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Originally, it retained the Superba's A10 body code, whereas A9 was the code used for taxis. The exterior of the Marathon had a full-width egg-crate grille, differing from the Superba's narrower grille and inboard parking lights. After a minor facelift for 1963, chassis codes changed to A11 for taxis and A12 for passenger versions. [1]
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.
The car was stylish; the grill was nickel-plated and modeled after the Rolls-Royce. The initial model, the Roamer Six, was a four-door tourer with a 24-hp (18 kW) 6-cylinder Continental engine. [3] [1] Eddie Hearne's Roamer-Duesenberg track records from an advertisement. The Roamer was marketed from its inception as "America’s Smartest Car."
It was to be classified as a quarter-ton, 4x4 truck. [1] Earlier, on 27 May 1940, the Technical Armament Committee had approved the vehicle's specifications, which included all-wheel drive, a simple open body with a nearly rectangular outline, three seats (with a rear double seat), a wheelbase of 80 inches (2,032 mm), 47-inch (1,194 mm) axle ...
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Early commercial development in Kalamazoo was along the Michigan Avenue corridor, just west of the Haymarket Historic District. In 1867, the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway constructed a rail line to the east of the commercial district, followed in 1870 by another line built by the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad, which crossed Michigan nearby.
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LS 4x4 and Hi-Lander received a new front grille design; chrome on the LS 4x4 trim and semi platinum-silver on the Hi-Lander trim . Minor-modified headlamps and new fog lamps for a platinum look. 4x2 SLX and SX derived fascias from 4x4/Hi-Lander (before Platinum's fascia). Chrome fascia for 3.0 SLX models and colour-keyed fascia for SX.