We ended last time on Cab Mutt of the Month so, to continue on a light note, this time we have luxury transport on Java. As you’ll see, the cab is from an East German IFA but the motive power is a bullock driven by a chap in the radiator and engine aperture. This leaves the cab seating available for a couple of sightseers with plenty of room for more. Having established a foreign theme, it is time to consider two important ideas that were adopted in Britain in the 1960/70s — the safety cab and the tilt cab. The Scandinavians brought us properly tested steel cabs, having seen what happened to matchstick and alloy or
