From thbower at comcast.net  Thu Dec 14 15:33:02 2006
From: thbower at comcast.net (thbower at comcast.net)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:33:02 +0000
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
Message-ID: <121420062033.11922.4581B4FE000A33B900002E9222058860149D0A99010D089B@comcast.net>

The Checker Group and Checker owners have speculated about this for years.
Rumor #1 = A new taxi will be built (and looking strangely familiar).
Rumor #2 = It will be manufactured in Northern Indiana at a facility known for it's military general purpose vehicles.
What a hoot!
www.standardtaxi.com       



Tim Bower
82' A-11
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From lu3ke at yahoo.com  Thu Dec 14 15:38:47 2006
From: lu3ke at yahoo.com (Tod Gemuese)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:38:47 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <121420062033.11922.4581B4FE000A33B900002E9222058860149D0A99010D089B@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <20061214203847.61594.qmail@web52207.mail.yahoo.com>

Wow. That is a stunningly ugly vehicle.  Looks like a
weird Lego car or something.  And this is somehow
supposed to replace the beautiful checker? How sad.

  - Luke

--- thbower at comcast.net wrote:

> The Checker Group and Checker owners have speculated
> about this for years.
> Rumor #1 = A new taxi will be built (and looking
> strangely familiar).
> Rumor #2 = It will be manufactured in Northern
> Indiana at a facility known for it's military
> general purpose vehicles.
> What a hoot!
> www.standardtaxi.com       
> 
> 
> 
> Tim Bower
> 82' A-11>
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From gogubbe at chello.se  Thu Dec 14 15:53:01 2006
From: gogubbe at chello.se (Mats-Einar J)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:53:01 +0100
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
References: <20061214203847.61594.qmail@web52207.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <000601c71fc1$de6d6950$cdf796c1@matseinar>

Hey  has theese guys been let out of the cokoo koos neest or havent the 
shring locked them up...

theese gus must have absolutley no self awareness about anything....GOD help 
them for they know not what they do  youhooooooo

Mats-Einar J nuttified cabbohollic with certain limitations 
obviously...*EVIL GRIN*
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tod Gemuese" <lu3ke at yahoo.com>
To: "Checker Mailing List" <checker at textfiles.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Checker-l] New Taxi?


> Wow. That is a stunningly ugly vehicle.  Looks like a
> weird Lego car or something.  And this is somehow
> supposed to replace the beautiful checker? How sad.
>
>  - Luke
>
> --- thbower at comcast.net wrote:
>
>> The Checker Group and Checker owners have speculated
>> about this for years.
>> Rumor #1 = A new taxi will be built (and looking
>> strangely familiar).
>> Rumor #2 = It will be manufactured in Northern
>> Indiana at a facility known for it's military
>> general purpose vehicles.
>> What a hoot!
>> www.standardtaxi.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Tim Bower
>> 82' A-11>
> _______________________________________________
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From mattm at optonline.net  Thu Dec 14 17:44:14 2006
From: mattm at optonline.net (Matt Murray)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:44:14 -0500
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
References: <121420062033.11922.4581B4FE000A33B900002E9222058860149D0A99010D089B@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <00b301c71fd1$61cc66c0$7f01a8c0@382735F5AD9E492>

Looks like they used a very big "ugly" stick to design this thing.

Matt Murray

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <thbower at comcast.net>
To: "Group Checker" <checker at textfiles.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:33 PM
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?


