North African Checker

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Jan 23, 2018 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

Silvano Pippi based in Algeria is our man representing Checkers in North Africa! His project is significant, Checker limo. Impressive, yes just take a look at his pictures. How about the bar and audio visual nick knacks! Acording to Silvano, his project is 98 percent...

Checker Yellow and Green

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Jan 6, 2018 | Blog

We have posted blogs in the past about taxi cab colors.  Clearly in the US, the most popular color in the public’s mind is yellow.  Yellow dates back to the days of John Hertz and the creation of Yellow Cab in Chicago. John Hertz was a true innovator in the taxicab...

New ICTA Member Peter Oliver

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Dec 28, 2017 | Blog

Several months ago we listed an auction on the ICTA web site, it read as follows: SELLING WITHOUT RESERVE! This 1982 Checker Taxi Cab was once part of a fleet of over 100 Taxis owned by the Fort Cab Company. This particularly taxi was in use for many years at Fort...

Toy Checker Taxicabs, The First One

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Dec 20, 2017 | Blog

Its Christmas time again, and as always children the world over are hoping for toys from Santa. As always many boys and girls will be writing letters to the North Pole asking Santa to deliver toy cars and trucks. In the self-centered twentieth first century we all...

Checker’s Slow Entry Into The Consumer Market

by Checker_Taxi_Stand | Dec 9, 2017 | Blog, The Checker Taxi Stand

1960 was a very big year for Checker it was the year that Checker officially entered the American retail consumer market. Did it happen over night?  No, it appears that this was a slow progressive process that more than likely happened before World War II. We don’t...