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Detroit, 6:36 PM
Wed Dec 9
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    Image of logruszed logruszed
    04:28 PM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    Remember the silver/grey cab from: [www.impawards.com]

    Totally want!
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    03:25 PM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    I freaking love these things. Should never have stopped making them.
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12:02 PM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    Nice Price (though not a bargain), if the mechanics are as good as the appearance (I agree with everyone about losing those rims). Being a '67, it has minimal safety and smog equipment - the '74+ Checkers with the monstrous girder bumpers are awful. It's kind of a shame this has the lowly six - in 1969, you could have a 300 hp 350 V8 under the hood. In the late '60s, Ghia built a prototype for a new Checker called the Centurion, but the board rejected it as being too ugly.
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    Image of PHIL PHIL
    01:09 PM

    @tonyola: There was another prototype from the late 70's that was "mini-van" like that was proposed by Ed Cole. I think it had plastic body panels with a space frame like a Fiero/Saturn.
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    Image of Brian Brian
    11:19 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    Ugh, those rims would be horrid on any car. On this they're like a tramp stamp on Grace Kelly. The only acceptable deviation from stock steelies on this car should be moonies.

    Nice price/sweet car!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    10:22 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    Oh, why not.
    The worst part would be people constantly trying to flag you down. BUT you could just slow down and swerve over, like you're going to stop, then look them over, shake your head slowly and speed away.

    I'd lose the logo but the yellow/black is the start of a nice "float like a bathtub, sting like a BB pellet" motif.
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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    10:19 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    I'm all over that.

    There used to be several privately-owned Checkers in the D/FW area, back in the early-80's, but I haven't seen one in well over 20 years.

    I've even seen a few estate versions, but not since I was a kid.

    This, though, even with the small I-6...I'd rock that sucker, daily...after putting the steelies back on it, like Automotive God intended.
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    Image of B1663R B1663R
    09:24 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    What's worse than raining cats and dogs?

    Hailing cabs!! :)
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    Image of Thomas Paladino Thomas Paladino
    09:58 AM

    @B1663R: Hahahahahaaa. I had to read that one like 10 times before I got it. I'm also an idiot.
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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    09:22 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    There's a purple (!) Checker Marathon that parks near Union Square frequently. Saw it last weekend on West Side Highway. A regal, stately car; the faded purple somehow works.
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    Image of ArtForge ArtForge
    09:13 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    You're a cab.
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    Image of AustinMiniMan AustinMiniMan
    09:49 AM

    @ArtForge: I was so gonna go there. Nicely done my friend, nicely done.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    09:10 AM

    In reply to Call Me a Cab for $11,000!
    This is a bit of a cracky price, but the charm of the NYC cab certainly went by the wayside once the Checkers were retired. Bad move, city.

    I say bring them back, with hybrid or biodiesel power. Bloomberg can pay for this new fleet with loose cash he found in one of his smoking jackets.
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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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