> The Checker Group and Checker owners have speculated about this for years.
> Rumor #1 = A new taxi will be built (and looking strangely familiar).
> Rumor #2 = It will be manufactured in Northern Indiana at a facility known 
> for it's military general purpose vehicles.
> What a hoot!
> www.standardtaxi.com
>
>
>
> Tim Bower
> 82' A-11
>


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From baggins at well.com  Thu Dec 14 23:36:13 2006
From: baggins at well.com (Thomas McIntyre)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:36:13 -0800
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <9144948.1166136896799.JavaMail.root@m41>
References: <121420062033.11922.4581B4FE000A33B900002E9222058860149D0A99010D089B@comcast.net>
	<9144948.1166136896799.JavaMail.root@m41>
Message-ID: <543ADB1D-7E16-49DE-97CD-56BF270AEAB6@well.com>

Military "GP" Vehicle is hummer, built by AM General, formerly part  
of Studebaker - does that logo look familiar (the "S")?
On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Matt Murray wrote:

> Looks like they used a very big "ugly" stick to design this thing.
>
> Matt Murray
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <thbower at comcast.net>
> To: "Group Checker" <checker at textfiles.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:33 PM
> Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
>
>
>> The Checker Group and Checker owners have speculated about this  
>> for years.
>> Rumor #1 = A new taxi will be built (and looking strangely familiar).
>> Rumor #2 = It will be manufactured in Northern Indiana at a  
>> facility known
>> for it's military general purpose vehicles.
>> What a hoot!
>> www.standardtaxi.com
>>
>>
>>
>> Tim Bower
>> 82' A-11
>>
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> ----------
>
>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Checker mailing list
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>> http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker
>>
>
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>
>

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Baggins at Well.com
285 States Street
San Francisco, CA 94114-1405
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From captunderdog at clearwire.net  Fri Dec 15 00:18:05 2006
From: captunderdog at clearwire.net (Walt Taufen)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 21:18:05 -0800
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <543ADB1D-7E16-49DE-97CD-56BF270AEAB6@well.com>
References: <121420062033.11922.4581B4FE000A33B900002E9222058860149D0A99010D089B@comcast.net>	<9144948.1166136896799.JavaMail.root@m41>
	<543ADB1D-7E16-49DE-97CD-56BF270AEAB6@well.com>
Message-ID: <4582300D.7@clearwire.net>

AM General built taxis up until WW2. I have a large blowup of a picture 
of about a hundred of them parked out behind the Checker Taxi Company 
with the tires all removed for the war effort. None of them were ever 
put back into use since AM General quit building them after the war and 
parts were not available.

Thomas McIntyre wrote:
> Military "GP" Vehicle is hummer, built by AM General, formerly part  
> of Studebaker - does that logo look familiar (the "S")?
> On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Matt Murray wrote:
>
>   

From phuzzah at webtv.net  Fri Dec 15 01:40:00 2006
From: phuzzah at webtv.net (Peter Huggins)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:40:00 -0800
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: Walt Taufen <captunderdog@clearwire.net>'s message of Thu, 14
	Dec 2006 21:18:05 -0800
Message-ID: <558-45824340-2639@storefull-3316.bay.webtv.net>

Wow. Looks like a mail truck

Love and Grins,Peter




http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/

http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/petersCHECKERpage


From jfay at checkercarclub.org  Fri Dec 15 12:03:25 2006
From: jfay at checkercarclub.org (Joe Fay)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:03:25 -0400
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <543ADB1D-7E16-49DE-97CD-56BF270AEAB6@well.com>
Message-ID: <rniPpE1H.1166202205.1020190.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>

The H-1 Hummer is assembled at the old Studebker truck and station wagon
plant in Mishwaka, Indiania.  About ten miles from South Bend,
Indiana...Studebakers main assembly plant

Joe

On 12/15/2006, "Thomas McIntyre" <baggins at well.com> wrote:

