did someone hail a cab by Richardphotos
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I took this yesterday. I see some of these old ''Marathons'' around Dallas and actually worked on one many years ago
it was made by the Checker Cab company.After the recession that started in 1979 and lagging sales, coupled with a change in the taxi industry, and ever imposing new government regulations, Checker closed the doors on the sixty-year-old assembly line. The Checker Cab was considered the Rolls Royce of the taxis in it's hey day. It was a sad day on July 12, 1982 when that last iron horse rolled off the assembly line in Kalamazoo, bearing the green and ivory colors of Checker Taxi of Chicago. Sixty years prior to this, the first cab bearing the same color scheme, rolled off the same assembly line and onto the streets of the big cities, proudly carrying it's passengers to their destination. It will not be long though before the cumbersome cab with all that room inside will be nothing but a fond memory to many people as they squeeze into the little compact with their suitcase on their lap reminiscing about the good ole' days.
The company in still in existence, expanding it's outside contract work, mainly in the sheet metal stamping and sub-assembly work for the automobile industry.http://www.checkertaxistand.com/Checker_History
thanks for viewing and any comments.
no smoking only cab please
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Comments (97)
wonderful looking old cabs. i remember them too
Really beautiful..great capture Richard! :)
A lovely capture of a past era. It always amazes me why they make things smaller when everyone is getting larger. It is such a pleasure to have plenty of room to move.
This is very beautiful image, Richard! Bravo!!!
A classic beauty. Excellent capture. Bunny
Awesome capture. It's nice to see that some of these old relics are still around.
I rode in a checker once years ago, your photo brought back the memories, Thanks excellent shot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
classic shot!
A classy blast from the past!
Wow!! What a fantastic find and such a great shot. This is fabulous!
I guess I hadn't realized that Checker has gone out of business. 'Course I haven't seen many around the past decade. Really nice photo!
Very nice car and photo!
Another victim of over regulation...I remember reading reviews of these vehicles...
Great ole time taxi!
Excellent sho,t great lighting!!!!!!!!!!
When I was in highschool I had a friend who's parents owned one of those cars, but it was not a cab. I guess they made regular cars, too. Cool shot!!
Road in one of these Many, Many Times and the ROOM, My, My, My. You could lay out a double matress in the backseat, LOL and put 10 of your friends in the trunk ro sneak in the Drive-Inn, ................................................................................................................. Truly a missed era, a missed time ............................................
excellent!!
Excellent shot of this beautiful old car Richard,thanks for sharing************
Fine shot and thanks for the history which I did not know! Excellent!
Wow there certainly is some history behind this photo- Thank You for sharing and for such a nice shot :)
Really a classic here... past times were better for cars... imho. Thanks Richard.
Exelent capture. Thank you for the information, it’s very interesting.
Oh, that's cool, Richard! Very nice photo, with a lot of memories there, and thanks much for the history!
splendid image with a historical car, excellent colors
A very great real YELLOW CAB ??? Very SPLENDID ! WONDERFUL CAR !!!
Cool looking cab and neat story, Richard. :)
wow, that's classic! a beautiful shot... great lighting and color.
Like Jeff said "Classic"
Beautiful!