George Zisti has held a Taxi licence in Australia since 1965. In 1999 he was approached by the Ministry of Transport NSW to see if he was interested in introducing a wheelchair accessible taxi service to Sydney. Not long after that, George became the first taxi driver operating a wheelchair accessible Mercedes taxi in Sydney.

George notched another first when, after a rigorous assessment of passenger comfort, vehicle reliability, and costs of purchase and maintenance, he changed to a Toyota Tarago taxi: George was the first taxi driver in Australia to do so. George literally took a tape measure and a wheelchair to assess various vehicles available and their suitability for wheelchair conversions. Every assessment brought back the same answer - the Toyota Tarago.

In 2004, after seeing a gap in the market for cost effective Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle conversions, George decided to start up Right Price Conversions. His aim is to provide a better wheelchair conversion service to taxi drivers and private vehicle owners. He is ideally placed to do so given both his vast knowledge of the taxi industry and his experience driving a wheelchair accessible vehicle and servicing wheelchair passengers.

In 2005 the current factory for Right Price Conversions was opened. Later that year, the Former Premier of NSW, the Hon. Barry Unsworth, as head of the Wheelchair Accessible Taxis Taskforce, visited our factory with Mr Arthur Rogers from the Ministry of Transport. Both were impressed with our conversions and Mr Unsworth commented: “This is the most suitable vehicle to be used as a wheelchair accessible taxi.”

Right Price Conversions have now completed more Wheelchair Accessible Taxi conversions than any other company in Sydney. We have worked with every major taxi company in metropolitan Sydney.

In 2007 Right Price Conversions converted two vehicles for private use for families with disabled children through money raised by Variety – the children’s charity. We are proud to have participated in this event and are happy to promote and work with any such venture in the future.