Rainy Taxi Rainy Taxi Rainy Taxi (1938), also known as Mannequin Rotting in a Taxi-Cab, is a three-dimensional artwork created by Salvador Dalí, consisting of an actual automobile with two mannequin occupants. A male chauffeur with a shark head is in the front seat, and a female sits in the back seat. A system of pipes causes "rainfall" within the taxi. The female wears an evening dress, her hair is tousled, and lettuce and chicory grow around her. Live snails crawl across her body. The piece was first displayed in 1938 at the Galerie Beaux-Arts in Paris of the Exposition Internationale du
Dennis Poore with motorsport and engineering. However, his reconstruction and redundancy plans were heavy-handed and some regarded him a little more than an asset-stripper. What is clear is that his actions led to the fragmentation of the industry when consolidation was essential to save the day. With the purchase of BSA came its subsidiary Carbodies, builder of the FX4 London taxi; the classic ""black cab"". After disposing of the motorcycle manufacturing arms, Poore continued to head Manganese Bronze as a taxi and component manufacturer until his death in 1987. Dennis Poore Roger Dennistoun "Dennis" Poore (19 August 1916, Paddington, London – 12