>Military "GP" Vehicle is hummer, built by AM General, formerly part
>of Studebaker - does that logo look familiar (the "S")?
>On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Matt Murray wrote:
>
>> Looks like they used a very big "ugly" stick to design this thing.
>>
>> Matt Murray
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <thbower at comcast.net>
>> To: "Group Checker" <checker at textfiles.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 3:33 PM
>> Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
>>
>>
>>> The Checker Group and Checker owners have speculated about this
>>> for years.
>>> Rumor #1 = A new taxi will be built (and looking strangely familiar).
>>> Rumor #2 = It will be manufactured in Northern Indiana at a
>>> facility known
>>> for it's military general purpose vehicles.
>>> What a hoot!
>>> www.standardtaxi.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Tim Bower
>>> 82' A-11
>>>
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ----------
>>
>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Checker mailing list
>>> Checker at textfiles.com
>>> http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Checker mailing list
>> Checker at textfiles.com
>> http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker
>>
>>
>
>Thomas Mcintyre
>Baggins at Well.com
>285 States Street
>San Francisco, CA 94114-1405
>Support Camp Mather - http://www.campmather.com
>
>
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From jfay at checkercarclub.org  Fri Dec 15 12:08:26 2006
From: jfay at checkercarclub.org (Joe Fay)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 13:08:26 -0400
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <4582300D.7@clearwire.net>
Message-ID: <HzIgWZE3.1166202506.2539890.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>

That was General Motors who built General's not to be confused with AM
General.  General Motors purhased Yellow Cab manufacturing in 1928.  By
the mid thirties the name was changed to General.  Generals were
bastardized Ponitacs and Chevies.

AM General was created by name when AMC purchased the Kaiser Miltary
Truck division in 1969.  Kaiser purchased the unit from Studebaker in
1965 when Studebaker exited the motor vehicle production business and
focued its energies on diversivied businesses such as Onan Generator,
Clark Vacuum and STP Motor Oil.

AM General somehow got spun off when Chrysler bought AMC

Joe

On 12/15/2006, "Walt Taufen" <captunderdog at clearwire.net> wrote:

>AM General built taxis up until WW2. I have a large blowup of a picture
>of about a hundred of them parked out behind the Checker Taxi Company
>with the tires all removed for the war effort. None of them were ever
>put back into use since AM General quit building them after the war and
>parts were not available.
>
>Thomas McIntyre wrote:
>> Military "GP" Vehicle is hummer, built by AM General, formerly part
>> of Studebaker - does that logo look familiar (the "S")?
>> On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Matt Murray wrote:
>>
>>
>_______________________________________________
>Checker mailing list
>Checker at textfiles.com
>http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker

From baggins at well.com  Fri Dec 15 15:04:26 2006
From: baggins at well.com (Thomas McIntyre)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:04:26 -0800
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <23729223.1166164848111.JavaMail.root@m41>
References: <23729223.1166164848111.JavaMail.root@m41>
Message-ID: <63D9E86D-2CAB-46CB-B0DD-6AE9F072DEDA@well.com>

Those mail trucks were what AM General built when Studebaker owned  
it. ZipVans (ISTR) had a Lark six. The grille looks like a (Lark  
based) Champ pickup.
I might buy one of these if it had a more powerful diesel than the  
british cabs we see in SF - too slow!
On Dec 14, 2006, at 10:40 PM, Peter Huggins wrote:

> Wow. Looks like a mail truck
>
> Love and Grins,Peter
>
>
>
>
> http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/
>
> http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/petersCHECKERpage
>
> _______________________________________________
> Checker mailing list
> Checker at textfiles.com
> http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker
>
>

Thomas Mcintyre
Baggins at Well.com
285 States Street
San Francisco, CA 94114-1405
Support Camp Mather - http://www.campmather.com



From baggins at well.com  Fri Dec 15 15:05:56 2006
From: baggins at well.com (Thomas McIntyre)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:05:56 -0800
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <6026788.1166203597667.JavaMail.root@m41>
References: <6026788.1166203597667.JavaMail.root@m41>
Message-ID: <BBB6475D-E1F8-41D8-8054-8F35E9653BF2@well.com>

Doesn't GM own AM ? (bought it in the PM on the QT)
On Dec 15, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Joe Fay wrote:

