So why were so many Checker Cab executives killed back in the day in Chicago?  Whether is was the Chicago taxi wars, the milk wars or the union strike of 1937, violences was never far from Checker Cab in Chicago. Below are to examples. Items 1 Checker Cab Executive...

Coronado Eagle and Journal, Volume 67, Number 9, 14 February 1980 If you happen to be standing on a street corner one day trying to flag down a taxicab and a white Checker Cab passes you by with sirens blaring and a Coronado Police Department insignia on the door,...

Town cars, by definition and construction are limousine-like vehicles wherein the chauffeur sits in the front of the car out in the open while the passengers sit in a closed and separated area in the rear. This was one of the ways in which the ways of showing the...

Is a Checker Cab a sign of freedom?  Absolutely yes,  the Checker is a perfect example of the American right to freely move about the country.  If you have the fare, a Checker could take you anywhere you want to go in the US.  There have been many stories of people...

As an owner of one of the three restored A8s, I have a passion for collecting any literature or photos I can on these rare cars.  It’s hard to believe there were almost 10,000 A8s made from January 1956 to September 1958. Did you know there were once 5, 6, and 8 door...

Congratulations to Doug and Carol Klauck on their win at the Las Vegas Concours d’Elegance Doug provided the following story regarding the event.   It was an honor to be invited to the Las Vegas Concours d’Elegance this past weekend to show, not one but two of my...

A big shout out to Chris Monier and the Checker fans getting together this week to participate in the European Checker 100th Anniversary Show.  Its great to see the Checker spirit organized overseas. The event unofficially started today with Chris meeting up with...

From the Ebay Item Description: "Throughout automotive history, there have been a number of machines that so perfectly suited their purpose that they came to define their respective niche, but none more so than the Checker Cab. Even now, nearly 40 years after the last...

Das Awkscht Fescht 2022 was extra hot. Car attendance seemed a little down overall. Saw Jim Rogers, Bruce and Marjorie Uhrich and the folks who brought David S’s ‘56 to the show. Just the two Checkers.

Congratulations to Stephen and Jennifer Fiorenzo on the purchase of their 1949 Checker.  We’re happy to see the active ICTA members take possession of the extremely rare car. The Fiorenzo will add this and the A4 parts car to to their growing Checker collection. ...

From the May 1974 Issue of CMC’s Checker News a brief article about longtime Checker employee Jim Stout.  In two-weeks it will be the 99th anniversary of Jim’s start at Checker.  Let’s celebrate. Checker People you Should Know Over a half a Century of Checker Service...

As always the ICTA distributes the bi-monthly newsletter on time............oops!    This newsletter was distributed via our email list on July 1st and also loaded to the Facebook files page, but someone forgot to send the webmaster. Applogies, here's the link, the...

Hello Checker fans! Chris Monier planning a European Checker gathering in October for the 100th Anniversary. Location would be north of London . How many of you would be interested? Date would be Oct 22, 23rd. Let see how many Checkers we can get …. Help in organizing...

This blog will take us back to Checker Motor Corp. and the date May of 1974 and will share one of the first articles from CMC’s new Checker Motor News, Newsletters.  Years later the name of the Newsletter would be changed to Checker Headlights. In the first edition of...

Writer Casey Newton recently published a fascinating blog on The Verge regarding plagiarism on Facebook.  Here is a link to Casey’s blog The most popular posts on Facebook are plagiarized - The Verge Casey, performed an extensive analysis of the top 20 posts for one...

Real Checker cabs have been pretty scarce lately, particularly authentic A11 taxicabs.  Most of  the Checkers you see out on the collector car market today are predominantly Checker Marathons painted like NYC taxicabs.  Given authentic Checker Cabs are scarce, there...

Checker Cab Manufacturing started official production in May of 1922, total production 26 units.  May of 2022 Checker Fans from all over the world came to the Mid West Bus Museum in Wisconsin to celebrate.  To see all the fun, just click on the ICTA Youtube Channel...

