His wife became the Checker's primary driver and she only needed the car on an occasional basis at first, then the car was only driven during summers as it aged.This example was made in Checker's Kalamazoo, Michigan factory on March 18, 1972, ordered on Maby Erhart Checker-Jeep-Volvo Motor Car Co., in Tonawanda, New York and delivered to the original owner, who lived in Cheektowaga New York, on April 28, 1972. He saw the Anniversary Gold version while at a dealer and spontaneously decided to buy that version. According to him, he needed a new car in 1972 and he had noted all of the Checkers in use at the airport near his home.
Have you ever seen one?This Checker has had the same owner for the past 45 years, who took loving care of it by ensuring it had a garage for 40 of those 45 years.
Anniversary models are denoted by the full vinyl roof, deletion of the rear-most quarter windows and Anniversary Gold exterior color. It is one of only 45 anniversary models made in 1972.
1972 Other Makes Marathon 50Th Anniversary 50th Anniversary Modelġ972 Checker Marathon 50th AnniversaryModel One of 45 50th Anniversary models built out of 6,000 total Checkers for 1972 Same owner for the past 45 years and garage-kept for the last 40 years! Anniversary Gold exterior (code 1092) with full black vinyl roof and masked rear quarter windows plus brown interior (code 24) Chevrolet 250 CID inline six-cylinder engine (code F0315CB) Turbo Hydramatic 400 three-speed automatic transmission (code PA) and 3.31 gearing (code 33) Power front disc brakes (code DDP) Documentation includes original window sticker original car invoice the original vehicle order plus a copy original bank draft application receipt original deposit ticket stub related to purchase original authorized Checker dealer's owner service certificate letter dated to original owner from Checker regarding number of similar Checkers two copies of The Checkerboard News, Winter 2010 issue, which outline the original owner's history with the car a laminated October 1972 copy of Changing Times, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine about Checker and its vehicles an original sales brochure plus a copy a cross-referenced Checker parts list Checker photo collage and a hand-held scale model of an identical CheckerIf you're 45 years old or older and do not live in a large metropolitan area, as soon as you see a Checker, you might hear that theme music and see the characters - dispatcher Louie DePalma, cabbies Latka, Alex, Reverend Jim and the others from that late 70s and early 80s situation comedy, "Taxi." MotoeXotica Classic Cars is pleased to offer this rarely seen 1972 Checker Marathon Golden Anniversary model.