Interwebs Catch of the Day

While looking around www.taxi-library.org I stumbled upon vintage ads from my Kalamazoo's favorite Child, the checker cab.

In this picture: a rear vintage Checker Diesel Cab poster ad. If you know where I can see more like this let us know!!!

This picture was found at http://www.taxi-library.org/

JFK assassin cab

The Checker Marathon cab, hailed by Lee Harvey Oswald after he assassinated President John F. Kennedy in Dallas in 1963, has been sold at auction for a very solid US $40.000. After fleeing the Texas School Book Depository. Oswald jumped on a bus which got stuck in traffic, so he was forced to hail the infamous cab.

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JFK Assasin Cab Fetches £25.000

The Big Trans-Atlantic Taxi Swap

New York Times exposes Taxidepot's boss in one of his many love affairs with taxis. Get to know what everybody is talking about, "The Big Trans-Atlantic Taxi Swap". A version of the original article appeared in print on February 10, 2010, on page A19 of the New York edition in full color. read the NYTIMES article here.