> That was General Motors who built General's not to be confused with AM
> General.  General Motors purhased Yellow Cab manufacturing in  
> 1928.  By
> the mid thirties the name was changed to General.  Generals were
> bastardized Ponitacs and Chevies.
>
> AM General was created by name when AMC purchased the Kaiser Miltary
> Truck division in 1969.  Kaiser purchased the unit from Studebaker in
> 1965 when Studebaker exited the motor vehicle production business and
> focued its energies on diversivied businesses such as Onan Generator,
> Clark Vacuum and STP Motor Oil.
>
> AM General somehow got spun off when Chrysler bought AMC
>
> Joe
>
> On 12/15/2006, "Walt Taufen" <captunderdog at clearwire.net> wrote:
>
>> AM General built taxis up until WW2. I have a large blowup of a  
>> picture
>> of about a hundred of them parked out behind the Checker Taxi Company
>> with the tires all removed for the war effort. None of them were ever
>> put back into use since AM General quit building them after the  
>> war and
>> parts were not available.
>>
>> Thomas McIntyre wrote:
>>> Military "GP" Vehicle is hummer, built by AM General, formerly part
>>> of Studebaker - does that logo look familiar (the "S")?
>>> On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Matt Murray wrote:
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Checker mailing list
>> Checker at textfiles.com
>> http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker
> _______________________________________________
> Checker mailing list
> Checker at textfiles.com
> http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker
>
>

Thomas Mcintyre
Baggins at Well.com
285 States Street
San Francisco, CA 94114-1405
Support Camp Mather - http://www.campmather.com



From Newtaxi at aol.com  Fri Dec 15 15:05:48 2006
From: Newtaxi at aol.com (Newtaxi at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:05:48 EST
Subject: [Checker-l] Checker Digest, Vol 36, Issue 1
Message-ID: <c14.be28f4a.32b45a1c@aol.com>

How BEAUTIFULLY practical.
 Remember, "Being Practical is NEVER out of style."
MC
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From jfay at checkercarclub.org  Fri Dec 15 15:39:58 2006
From: jfay at checkercarclub.org (Joe Fay)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:39:58 -0400
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <63D9E86D-2CAB-46CB-B0DD-6AE9F072DEDA@well.com>
Message-ID: <t7L4Ptbs.1166215198.4310970.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>

I am pretty sure Zip Van production between 1963 and 1964 was sub
contracted to a small Van/body company in Pennsylvania.  

The postal service held Studebaker responsible for parts distribution
through 1971.   Studebaker Automotive Sale Co. (SASCO) operated thru
1972 mainly to complete postal contracts and other Studebaker dealer
committments.



The AM general vans and jeep mail trucks built under AMC control were
produced in Indiana.

Joe

On 12/15/2006, "Thomas McIntyre" <baggins at well.com> wrote:

>Those mail trucks were what AM General built when Studebaker owned
>it. ZipVans (ISTR) had a Lark six. The grille looks like a (Lark
>based) Champ pickup.
>I might buy one of these if it had a more powerful diesel than the
>british cabs we see in SF - too slow!
>On Dec 14, 2006, at 10:40 PM, Peter Huggins wrote:
>
>> Wow. Looks like a mail truck
>>
>> Love and Grins,Peter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/
>>
>> http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/petersCHECKERpage
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Checker mailing list
>> Checker at textfiles.com
>> http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker
>>
>>
>
>Thomas Mcintyre
>Baggins at Well.com
>285 States Street
>San Francisco, CA 94114-1405
>Support Camp Mather - http://www.campmather.com
>
>
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From phuzzah at webtv.net  Fri Dec 15 15:48:02 2006
From: phuzzah at webtv.net (Peter Huggins)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:48:02 -0800
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: "Joe Fay" <jfay@checkercarclub.org>'s message of Fri,
	15 Dec 2006 13:03:25 -0400
Message-ID: <573-45830A02-61@storefull-3318.bay.webtv.net>

<<< The H-1 Hummer is assembled at the old Studebaker truck and station
wagon plant in Mishwaka, Indiana. About ten miles from South Bend,
Indiana...Studebakers main assembly plant 
Joe >>>


I thought GM had ceased production of the H-1. Perhaps that is only for
vehicles sold to the public? I would think the Military would still want
them... 

(I have a hubcap identical to the deluxe Checker Marathon wheel cover,
only it has the Studebaker "S" in the center instead of the Checker coat
of arms. Full Circle?)

