Another early Checker surfaces

As anybody familiar with Checkers knows, these were not cars designed to last the ages. They were built to be used up, run hard by taxi drivers and to be replaced as needed. Thus, it’s more than unusual to find actual physical remains of any Checker prior to about 1960, and it’s downright rare to […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – Jeepney

Calling this Jeep a CJ-5 might be a little misleading. Aside from the grille, windshield, and most likely the chassis, there’s not much Jeep actually left in this mishmash. But the Philippine license plate tells us that it’s instead something more than a garden-variety bitsa; instead, it’s a Jeepney, a staple of public transportation in […]