Stuck Home due to Covid 19? Take the Checker Cure

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 5, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

During this time when people across the world are stuck in their homes, many are going a little stir crazy. That said Checker fans worldwide may have an excellent chance to do some big jobs, perform a little tinkering or leverage other options to enjoy the Checker...

Join the Fun, Checkers at Das Awkscht 2020!

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 2, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

Its official!!   The ICTA will be meeting up in August at Das Awkscht.  For 57 years, Das Awkscht Fescht has been a summer tradition for all ages. Offering three fun-packed days in the great outdoors, it’s been a perfect way for families to celebrate summer and see...

The Zurich City Checker Ambulance

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 1, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

In the early 1960’s the City of Zurich Switzerland determined that they needed to replace several ambulances in the cities fleet of thirteen ambulances.  They needed to replace two Cadillac ambulances that had been in service the late 1930s!. Between them, the...

The Checker Fisher Body Program of 1981

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Mar 31, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

By the mid-seventies Checker would revisit the idea of producing a new Taxi.  In March of 1977, Ed Cole, former GM president, and Victor Potamkin, one of the largest car dealers in the US, bought control of Checker Motor’s taxi subsidiary:  Checker Taxi Co. then...

Clearwater Fleet Totally Liquidated

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

A quick update on one of our older blogs,  back in 2018 we posted several items about the Checker Fleet operating in Clearwater, Florida.   We wrote  “For close to ten years John Didomizio has built a significant fleet of Checkers.  All were restored and brought back...

Checker Factory Driveaways

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Mar 26, 2020 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

in the June 25, 1955, edition of the Ottawa Citizen, there was a brief news item entitled Auto Plant Driveaway. It explained that Chrysler Corporation of Canada had opened a new retail customers’ driveaway at the Windsor, Ontario, plant. The article stated, “The...