Love and Grins,Peter




http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/

http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/petersCHECKERpage


From jfay at checkercarclub.org  Fri Dec 15 15:42:59 2006
From: jfay at checkercarclub.org (Joe Fay)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:42:59 -0400
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <BBB6475D-E1F8-41D8-8054-8F35E9653BF2@well.com>
Message-ID: <Fg9kn8YE.1166215379.5748190.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>

My understanding is the AM General is still a privately held company.  GM
bought the rights to use the name Hummer.  The H2 and H3 are built in a
GM in Indiana.  The H1 is still built by AM General in the old
Studebaker Plant.  GM no longer markets the H1.  

Joe

On 12/15/2006, "Thomas McIntyre" <baggins at well.com> wrote:

>Doesn't GM own AM ? (bought it in the PM on the QT)
>On Dec 15, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Joe Fay wrote:
>
>> That was General Motors who built General's not to be confused with AM
>> General.  General Motors purhased Yellow Cab manufacturing in
>> 1928.  By
>> the mid thirties the name was changed to General.  Generals were
>> bastardized Ponitacs and Chevies.
>>
>> AM General was created by name when AMC purchased the Kaiser Miltary
>> Truck division in 1969.  Kaiser purchased the unit from Studebaker in
>> 1965 when Studebaker exited the motor vehicle production business and
>> focued its energies on diversivied businesses such as Onan Generator,
>> Clark Vacuum and STP Motor Oil.
>>
>> AM General somehow got spun off when Chrysler bought AMC
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> On 12/15/2006, "Walt Taufen" <captunderdog at clearwire.net> wrote:
>>
>>> AM General built taxis up until WW2. I have a large blowup of a
>>> picture
>>> of about a hundred of them parked out behind the Checker Taxi Company
>>> with the tires all removed for the war effort. None of them were ever
>>> put back into use since AM General quit building them after the
>>> war and
>>> parts were not available.
>>>
>>> Thomas McIntyre wrote:
>>>> Military "GP" Vehicle is hummer, built by AM General, formerly part
>>>> of Studebaker - does that logo look familiar (the "S")?
>>>> On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Matt Murray wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Checker mailing list
>>> Checker at textfiles.com
>>> http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker
>> _______________________________________________
>> Checker mailing list
>> Checker at textfiles.com
>> http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker
>>
>>
>
>Thomas Mcintyre
>Baggins at Well.com
>285 States Street
>San Francisco, CA 94114-1405
>Support Camp Mather - http://www.campmather.com
>
>
>_______________________________________________
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>http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker

From jfay at checkercarclub.org  Fri Dec 15 15:46:23 2006
From: jfay at checkercarclub.org (Joe Fay)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:46:23 -0400
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <573-45830A02-61@storefull-3318.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <g81F4oB2.1166215583.7900740.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>

The H1 is still maufactured for Military purposes.

The Studebaker hubcaps were introduced to Studebaker in 1962.  Checker
started using them, Rockwell, the dies eventually ended up with
Studebaker International.  I believe Studebaker International produces
the hubcaps for Joe Pollard.

On 12/15/2006, "(Peter Huggins)" <phuzzah at webtv.net> wrote:

><<< The H-1 Hummer is assembled at the old Studebaker truck and station
>wagon plant in Mishwaka, Indiana. About ten miles from South Bend,
>Indiana...Studebakers main assembly plant
>Joe >>>
>
>
>I thought GM had ceased production of the H-1. Perhaps that is only for
>vehicles sold to the public? I would think the Military would still want
>them...
>
>(I have a hubcap identical to the deluxe Checker Marathon wheel cover,
>only it has the Studebaker "S" in the center instead of the Checker coat
>of arms. Full Circle?)
>
>Love and Grins,Peter
>
>
>
>
>http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/
>
>http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/petersCHECKERpage
>
>_______________________________________________
>Checker mailing list
>Checker at textfiles.com
>http://mail.textfiles.com/mailman/listinfo/checker

