The New Checker of the 70’s and 80’s, The End of the Line

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Sep 6, 2020 | Blog, History

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 components had...

Checker Ambulances, Some Historical Perspective

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...

Dietrich Designed Checker Limo for Bishop Fulton Sheen Update

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...

The Checker Fisher Body Program of 1981

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Mar 31, 2020 | Blog, History, 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...

The New Checker, Scam or Real Attempt?

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Oct 23, 2018 | History, The Checker Taxi Stand

About four years ago many members of the Checker Car Club of America received a mailing from Adamson Industries announcing their intent to develop a Checker restoration shop in Haverhill, Mass.   Beyond the mailing to Checker fans, press releases were distributed...

The Checker Utility Wagon, Checker First Non Taxicab Product

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Nov 26, 2017 | Blog, History, The Checker Taxi Stand

The general school of thought among auto historians regarding Checker’s introduction into the consumer car market was that it was in the fall of 1959 with the introduction of the 1960 Checker Superba. The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1945-1975 ignores all of...