by Checker_Cab_Club | Nov 29, 2015 | Checker Cab Club Blog
Back in July 1997 the Checkerboard News featured and article from the May issue of Old Cars Weekly. That article told of a nationwide contest to be held that summer, where 26 Checkers would be given away as part of a promotion for the Coca Cola’s newest soft...
by Checker_Cab_Club | Nov 26, 2015 | Checker Cab Club Blog
When one looks at the luxury car market today in 2015, the majority of luxury cars are produced by the big manufacturers Bentley, Roll Royce, MB, BMW, GM and Audi on an assembly line. It’s very different when comparing to the early days of the automotive industry...
by Checker_Cab_Club | Nov 23, 2015 | Checker Cab Club Blog, History, Uncategorized
In 1917, Alfred Barley acquired the Michigan Buggy plant in Kalamazoo and started to produce a high-end luxury sports car, his organization: the Barley Motor Car Company. Barley’s plan, build a sports car with smart European styling, the car would sell well in...
by Checker_Cab_Club | Nov 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
My Checker A8 was purchased from Checker Collector Ben Merkel back in 1999. When I picked up the car, most of it was in boxes. While I appreciate the car already being disassembled, it made the task of building the car a little more challenging since I didn’t know...
by Checker_Cab_Club | Nov 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
My interest in Checkers goes back to my childhood and our family business which, as you many have guessed, was a cab company. We had about a dozen Checkers which I under my father’s guidance would help maintain. The business was named Paramus Taxi, located in Paramus,...
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