Saturday, July 12, 2014
3 pm
Grand Rapids Public Library, Main Library
111 Library St NE
Grand Rapids MI 49503
Checker Motors survived for 87 years by finding a peculiar niche in the automotive market. They made taxicabs. With determination and cunning, by building better vehicles, and by supplying quality parts, they navigated through the Depression, multiple recessions, a World War, and various corporate shenanigans. Largely unknown, their story rivals any in American automotive history.
Event Type: Lectures
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