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Mike Schwartz · 03-09-2010, 10:43 PM

Oddly enough, I thought about mentioning Checkers in this thread yesterday. Did you know that they finally closed the book on Checker just this past January, 27 years after the last car was produced?

"On January 14, 2010, the Checker Motor Company ceased to exist with the sale of its Kalamazoo headquarters. It was purchased for just under $3 million by a holding company, the Jones Group, which will sell off the assets and clear the 72 acres. Checker president David Markin was quoted as saying, "It's finished. Our family is very distressed about the closing of the company, but it became inevitable."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Motors_Corporation

ps. The Buick Lacrosse is built in Canada with tooling acquired from Checker.

03-09-2010, 10:43 PM	#114
Mike Schwartz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Maryland USA Posts: 533 Likes: 129 Liked 248 Times in 89 Posts	Re: Oddball Muscle Cars / Checkers Oddly enough, I thought about mentioning Checkers in this thread yesterday. Did you know that they finally closed the book on Checker just this past January, 27 years after the last car was produced? "On January 14, 2010, the Checker Motor Company ceased to exist with the sale of its Kalamazoo headquarters. It was purchased for just under $3 million by a holding company, the Jones Group, which will sell off the assets and clear the 72 acres. Checker president David Markin was quoted as saying, "It's finished. Our family is very distressed about the closing of the company, but it became inevitable." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checker_Motors_Corporation ps. The Buick Lacrosse is built in Canada with tooling acquired from Checker.