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The Ace of CabsThis is what Uncle John had written on the back of the Ace Cab Fleet picture: “New Ace Cab Co. fleet taken in the summer of 1952,in the100 block of 3rd Street N.E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Standing by the cabs: Ernie Baily,1950 Plymouth; John Munson,1952Plymouth #3; Bill Harris; John Mailese. All the other cabs are 1950,1951 1952 Plymouths except for a 1951 Chevrolet. Standing bythe door of the waiting room is Paul Miller.” THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY LES BUNSANECK, CEDAR RAPIDS PHOTOGRAPHER.by Ernie BailySimi Valley, CaliforniaAs a belated Fathers’ Day tribute, I’m writing this to honormy dad, my Uncle John and his best friend Claire Stallman.Through the years I would have been honored to have each ofthese men be my “Dad,” so as you can see, I had the goodfortune to have these great men look after me.Dad had a love for Chrysler products that startedbefore I was born. Back in the late ‘40s and upthrough 1955, my dad and my Uncle John, alongwwith his best friend, Claire Stallman, and long time truckdrivingbuddy, Marv Henderson, joined together to create aUncle John and his 1948 Dodge cab-36-better cab company than those that existed in Cedar Rapids,Iowa.At the time, there were two other cab companies: CenturyCab and Yellow Cab. Dad,Uncle John and Claire joined witha Mrs. Burke who already had a cab company called City CabCo. and created the Ace Cab Company. They created the red,white and blue colors due to the fact that they were formerGIs just back from WWII, and because they were differentfrom the City Cab Co. colors. If I remember right from mydad talking about it, they wanted to offer better working conditionsalong with a better pay package to the drivers. That’swhy they started the company. Dad was an excellent mechanicand did a lot of the service work on the cabs for the company.They started with the office being at Mrs. Burke’s home.Each of the drivers was an owner/operator, althoughClaire did not drive the cab he owned.During the years Dad would buy a new Dodge orPlymouth and Mom would break it in for a few monthsbefore they put it into service. They would buy a newcar almost every year. He said they used Dodges andPlymouths due to the fact the customers always went tothese cars because they rode better and were more comfortablethat the Fords and Chevrolets. That’s why inthe company photo you see primarily Dodges andPlymouths.One of the other things you can notice in the photosis that Dad liked to dress his cars up with whitewalltires and added chrome trim. He would later help mewith my many Dodges and Plymouths, becomingknown to my buddies and me as "the oldest teenager on
the block!” I hope to someday pick up a ‘50s Plymouthand restore it to look like the one in the picture showingmy twin brother Eugene and me in the little wagon. I currentlyhave a 1948 Plymouth Special Deluxe two-doorsedan that happens to be just like my parents’ first new carafter they got married.PBErnie Baily received a thirdplace trophy at the 2007National Spring Meet held inSanta Maria, California, forhis 1948 P15 Special Deluxetwo-door sedan.Dad and his 1951 Plymouth cab decked out with whitewall tires and extrachromeUncle John’s 1950 Plymouth City Cab and a stray ChevroletMore on KayNorton’sPlymouthThe stouthearted six is an example of the engine that propelled JohnnyMantz’s P19 sedan to victory in the inaugural Darlington 500 in 1950.A replica was on hand at the 1966 race with Richard Petty’s famed #43Plymouth in the background. [BULLETIN 139]Kay Norton’s P19 sedan at the 1973 National SpringMeet in Owensboro, Kentucky, where it received a secondplace trophy in then Class 5 (1942-1950).[BULLETIN 81]-37-
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