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Detroit, 9:01 AM
Wed Dec 9
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    08:54 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    Checker's are magnificent, and they make the back seats of modern cabs seem like the insults they are.

    $11k is too much. It needs to have a story about how the cabby would always get the call when Frank Sinatra was touring through town, and would pick him up and drive him around for a day.

    Gimme that pipe, I've got to warm up the stale air in my lungs.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    08:34 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    There's no question that this is "nice price". The only question would be whether you leave it wearing taxi livery or put it back to it's original state.
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    08:22 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    The vin indicates it to be an A12, which supports the notion that it was never a cab. Fleet vehicles were designated A11.

    Minor correction: This is a standard wheelbase A12 giving it a 120 inch wheelbase. The A12E had the 129 inch wheelbase and a fold out bench instead of the individual jumpseats (mentioned in the ad, but not pictured).

    There are some Checker purists that would deride the conversion of a civilian Marathon into a faux cab, but I'm not one of them. Cliche though it may be, a Checker should look like a taxi.

    Prices have been going up on nice Checkers over the past few years, and this one at $11k would seem a bit behind the curve.

    If there is any doubt as to whether this is a nice price, check the classifieds on checkertaxistand.com, and it will make it clear that this is well into nice price territory.

    Now I can't wait to get home and work on my Marathon PCH. Thanks, Graverobber.
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    Image of f86sabre f86sabre
    08:20 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    Mr. T would approve of the rims. Nice price.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    08:16 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    Nice price. 'Tarded wheels and graphics can be undone fairly easily.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    08:05 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    The only things cheaper than this are an absolute stripper Versa, maybe a Kia if you get the dealer on a good day. And where those things come with neither style nor presence, the mighty Checker rolls with it in spades.

    It is the one car that has survived to become its own parade float.

    Are you kidding? I'm drivin' here! Nice price.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    08:03 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    The only way it could be better would be if it was an aerobus. Nice price.
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    Image of mechimike mechimike
    07:57 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    I gotta go Nice Price, though if it had some battle scars from NYC traffic that might actually _increase_ its value.

    Why they stopped building these I haven't the faintest idea whatsoever.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    08:07 AM

    @mechimike: No money in it. You sell one, then you have to provide replacement fenders for the next forty years.

    Maybe they should've charged more for the fenders.
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    07:49 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    Shooting from the hip here, and with minimal coffee intake, but I voted nice price as this seems fair for a pristine example of an American icon. Some collector will snatch this up, possibly Leno.
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    12/08/09

    In reply to 1979 Datsun Pickup Gets Chopped and Bagged Like a Salad for $6,000!
    Cool. Useless. Expensive. Bye.
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    Image of Xelmon Xelmon
    12/08/09

    In reply to 1979 Datsun Pickup Gets Chopped and Bagged Like a Salad for $6,000!
    Crack pipe so fast that it ain't funny.
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    Image of KillerBRacer KillerBRacer
    12/08/09

    In reply to 1979 Datsun Pickup Gets Chopped and Bagged Like a Salad for $6,000!
    Do love me some rusty old half finished Datsun full of holes! I'd sell it in a heartbeat for 6k. I'd have to test out them bags tho. If it's unable to carry a small load of silicone through the local choke & puke, what good is it really?
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    12/08/09

    In reply to 1979 Datsun Pickup Gets Chopped and Bagged Like a Salad for $6,000!
    Not Crack Pipe... it's a "Death Trap".
    Fucking beer keg gas tank?

    I did LOL at the "L20 four banger sticks out of the engine bay like Betty Paige at a Promise Keepers retreat" line... priceless!
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    12/08/09

    In reply to 1979 Datsun Pickup Gets Chopped and Bagged Like a Salad for $6,000!
    "Slamming" a vehicle is not my cup of tea, no matter how well it'd done.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    12/08/09

    In reply to 1979 Datsun Pickup Gets Chopped and Bagged Like a Salad for $6,000!
    I don't mind the slammed truck idea, but why'd ya hafta cover the whole thing in a patina of liquid crap?
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    Edited by dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! at 12/08/09 12:46 PM dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! was starred dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! was unstarred
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