The Checker Manufacturing Company was set up in Kalamazoo, Michigan on the sites of the former Dort and Handley-Knight plants. It was there that the first Checker Cab rolled off the assembly line in June 1923. The first Checker was essentially a renamed Checker Mogul taxi formerly made in Joliet, Illinois.
As it's clear from the icons to the right, Checker produced 25 major models over its 60 year run as a taxi and car manufacturer.
Today, the vast majority of Checkers that can still be seen at car shows and 'just by luck' sightings were made after 1956. Some older models like the H and Y can be seen in museums like the Gilmore Car Museum.
Some can be rented for special occasions like weddings and proms.
The Plant in 2011
Model G
1927 - 1928
Model A
1939 - 1941
Model A8
1956 - 1958
Commonwealth Taxi
1919-1922
Model K
1928 - 1930
Models B C D
1944 - 1946
Model A9 A10
1958 - 1962
Models C & H
1922 - 1923
Model M
1930 - 1932
Models A2 A3
1947 - 1949
Model E
1924
Model T
1933 - 1934
Models A4 A5
1950 - 1952
Model F
1925-1926
Model Y
1935 - 1939
Models A6 A7
1953 - 1954
Model A11 A12
1962 - 1982