Even the last Checkers produced in 1982 were not exactly the same as the 1961.
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Senile old ladies who’ve forgotten to bathe this month.Sounds like you too, used to recondition used cars =8-) .Cool concept. Meaning the fuel tank was close to the rear.Yellow Cab, which I didn’t work out of but sometimes had to show up for, paperwork and such…had a third of its yard given over to crashed Checkers.
There’s a hotel in Long Island City called the Z Hotel. With the downsized GM B body, which was so much the right car at the right time…there was no reason for cab companies to pay more for the clunky, kludgy, miserable-driving Checker.In 1983 I drove for a small suburban cab company owned by the big-city Yellow franchise. It now sits atop the entrance to the hotel, you can see it from the 59th Street Bridge as you drive into Queens.
It now sits atop the entrance to the hotel, you can see it from the 59th Street Bridge as you drive into Queens. The company says it’s making headway, with a host of suppliers lined up.Under the new law, a car manufacturer can produce up to 325 replica vehicles per year without worrying about modern safety and crash test standards. Nowadays they build vehicles to fit bodies like that, instead of all that longer-lower-wider bullshit from the ’60s and ’70s. "The Big Chill: Management Wages Frozen as Hyundai and Kia Ride Out Financial Storm""QOTD: What Fun Car Under Five Thousand Dollars Would You Buy?" Checkers with proper care could run forever. It has recently rebuilt carburetor, new fuel pump and many other new parts. It will not be produced in any significant numbers anyway. People were starting to tire of sitting low at the wheel…and noticed the higher position of the VW offerings, first the Beetle and then the more-mainstream GolfRabbit…followed by the ChryCo Omnirison and the Ks.I don’t know we have Checker to thank for it, but that’s probably one reason cab companies bought the obsolete Marathon as long as they did. This is true of appliances that use to last 20 or more years and now are lucky to last 10 years.With meticulous care any vehicle can be made to “run forever.” Just be prepared to replace all wear parts periodically…little stuff, like bearings…ball joints…engines, transmissions, rear axles.That, and avoid road melting agents, and your Checker, or your Rambler Classic, or your Ford Pinto, will make it to Classic Car status, easily.I grant you that heroic rebuildings of an old Checker taxi would still be cheaper than one of these low-volume special-edition new ones.If you eventually replace every part on a car, then is it actually the same car?10 years? If you ever watch Leno’s Garage there are many cars older than a Checker that have been updated with modern suspensions, disc brakes, electronic ignitions, and a host of other updates. Planned obsolescence is what maintains sales. Most Americans would probably be totally happy with that sort of suspension setup had the major rags not so eagerly promoted cars designed for crappy twisty narrow little roads (however much fun they are) and told the average gringo that they wanted it. As for engines this article states that the new Checker will use a modern GM V-8 and they could use a more modern GM transmission. “We’ve got the designs, but it’s a matter of feeling comfortable with making the commitment.
We each have our own experience =s, of course.The first fridge we bought was still working 13 years later when we sold it with the house. The real question is whether they can make money doing so.Coming back? There’s a hotel in Long Island City called the Z Hotel. And that’s it. They operate a typical van-based shuttle now, I’m sure they would love to operate a Checker. Checkers were pretty much non-existent.These days, the Camry seems to bu very much the vehicle of choice for cab companies/drivers.I’ve also heard that some of Checker’s money was “invested” by esteemed financial whiz kid, Bernie Madoff. Of course, I don’t recall ever actually riding in one. The way the side trim ends at the door is all wrong, either continue it thru the rear quarter or leave it off. 1) Enter Any VIN with Free Preview 2) Full VIN Reports Are Now Free. REAR PASSENGER ROOM. We had to replace it about 3 years later.
Whether or not it is.I was wondering how many people on here are old enough to remember the Checker cars. 1977 Checker Marathon A12E $1000.00This is the long wheelbase car with jump seats and plush armchairs in the back and an underdash A/C unit. Because building bundles of replica Marathons is out of the question, he says it makes sense to instead build small numbers of unusual variants. 1) Enter Any VIN with Free Preview 2) Full VIN Reports Are Now Free. The current set are now 17 years old – the dryer’s a bit wonky, but the others (stove, fridge, dishwasher and washing machine) still work fine. F that, I want the four door cab with the cabbie from Scrooged as my driver.I remember reading that Lada pistons were adaptable to many American engines, given a bit of Cuban mechanic magic.It would make more sense to reproduce the 2012 Escape Hybrid. The average age of taxicabs there was something like 14 years. “There’s advantages to each.”Right now, there’s a key unknown that could hold up the company’s plans.