Hackney Bros Body Co.-Photo

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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 04:38 am:


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Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 04:45 am:



Obviously the bodies are not on Ford chassis but I bet they could have been adapted.

Herb


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Aaron Griffey, Hayward Ca. on Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 01:56 pm:

Do you think the term 'hack' had anything to do with so many vehicles with Hackney bodies?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Herb Iffrig on Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 02:34 pm:

That is a good assumption but I don't know.

Herb


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By William L Vanderburg on Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 06:18 pm:

Most likely comes from "hackney carriage" (a carriage for hire) a French term, which comes from the term Hackney or haquenee being a common horse for female riders. There was also a section of London named Hackney.

The first documented hackney carriage ran in about 1621


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