Internet Checker Taxicab Archive

Member Profile: Romano Catone

Mar 17, 2019 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

1981 Original New York Checker Cab 2nd Owner. I am the 2nd owner of this Original New York Checker Cab. I bought this from a family in New Jersey that had this car in storage since 1985. It was bought Brand new in 1981 by a gentleman that had his own New York City...

Checkers Used Corvette Parts!!!!!!

Mar 16, 2019 | Blog

Here at the ICTA, we are on a quest to find compatible parts that can be used for the restoration or preservation of Checker Cabs. Every once and while a new part pops up that was not really on the radar screen. Back in the fall of 2018, the ICTA was very active in...

Chicago Taxicab Strike of 1937, 82 Years Ago This Weekend

Mar 16, 2019 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

The unfortunate Checker Cab Model Y’s above was produced by Checker Cab Manufacturing of Kalamazoo, Michigan between 1935 and 1939, this one clearly suffered the wrath of striking Chicago taxicab drivers. The strike was one of the most violent taxi strikes ever and...

Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company by Mike Szilagyi

Mar 16, 2019 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

Searching for materials about Philadelphia’s trolley fleet, I happened upon a beautifully detailed, dimensioned scale drawing of a Checker Model K. Drafted by the owner, Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company, in 1930. Sometime in the 1920s PRT bought up the cab...

The Edgewood Hose Company Checker Chemical Car

Mar 14, 2019 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

The picture above is a 1931-32 Checker Model M Taxicab originally from New York City, that was converted Edgewood Hose Company. The Edgewood Hose Company received a Checker from Rheinhold Vogel Sr of New York. From 1932 to 1934, the neighbors reconstructed the...