Is This The Same Checker in the Video?

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 30, 2022 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

A recent photo from Finland in the heard, one has to wonder if this video is of the same cars some 40 years later?   2022 photo by Elias Valkki. Postscript We received an email from Hannu Kyttänen, the car at the Lati Show and the Checker Model A2 in the video is one...

ICTA Member Story – Mat Creacradt

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 30, 2022 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

A big welcome to our new ICTA member Mat Creacradt of Corry, PA.. Mat found his Checker on the ICTA website in the for sale section, back in 2020. Here’s Mat’s story! I purchased the car in 2020. It was in western part of Texas and was rust free. I started...

May 1922 thru May 1923, The Most Important Period in Checker History

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 30, 2022 | Blog

We at the Internet Checker Taxicab Archive (ICTA) take the word “archive” very seriously.  Over the years we have amassed the most significant Checker archive library in the world. Be it brochures,  manuals, service bulletins, blueprints,   engineering memos,...

ICTA Member Story – Jeff Detweiler’s Checker Purchase

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 27, 2022 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

ICTA member Jeff Detweiler has purchased another! Checker.  According to Jeff  “So this happened today…..I decided to do my part and rescue one that was heading for the crusher soon. 1967 A12E, with a V8/Automatic. Doesn’t appear to have jumpseats in...

UK Checker Promotional Action

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 17, 2022 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

As we all know, restoring antique cars and Checker Cabs can be very expensive.  Anybody restoring a Checker will have to balance the cost of restoring versus the fun that can be had by owning a Checker. ICTA member Stephen Disbrowe has taken Checker ownership to...

New Checker Cab Production Has Finally Started!!!!!

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

More than five years later than the deadline set by Congress, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has finally released for publication the policy that will enable the return of vehicles that look like those that have been out of the market for at least...