The Historical Past of Kalamazoo's Checker Motors Company
The 'Checkered' Past of Checker Motors in Kalamazoo has an impressive 100-year journey, including World War II, trailer production, and completely revamping in the 1950s.
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Look: The Classic Kalamazoo Checkered Cab Reborn as a Limo
Rescued from a junkyard, check out this beautifully restored classic checkered cab that has been transformed into a limo.
Kalamazoo Man Virtually Forgotten, But Not HIs Cars and Guitars
I know it's hard to believe, but at one time auto designers, stylists if you wish, were rock stars. Names like Harley Earl, Ferdinand Porsche, Dick Teague, Carroll Shelby, and Raymond Loewy, and many, many more, designed and molded so much sheet metal into shapes that made our hearts race. And one of those rock stars had a connection to Kalamazoo and also to rock and roll history. And chances are you've never even ever heard of him.
Every Checker Cab in the World Once Did a Loop on this Abandoned Kalamazoo Test Track
Hidden away on the industrial north side of Kalamazoo is the long abandoned Checker Test Track.
A Sorrowful Look Inside Kalamazoo’s Checker Cab Plant Just Before They Closed
25+ photos taken hours before the doors were closed one final time at the Checker Cab factory in Kalamazoo.