the last yellow chevy caprice taxis placed into service We will be getting updates throught the restoration process so subscribe and hit hit the bell for notifications to follow the restoration
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Such a cool find! Amazing that so few of these have survived.
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.
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
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.
@@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.
@@JayMalone26 Amazing how the Big 3 don't dominate the taxi market anymore.
Agreed
There's a lot of potential in that car!
So this was filmed about a year and a half ago. There is an update video coming.
Amazing find. Hope it gets cleaned up. I remember seeing family pictures with these in the background
Great vehicle! I had a 79 Caprice and it was great. Have a short video on it.
I have a 90 caprice 9c1 that I’ll be making a video on sooner or later
I had this one as a 1/18 scale model back then. Very cool find!
I think everybody had the 1/18th scale model back in the day lol
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....
Beautiful, Beautiful, beautiful.... Last rwd from Arlington, Texas...
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
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.
I love weird fleet spec cars like that!
Cop shocks and everything 😂.
The before and after on this car was really incredible. What a great piece of NYC history.
Can wait to do the after part
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
I would love to see it. Did Australia have an actual taxi spec?
Love this. Body. Style. ❤❤❤❤
I hope this one gets restored
Nice sedan.
Seeing as it came from NYC, probably smells like a barn inside.
I think you meant bagel, there are very few barns in NY.
Surprisingly they never used Chevy Lumima or Ford Taurus.
Very cool
Awesome!
I bet thats one of the few that was built as a taxi and not a converted police car
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
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
Thats terrible that so few have survived
that's fantastic news so are you gonna start a taxi business
I see diamonds after one power wash....
I do have an update on this car as this video was filmed early last year
Nooo, that would take it's appeal 😥
Buy it
Friend of min already did
@@The718Motorpool great!
What’s the color code
No clue next time I visit my friend I can ask