From jfay at checkercarclub.org  Fri Dec 15 16:19:54 2006
From: jfay at checkercarclub.org (Joe Fay)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 17:19:54 -0400
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!
In-Reply-To: <g81F4oB2.1166215583.7900740.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>
Message-ID: <z9O9RDIP.1166217594.8931770.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>

Guys...makes a lot of sense to me.  Ugly...well maybe, but its got flat
floors, chair like seats, and plenty of room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qh9f2Ysr8&mode=related&search=

From jfay at checkercarclub.org  Fri Dec 15 17:13:04 2006
From: jfay at checkercarclub.org (Joe Fay)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:13:04 -0400
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
In-Reply-To: <Fg9kn8YE.1166215379.5748190.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>
Message-ID: <VfUdwrSk.1166220784.6093310.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>

Here AM General's history

http://www.amgeneral.com/corporate_history.php/amSid/60ef51755d4405f3247914176414a881

The H2 is also produced by AM General for GM.

On 12/15/2006, "Joe Fay" <jfay at checkercarclub.org> wrote:

>My understanding is the AM General is still a privately held company.  GM
>bought the rights to use the name Hummer.  The H2 and H3 are built in a
>GM in Indiana.  The H1 is still built by AM General in the old
>Studebaker Plant.  GM no longer markets the H1.
>
>Joe
>
>On 12/15/2006, "Thomas McIntyre" <baggins at well.com> wrote:
>
>>Doesn't GM own AM ? (bought it in the PM on the QT)
>>On Dec 15, 2006, at 9:08 AM, Joe Fay wrote:
>>
>>> That was General Motors who built General's not to be confused with AM
>>> General.  General Motors purhased Yellow Cab manufacturing in
>>> 1928.  By
>>> the mid thirties the name was changed to General.  Generals were
>>> bastardized Ponitacs and Chevies.
>>>
>>> AM General was created by name when AMC purchased the Kaiser Miltary
>>> Truck division in 1969.  Kaiser purchased the unit from Studebaker in
>>> 1965 when Studebaker exited the motor vehicle production business and
>>> focued its energies on diversivied businesses such as Onan Generator,
>>> Clark Vacuum and STP Motor Oil.
>>>
>>> AM General somehow got spun off when Chrysler bought AMC
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> On 12/15/2006, "Walt Taufen" <captunderdog at clearwire.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> AM General built taxis up until WW2. I have a large blowup of a
>>>> picture
>>>> of about a hundred of them parked out behind the Checker Taxi Company
>>>> with the tires all removed for the war effort. None of them were ever
>>>> put back into use since AM General quit building them after the
>>>> war and
>>>> parts were not available.
>>>>
>>>> Thomas McIntyre wrote:
>>>>> Military "GP" Vehicle is hummer, built by AM General, formerly part
>>>>> of Studebaker - does that logo look familiar (the "S")?
>>>>> On Dec 14, 2006, at 2:44 PM, Matt Murray wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>
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From dbronx at aol.com  Fri Dec 15 19:36:25 2006
From: dbronx at aol.com (dbronx at aol.com)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:36:25 -0500
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!
In-Reply-To: <z9O9RDIP.1166217594.8931770.ccjfay@checker.divisionpoint.net>
Message-ID: <8C8EEC15A5E00EC-A28-D63D@FWM-R20.sysops.aol.com>

Here's the link to the Standard Taxi website:

http://www.standardtaxi.com/home.html

-----Original Message-----
From: jfay at checkercarclub.org
To: checker at textfiles.com
Sent: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 4:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!

    Guys...makes a lot of sense to me.  Ugly...well maybe, but its got 
flat
floors, chair like seats, and plenty of room.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qh9f2Ysr8&mode=related&search=
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From john_weinhoeft at insightbb.com  Fri Dec 15 19:51:46 2006
From: john_weinhoeft at insightbb.com (john_weinhoeft)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:51:46 -0600
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!
In-Reply-To: <8C8EEC15A5E00EC-A28-D63D@FWM-R20.sysops.aol.com>
References: <8C8EEC15A5E00EC-A28-D63D@FWM-R20.sysops.aol.com>
Message-ID: <45834322.7020202@insightbb.com>

What I found interesting was the motor choice ... a solid 
reliable fuel injected Chevy 4.3 V-6 (assume truck version 
from their comments on the web site) ... won't get great 
mileage but does pretty good and has enough power for almost 
anything.

