Checker Motors has been a part of the Kalamazoo, Michigan (9key's hometown) community since April of 1923, with the production of the first taxicab rolling off the assembly line on June 18, 1923.
In 1929 Checker acquired Yellow Cab of Chicago and the Checker Cab was born.
Who doesn’t call a cab and automatically visualize a perky yellow taxi? The Checker Marathon was a huge yellow cab with distinctive black and white checker stripes running down both sides, extra-wide doors, soft and spacious "jumpy" seats with miles of leg room. By the mid-1970’s there were over 5,000 Checker cabs in NYC alone!
Sadly, Checker Motor Co. discontinued manufacturing vehicles in 1982.
The Yellow Checker Cab has become not only a New York City icon but a classic piece of true Americana as well.
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