by Checker_Taxi_Stand | May 30, 2021 | History, The Checker Taxi Stand
Most Checker Cab fans are familiar with the storyof the early days of Checker production in Kalamazoo. Morris Markin combined his Markin Auto Body business in Joliet with the Chicago based Commonwealth Automobile Company. He combined the two companies into one...
by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog, History, The Checker Taxi Stand
Hello Everyone For those of you who may not have met me before, I am Davide Marking President of Checker Motors. My father, Morris Markin started this corporation in 1922 and I have been CEO since 1970. My son Christopher, has worked here for the past 10 years, and...
by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Sep 6, 2020 | Blog, History
© 2020 Joe Fay By the 1970’s the Checker cab design was several automotive generations old. As the decade started the Checker A11 design had been in production for close to twenty years. A11 design elements could be attributed to a 1950 clay design. Some chassis...
by Checker_Taxi_Stand | May 27, 2020 | Blog, History, The Checker Taxi Stand
In 1957 Checker introduced the Adaptobile, based on a standard Checker, but with various features and functions that would allow the Checker to be uses as an Ambulance or mini bus. Seats could be removed to allow patient transportation. According to the brochure, the...
by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Apr 18, 2020 | Blog, History, The Checker Taxi Stand
We have discussed the Bishop Sheen custom Checker in past blogs, we now have an update. We recently found in the Classic Car Club of America Archive files a memo written by automotive designer Raymond Dietrich, the memo documents the modifications for the Limo...
by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Mar 31, 2020 | Blog, History, The Checker Taxi Stand
© 2020 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....