(For those unfamiliar with the 4.3 V-6, it's basically just 
  a small block 350 missing two cylinders ... uses most the 
same parts except crank, cam & block, so it's durability is 
well proven)

John W

dbronx at aol.com wrote:

> Here's the link to the Standard Taxi website:
> 
> http://www.standardtaxi.com/home.html
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfay at checkercarclub.org
> To: checker at textfiles.com
> Sent: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!
> 
>     Guys...makes a lot of sense to me.  Ugly...well maybe, but its got 
> flat
> floors, chair like seats, and plenty of room.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qh9f2Ysr8&mode=related&search=




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From mryszka at filmschool.lodz.pl  Fri Dec 15 20:07:29 2006
From: mryszka at filmschool.lodz.pl (Maciek)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:07:29 +0100
Subject: [Checker-l] Odp:  New Taxi...I love it!
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	<45834322.7020202@insightbb.com>
Message-ID: <011a01c720ae$92521640$0100a8c0@adax>

mileage would not be great - dimensions like checker, except for higher
roof.
but the curb weight 3950 pounds (!) is it bullet-proof!?

maciek

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From: john_weinhoeft <john_weinhoeft at insightbb.com>
To: Checker Mailing List <checker at textfiles.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!


> What I found interesting was the motor choice ... a solid
> reliable fuel injected Chevy 4.3 V-6 (assume truck version
> from their comments on the web site) ... won't get great
> mileage but does pretty good and has enough power for almost
> anything.
>
> (For those unfamiliar with the 4.3 V-6, it's basically just
>   a small block 350 missing two cylinders ... uses most the
> same parts except crank, cam & block, so it's durability is
> well proven)
>
> John W
>
> dbronx at aol.com wrote:
>
> > Here's the link to the Standard Taxi website:
> >
> > http://www.standardtaxi.com/home.html
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jfay at checkercarclub.org
> > To: checker at textfiles.com
> > Sent: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 4:19 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!
> >
> >     Guys...makes a lot of sense to me.  Ugly...well maybe, but its got
> > flat
> > floors, chair like seats, and plenty of room.
> >
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qh9f2Ysr8&mode=related&search=
>
>
>
>
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From john_weinhoeft at insightbb.com  Fri Dec 15 20:16:18 2006
From: john_weinhoeft at insightbb.com (john_weinhoeft)
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:16:18 -0600
Subject: [Checker-l] Odp:  New Taxi...I love it!
In-Reply-To: <011a01c720ae$92521640$0100a8c0@adax>
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Most Checkers weighed between 3700 and 4300 lbs.

This probably has a pretty rigid frame and passenger cage 
from watching the animated crash video so I would expect it 
to be pretty heavy.

John W

Maciek wrote:

> mileage would not be great - dimensions like checker, except for higher
> roof.
> but the curb weight 3950 pounds (!) is it bullet-proof!?
> 
> maciek
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: john_weinhoeft <john_weinhoeft at insightbb.com>
> To: Checker Mailing List <checker at textfiles.com>
> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 1:51 AM
> Subject: Re: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!
> 
> 
> 
>>What I found interesting was the motor choice ... a solid
>>reliable fuel injected Chevy 4.3 V-6 (assume truck version
>>from their comments on the web site) ... won't get great
>>mileage but does pretty good and has enough power for almost
>>anything.
>>
>>(For those unfamiliar with the 4.3 V-6, it's basically just
>>  a small block 350 missing two cylinders ... uses most the
>>same parts except crank, cam & block, so it's durability is
>>well proven)
>>
>>John W




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From firecad67 at yahoo.com  Sat Dec 16 15:11:03 2006
From: firecad67 at yahoo.com (Rick Buck)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:11:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!
In-Reply-To: <45834322.7020202@insightbb.com>
Message-ID: <598017.28701.qm@web51808.mail.yahoo.com>

Ugly enough to be a Checker... wish it was!

john_weinhoeft <john_weinhoeft at insightbb.com> wrote:  What I found interesting was the motor choice ... a solid 
reliable fuel injected Chevy 4.3 V-6 (assume truck version 
from their comments on the web site) ... won't get great 
mileage but does pretty good and has enough power for almost 
anything.

