Checker the All-American Taxi
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (869 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0957475470 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Even though it has been out of production, and out of service for many years, film and TV programme makers still want this vehicle to represent taxi transportation for their modern day characters. In this richly illustrated book, Checker aficionados Ben Merkel and Joe Fay guide us through the history of the most famous models, the A-8 to the A-12, taking in many of the limousine and private car variants on the way. Illustrated with archive shots, posed photographs and on-street images, in New York City, Chicago and many of the towns and cities across the USA and overseas that operated the Checker.. Covered too is a brief history of the Checker company and the pre-war and the immediately post war models that predated the A-8. Nothing por
Bill Beurkens said Your coffee table needs this book. This is a very well put together book that has some of the best photographs of Checkers that I have seen. I don't know where they found them all! I enjoyed the read and found out some facts that surprised me. Written by "Your coffee table needs this book" according to Bill Beurkens. This is a very well put together book that has some of the best photographs of Checkers that I have seen. I don't know where they found them all! I enjoyed the read and found out some facts that surprised me. Written by 2 of the leading Checker experts/enthusiast - you will be glad you bought this book.. of the leading Checker experts/enthusiast - you will be glad you bought this book.. Amazon Customer said This book has great history on Checker Motors and it's involvement in America's. This book has great history on Checker Motors and it's involvement in America's taxi industry. The photos are great but the printer should have caught some of the spelling and duplicate paragraph errors before putting this great book on presses.. Five Stars Great book on a great car. Many obscure and otherwise unseen photographs.