by Checker_Cab_Club | Dec 30, 2015 | Checker Cab Club Blog
As 2016 approaches it’s always a great time to reflect. For the Facebook Checker Cab Group, this has been a year with many ups and downs. For this blog we are going to focus on the positive and more importantly thank the many people that have made this group the...
by Checker_Cab_Club | Dec 27, 2015 | Checker Cab Club Blog
Lately I have become interested in the many other taxicab manufacturers that existed in the in the hey-day of purpose built taxis. Checker was not the only game in town, Checker eventually beat out many other companies offering up purpose built taxis. Let’s take a...
by Checker_Cab_Club | Dec 21, 2015 | Checker Cab Club Blog
Hello. I’m Stephen and this is my wife Chantal, we’re the proud new owners of a 1980 Checker Marathon. Vince, the previous owner named him “Chunky”. This is our story of buying Chunky in Maryland to take back with us to the UK. . I had been...
by Checker_Cab_Club | Dec 19, 2015 | Checker Cab Club Blog
A very short Checker Cab Club blog, this one is visual. Prior to the CMC plant fire in 2010, Facebook friend Todd Harroun was able to secure some fantastic films sitting in the closet of the CMC corporate office. A short time after the film was secured the entire...
by Checker_Cab_Club | Dec 13, 2015 | Checker Cab Club Blog
The parallels between John Hertz of Yellow Cab and Morris Markin of Checker Cab are quite striking. As we have discussed in other blogs Morris Markin immigrated to the United States at the turn of the century. Markin held various jobs: a tailor, pants factory foreman...
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