The Checker Taxi Stand

Guest · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 12:24 pm Post subject: DeSoto Taxi's

I recently heard that Chrysler built a standard DeSoto in its Detroit plant in the 1950's and those that were sold for taxicabs were shipped to another plant in Detroit where they were customized as cabs. This customization included stretching the body/wheelbase. If I recall back then a New York cab had to be a special purpose built vehicle and this must have been how Chrysler went about making it one.

Surge22 · Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: DeSoto

Here's a 36 I saw at a Louisville car show May 25th 2008.

http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg247/Greencab174/DSCN6342.jpg