The 100th anniversary of Checker Cab celebrations was kicked off last night and will continue throughout the weekend in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.  The start off was a meet and greet at Features restaurant, where about 20 Checker fans met up. 3 hours of Checker conversation...

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...

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 work on it...

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 it....not sure...

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...

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...

100th Anniversary Checker Party At this point in time, the 100th anniversary Checker show is shaping up to be the biggest Checker event ever!  According to show organize Emmerson Zentz, there are already over thirty Checkers registered and more are expected! Emerson...

The weekend of March 20th was a fantastic weather weekend.  Temperatures hits close to 70 degrees on Sunday and are expected to reach 70 degrees on Monday the 21st too! With the great weather, at least in Toledo, Ohio we just seemed to jump from a cold Winter, right...

Herman Pfauter was a student at Northeastern University and to help defray his college expenses he started working the night shift at the Checker Taxi Company whose garage was located next to the university campus on Huntington Avenue in Boston, across the Charles...

The Roaring Twenties, was a brief exciting period, it refers to the decade of the 1920’s in big city society and western culture. It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States, particularly in major cities such as...

We lost a great Checker Cab friend this past weekend with the passing of Dan Smith.  Dan was a great guy, funny and quite a curmudgeon.   For those who didn’t have the pleasure of knowing Dan, he did so much for the Checker Cab community. With the passing of Joe...

Just want to share the link to some great Checker fans in Finland!  Here's the Finland Checker Club  page. Checker Ry | Facebook Here's a one photo from the clubs Facebook page. Again, from the Finland Checker Cab crew, here's a great period video....

Another great show Das Awkscht 2017.  Just click on Michael Pincus' happy face https://youtu.be/7xsPkUU6ux8

The Checker Cab has long been a staple in Hollywood Movies.  The great American icon has  made numerous appearances in a varying number of films, but there are not too many movies where the Checker plays a leading role in a film. So was the case with the movie D.C,...

The following is a classic example of how not to sell a Checker.  This Checker has been for sale for about 8 weeks.  Good Checkers priced fairly are flying off the market quickly.  The current ad reads as follows: "Selling my 1969 checker 4 Dr it has a 350 v8 and...

  As a run up to the 100th Anniversary of Checker Cab Manufacturing in May of 2022, the ICTA is introducing a weekly feature called the Video of The Week.  Our showcase of this week is a video produced by Steve Wilson, former CMC head of Procurement and CMC...

As has been written in the past, one great past times in terms of owning a Checker Cab is to have fun taking photographs of our Checkers.  Many ICTA members have gone to great length creating photos of their Checkers in historically significant venues.  Today we...

As many folks are aware this is the 100th anniversary of the introduction of Checker Cab production, its will be important that we reflect on all Checker Cabs produced between 1922 and 1982.  Most folks are well aware of the 1958-1982 Checker Cab, but pre 1958 Checker...

This writer is not a big fan of colorization, typically the colors are washed out or inexplicidily change mid stream   Despite the colorization shortcomings, the videos  below are fun!  Please click below to start your personal time machine, its ready to go  and will...

Just a quick update on the restoration of the Checker A3 Taxicab.  The folks at Lee’s Upholstery Shop in Toledo finished the job and the results look great.  This was effectively the last job that the shop performed,  ending a long run as Toledo's top upholstery...

Mark your calendar for Memorial Day weekend , May 28th and 29th as the ICTA celebrates 100 year of Checker! Emerson and Rachel Zentz along with Laddie Vitek are organizing this event. Further details to follow.  The show is targeted for the Lacrosse area of Wisconsin....

Just in time for the 100th anniversary of Checker Motors, the ICTA is producing a limited number of 1922 Checker Model C replicas in 1/20 scale.  The Masters are currently being produced and we expect to be able to offer resin kits by the coming Spring. Here are some...