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 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...

The Transit Bus From Ford to Checker by Joe Fay

by ICTA | Oct 7, 2016 | History, The Checker Taxi Stand

Jim Hinkley the author of Checker Cab Co, Photo History wrote regarding Checker “the development and subsequent production of buses is filled with conjecture, holes and conflicting information”.  Oh boy was he right.  Pulling together much information including Jim’s...

Checker Third Party Production and The End in 2010

by ICTA | Oct 2, 2016 | History, The Checker Taxi Stand

As most Checker owners can attest, when ask by a  car show spectator “what year is it”  there is usually disbelief that their Checker was not produced in the 50’s.  Whether it’s a 1982 model or a 1965 model,  the spectator always appears...