The Checker Taxi Stand

IIt’s official Facebook Checkerheads closed and transitioned to a new admin, the group is now dedicated to the Beatles Fab 4 Yellow Submarine!  Today the new admin of Robert Bartel posted the following: “Hello Checker Yellow Cab YELLOW SUBMARINE. FAB PPL ..Took...

From time to time we like to showcase people who have impacted the hobby in a big way.     Let’s meet Joe Pollard.  Joe has been in the Checker Cab hobby for well over 40 years, having purchased his first Checker in 1978. He’s pretty much the last man standing in the...

Several years ago Checker collector Ben Merkel sent this writer some rare Checker photos from Kalamazoo photographer Ward Morgan.   Morgan was Checker’s go to guy for photography during the 1950’s and 1960’s. Within the stack of rare Checker Model A4 and A5 photos was...

In an attempt to pay tribute to the Checker Cab survivors, part four in a series of blogs will cover Checkers survivors produced between 1950  and 1958.   A small list each car has an interesting story of survival. It’s amazing that any vintage Checker survives as...

Not much is known about this car. It’s recent history goes back about five years ago when Northeast Checker collector and ICTA member Michael Pincus purchased the car in New York City.   When asked how long he owned the Checker, Michael responded “Not long at...