Last Chance For Checkers In Lawrence

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 13, 2019 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

495 Auto Salvagers is down to six Checkers left of the forty Checkers dumped by Adamson Industries (Checker Motor Cars) last October.  The remaining cars can be seen in the video below. Contact Helen Torres at...

Post 1978 NYC Purpose Built Checker A11 For Sale

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 11, 2019 | Blog, Checkers For Sale

A massive secret stash of old cars is available for sale in Pennsylvania.  All information can be found on the Barn Finds website.  Of particular interest is one NYC 70’s era Checker A11.   Cab 3R78 appears to be an authentic NYC cab.  At the tailend of the Barn...

Last of Lawrence Checkers Being Stripped

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 11, 2019 | The Checker Taxi Stand

Its been about six months since forty Checkers were dumped at a Lawrence, Mass auto crusher.  All in all,  ten Checkers were saved and are currently under restoration.  About 25 were stripped and crush.  The few remaining are currently being stripped for parts. 495...

100 Years of Chicago Checker Taxi 1919-2019

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 7, 2019 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

We recently presented the history of Checker Motors Corp’s Parmelee division,  in this blog we’ll expand on the cab operations history and share the story of Checker Taxi of Chicago.  The company name that would have the biggest impact on the taxicab trade....

NEW INTERIOR STYLING KEYNOTES’ 66 CHECKER

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Mar 31, 2019 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

HERBERT BAKER ADVERTISING, INC 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago,  Illinois 60611 KALAMAZOO, MICH. – The 1966 version of the Checker Marathon,  first offered to the public six years ago.  Looks little different than the original 1960 model on the outside – but, on the...

Alex Hale Reunites with Miss Ida

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

Over the years we have promoted stories about the happy members of the Internet Checker Taxicab Archive. Back in 2015 via our blog we introduced one of our youngest members, Alex Hale. We reported in 2015 as follows: Alex lives in Atlanta and will be a freshman at...