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The Deschaum Motor Car Co., founded 1908 in Buffalo, New York, was the earliest ancestor of what would eventually become Checker Motors. [2]: 66 With new investors, ownership, and locations, the name changed in succession to the De Schaum-Hornell Motor Car Co. of Hornell, New York (1908–10), the Suburban Motor Car Corp. of Ecorse, Michigan (1911), the Palmer Motor Car Co. (1913), Partin ...
The largest collection of restored Checker Cabs is held at the National Auto & Truck Museum in Auburn, Indiana, [55] which acquired six cars as a donation in 2012. [56] Ben Merkel, who owns and operates Twilight Taxi Parts, had approximately 80 Checker Cabs in 2003. [57] Twilight Taxi donated the 1981 A11 which is now on exhibit at the Henry ...
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 .
The Yellow Cab Company of Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1909. [18] It is currently owned by Transdev. [19] (U.S.) Yellow Checker Cab of Peoria, Illinois, was founded in 1922 and is the largest taxi fleet in downstate Illinois. [20] (U.S.) Yellow Cab Co. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma was founded in 1918.
The Checker Aerobus is an automobile manufactured on two different wheelbases by the Checker Motors Corporation from 1962 until 1977. Meant primarily to serve as an airport shuttle, as indicated by the name, it is an extended version of the iconic Checker Marathon. A total of 3,568 Checker Aerobuses of all versions were built.
The last New York City Checker cab retired in 1999, operated by Earl Johnson from 1978 onwards. The Marathon covered nearly one million miles and had three engine replacements over the years. [8] [9] Most films set in New York City in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s will show a Checker Marathon.
The Checker Superba was an automobile produced by Checker Motors Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan, between 1959 and 1963. [1] The Superba used the Checker taxi cab bodies and were produced in two trim lines, standard and Custom, both in two body styles, a four-door sedan and a five-door station wagon .
In 1927, Detroit Cab constructed a new, multi-story garage and office building. The new building was designed by the Detroit branch of the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company. [3] In 1929, the Checker Cab Company purchased the Detroit Cab Company, and by 1931 had moved its headquarters out of the General Motors Building and into the Trumbull ...