Checkers in 1/43 Scale, Get Ready For Christmas

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Nov 29, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

We all had a fantastic Thankgiving holiday.  Now that thanksgiving has come and gone, many are preparing for Christmas.  Just remember, its not too late to order some great 1/43 scale Checker models for Christmas gifts for your Checker nutty friends and family. In...

Long Serving Checkers of Finland

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Nov 28, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

Uusikaupunki, is a medium sized city in Finland, population about 15,000 citizens.  According to Wikipedia the municipality is unilingually Finnish. Both its Finnish and Swedish names translate literally to “New Town”. The town of Uusikaupunki was founded...

A Collection of Mid Century Urban City Vehicles

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Nov 22, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

Just a short video of three vehicles that would have been a common sight in mid town Manhattan or the Chicago loop circa 1950-1960.  In the video, you’ll see a  Checker Model A4 produced from 1949-1953, a Checker Model A8 produced from 1956-1958 and a Dekalb...

Checker Taxicab in HO Scale

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Nov 22, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

Christmas is just around the corner and consistent with the last several years,  the ICTA is showcasing some of the models of Checker taxicabs available on the market for Checker gift giving.  In this blog we’ll cover Checkers produced in HO scale.  An HO model is...

The Fiberglass Checker

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Nov 15, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

This weekend Emerson Zentz and partner in crime Laddie Vetech proved that you can still have fun with a Checker in the cold season of mid November.  Emerson and Laddie trekked up to Ohio this weekend where they paid a visit to Ben Merkel’s Twilight Taxi and took...

Reunited with the Checker Model A8

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

For the last four years this writer’s Checker Cab Model A8-DS has been housed at the National Auto and Truck Museum in Auburn,  Indiana.  Back in 2016 I had been a planning a process to move from Chicago and downsize, so when the opportunity popped up to display the...