(For those unfamiliar with the 4.3 V-6, it's basically just 
a small block 350 missing two cylinders ... uses most the 
same parts except crank, cam & block, so it's durability is 
well proven)

John W

dbronx at aol.com wrote:

> Here's the link to the Standard Taxi website:
> 
> http://www.standardtaxi.com/home.html
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jfay at checkercarclub.org
> To: checker at textfiles.com
> Sent: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 4:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!
> 
> Guys...makes a lot of sense to me. Ugly...well maybe, but its got 
> flat
> floors, chair like seats, and plenty of room.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_qh9f2Ysr8&mode=related&search=




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From captunderdog at clearwire.net  Sat Dec 16 19:29:53 2006
From: captunderdog at clearwire.net (Walt Taufen)
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 16:29:53 -0800
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi...I love it!
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One must be careful when using the work ugly around Checker nutz, mine 
is a thing of beauty. Yours?

Rick Buck wrote:
> Ugly enough to be a Checker... wish it was!
>

From pworth at valdosta.edu  Mon Dec 18 08:04:27 2006
From: pworth at valdosta.edu (Paul Worth)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 08:04:27 -0500
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
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I'd buy one.  When do they go on sale and how much will they cost?

Thomas McIntyre wrote:
> Those mail trucks were what AM General built when Studebaker owned  
> it. ZipVans (ISTR) had a Lark six. The grille looks like a (Lark  
> based) Champ pickup.
> I might buy one of these if it had a more powerful diesel than the  
> british cabs we see in SF - too slow!
> On Dec 14, 2006, at 10:40 PM, Peter Huggins wrote:
> 
> 
>>Wow. Looks like a mail truck
>>
>>Love and Grins,Peter

From baggins at well.com  Tue Dec 19 18:44:01 2006
From: baggins at well.com (Thomas McIntyre)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:44:01 -0800
Subject: [Checker-l] New Taxi?
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References: <24150744.1166215692704.JavaMail.root@m41>
Message-ID: <C96DB6AA-71F8-410F-825A-296FDD099809@well.com>

I think SASCO lives. I bought very cheap NOS parts for each of my  
Larks there in the 90s.
On Dec 15, 2006, at 12:39 PM, Joe Fay wrote:

> I am pretty sure Zip Van production between 1963 and 1964 was sub
> contracted to a small Van/body company in Pennsylvania.
>
> The postal service held Studebaker responsible for parts distribution
> through 1971.   Studebaker Automotive Sale Co. (SASCO) operated thru
> 1972 mainly to complete postal contracts and other Studebaker dealer
> committments.
>
>
>
> The AM general vans and jeep mail trucks built under AMC control were
> produced in Indiana.
>
> Joe
>
> On 12/15/2006, "Thomas McIntyre" <baggins at well.com> wrote:
>
>> Those mail trucks were what AM General built when Studebaker owned
>> it. ZipVans (ISTR) had a Lark six. The grille looks like a (Lark
>> based) Champ pickup.
>> I might buy one of these if it had a more powerful diesel than the
>> british cabs we see in SF - too slow!
>> On Dec 14, 2006, at 10:40 PM, Peter Huggins wrote:
>>
>>> Wow. Looks like a mail truck
>>>
>>> Love and Grins,Peter
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://community.webtv.net/phuzzah/
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>> Thomas Mcintyre
>> Baggins at Well.com
>> 285 States Street
>> San Francisco, CA 94114-1405
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