The Checker Taxi Stand

Hybrids · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:13 am Post subject: Checker Racers

Found pictures of 2 Checkers that ended up being used in Banger/Stock car races here in England.
The blue one was used/destroyed in the late eighties early ninties and the yellow one in 2003 it is claimed

[img:d6a0acd397]http://www.drivearchive.co.uk/vehiclepixb/8629.jpg[/img:d6a0acd397]
[img:d6a0acd397]http://www.drivearchive.co.uk/vehiclepixf/18083.jpg[/img:d6a0acd397]

Hybrids · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:18 am Post subject:

Just been doing a bit of digging...
The second pictre the Checker still shows its number plate of 292 JUA.
It comes back as being a 1979 model, imported to England in 1987 and last on the road in 2002 Crying or Very sad

Mats-Einar · Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: gaaahhh

hunt them down and run them over destroying our babies like that!!!!

we need the spares they dont
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captunderdog · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 10:57 pm Post subject:

there are some people who just don't get it. I spotted a demolished Suzuki Swift on top of a load of scrap iron going to the scrap yard last week. I contacted the guy and bought it from him for parts. I found out that before he loaded it on the trailer there was not a dent in the car and it was a running driving car, just had a broken clutch cable. And the new clutch cable was in the back seat on the floor, in the box, with the reciept.

When I asked the scrappie about it, he just looked at me with that slack-jawed look and said, "well, I don't know how to fix 'em, they're just tonnage to me". The only way I can load them is with the back-hoe.

I got the running gear out of it and hauled the mangled remains to the scrap yard.
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