Ya, the track with the screen play writer and producers. They had access to everything from this case, even most of the living detectives.

Earlier in this thread I thought Stine’s glasses may be on the front passenger floorwell, but this picture shows what looks like black glasses in the door panel, on the right of the photograph. They appear folded, possibly either never worn that night or removed by medical personnel to shine a light into Paul Stine’s eyes, for signs of life and placed in the most convenient area for speed. Maybe the glasses were dislodged during the attack and maybe fell onto Stine’s body or the seat, so medical personnel removed them, before turning him.

UK…From your post in Mar. 2016….

What you have marked as possibly Stine’s glasses, is something I first noticed decades ago in a photo, and has subsequently been in other pics of the cab. That is a bracket that is mounted to the floorboard of the cab. In other clearer pics you can clearly see that is what is there on the floorboard. It caught my eye years ago cause I still think it is weird. I could never figure why the cab would have a bracket mounted/bolted to the floorboard, maybe for securing extra luggage? That’s all I could think of, never have noticed it in other cabs.

BayArea60s….

The item in the door described as glasses looks more like a wallet of some kind imo.

The bracket attached to the floorboard looks like what I think all (if not most) motor vehicles have. Normally you don’t see them unless the seat is moved backwards as far as it will go. I think it has to do with the way the seats are mounted to the floorboard (makes sense as something has to attach the seat(s) to the floor).

The carpeting on the floor looks lighter in color by the bracket and bottom of the seat where an angle is formed which would happen if the seat had been moved back as the less exposed would likely be cleaner than the rest of it. I’ve forgotten if known how old the cab was. Wonder what the procedure was in place for assigning cabs and drivers?

Did Paul drive this cab exclusively or was the driver (Paul) assigned to one for his scheduled work time.

In looking again at this picture, I’m now thinking the seat was described as being a bench seat. If so, wonder if the cab originally had bucket seats and they were replaced with bench seat?

I believe what you are seeing in the arm rest is the door handle. There is a recessed area for the handle in both the front and back doors of the cab. The reason you see two window cranks is because cars back then had wing windows. A wing window was a smaller triangular window that was placed in front of the side windows of the front seat on both the drivers and passenger sides. Most of the time wing windows had latches where you would push a button and rotate the latch to open the window. However this model of a 1968 Ford Custom had crank wing windows.

Seagull….

In this photo, I haven’t seen this one in years, but you can actually see Stine’s wing window is partially open.

Bay

Capricorn…

The entire bench seat would be attached to sliding brackets underneath the seats usually a lever underneath seat if you wish to slide seat forward or back. That bracket is way too far forward to have anything to do with the seat adjustment. The whole seat slides as one, when you adjust the driver side, you’re also adjusting the passenger seat. Maybe something for when maintenance is done? It’s always bothered me cause I have never seen one before.

Paul would not have had exclusive use of a cab, nor would any cabbie. This was to be Paul’s last night working for Yellow Cab, he wasn’t even scheduled to be on that night, he was filling in for another cabbie. If I recall correctly Paul had accepted a job at the SF Chronicle newspaper. Some real ironies there.

Back then I believe all cabs had bench seats..

BayArea60’s

Capricorn…

The entire bench seat would be attached to sliding brackets underneath the seats usually a lever underneath seat if you wish to slide seat forward or back. That bracket is way too far forward to have anything to do with the seat adjustment. The whole seat slides as one, when you adjust the driver side, you’re also adjusting the passenger seat. Maybe something for when maintenance is done? It’s always bothered me cause I have never seen one before.

Paul would not have had exclusive use of a cab, nor would any cabbie. This was to be Paul’s last night working for Yellow Cab, he wasn’t even scheduled to be on that night, he was filling in for another cabbie. If I recall correctly Paul had accepted a job at the SF Chronicle newspaper. Some real ironies there.

Back then I believe all cabs had bench seats..

BayArea60’s

I thought that Paul also had a job selling Insurance.

Mr. Lowe….

I believe that’s correct Mr. Lowe, Paul did work for an Insurance Co. as well, not sure if he was continuing on with that job. or not. I know on Tom’s site a few years ago Paul’s sister was checking in there. I’ll go over and look. I think she has her own listing on the Board Index. I recall she went over Paul’s employment at the time of his death, I just can’t recall what she said his intentions were regarding the Insurance Job, or if he was still working there by Oct. 11, 1969…

BayArea60’s