1929 was the most profitable year yet for Checker. Repeat orders were streaming into the factory and the new Series ''K'' was being proclaimed as the finest car ever built. Equipped with four-wheel hydraulic brakes and shatterproof glass all around, they were still priced at $2,500, but had now grown to a big 127-inch chassis.

In 1929 Checker took over Yellow Cab Co. in Chicago, and a very substantial contract came from Philadelphia for a fleet of completely enclosed cabs, on the Model "K" chassis. By June production was sold out and Checker bathed in another very profitable year. Happy days were here again! Unfortunately, these days were short lived.

Blue Monday came with the advent of 1930. A downward trend started for Checker and every other manufacturer in the world. Cash became tight and every Series "K" sold was paid for by C.O.D. By the summer of 1930, with cash in the bank, negotiations started on a nationwide basis to get the Company into the nation's marketplace. By September that year, Checker acquired the Parmelee Transportation Co. There were 7,500 vehicles in this fleet of cabs, trucks, and bases located in the nation's largest cities. Along with this deal went the Motor Cab Transportation Compound, which had 2, 100 vehicles under it's control. All of this was consummated by the end of October 1930, in time for the new cab announcement.

Yes, we were ready to do it again!