THE TOFAS - SAHIN TAXI
Here I present you the Tofas-Sahin , that is widely used as taxi in Turkey. Tofas is the largest manufacturer of cars in Turkey and produces under Fiat licence. Sahin is the Turkish word for Falcon. The car is basically a Fiat-131 with a facelift. It has a 1600 cc engine, recently had an adaption from the Fiat Tempra, replacing its outdated cam-in-block engine. This car is used widely because its parts are very cheap to replace. 2002 was the last year that they were produced.
This model I made is 1/20 scale, with the original Fiat 131 engine. It is completely scrap-built, with 427 parts in total . The only parts that are used from ready-made material are the wheels , tires and the steering wheel. The main material used is 0.25 mm thick sheet tin, and tea cans serve very good for the purpose. This model took 6 months to build.
As you look at the pics, you will have the details of
the model and also some concepts about the taxi-driver attitudes in Turkey.
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