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The last Checker Taxicab built, a 1982 A11 in green and cream with Checker's trademark checkerboard trim, on display at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan. Checker Taxi was a dominant taxicab company and national franchisor that was based in Chicago, Illinois.
Checker Motors Corporation was a vehicle manufacturer, and later an automotive subcontractor, based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.The company was established by Morris Markin in 1922, created by a merger of the firms Commonwealth Motors and Markin Automobile Body, and was initially named the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company.
founder of Checker Motors Corporation Morris Markin ( Russian : Морис Маркин ) (July 15, 1893 – July 8, 1970) was a Russian -born American businessman who founded the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company (which would later become the Checker Motors Corporation ).
In 1983 Checker started a remanufacturing operation at the Kalamazoo Cab Services division. Checker continued remanufacturing cabs as late as 1997. The company continued operations for an additional 27 years producing body stampings for General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler, until January 2009, when it entered bankruptcy liquidation as a result of ...
The Checker Model A is a taxicab produced by Checker Motors Corporation. The Model A was introduced mid- model year in 1939, and was built in 1941, when Checker switched over to wartime manufacturing , as did the rest of the automotive industry .
In addition, yellow cab operators also used the Honda Odyssey, Isuzu Oasis, Chevrolet Venture, Ford Freestar, and Toyota Sienna minivans, which offer increased passenger room. The distinctive Checker Taxi cabs were, due to their durable construction, phased out slowly. The last one was retired in July 1999, after more than 20 years in service ...
Texas law enforcement issued a word of warning to Ford truck owners after they arrested a trio of thieves who targeted the high-end truck model by stealing taillights.
During the Depression, Morris Markin, owner of Yellow Cab's rival Checker Cab Mfg. Company, significantly consolidated ownership of the city's taxi companies, putting an end to the violence. [2] Yellow Cabs remain on the city's streets today, though ownership was split between multiple companies upon its declaration of bankruptcy in 2015.