Do you mean one of these heaps?

No....But you would know what I'm talking about!
Ther wewe built mainly as TAXI cabs and I proubably have the name wrong..."Metor?" ...can't remember...good heavy solid 4-door car!

I know the one you mean it was manufactured by Checker and the model was called The Checker Taxi. the one in the picture was a Checker Aerobus, here one in it former glory.

Bet that was "Easy" for you.(sorry...thursday)

Yeah, That's the one...couldn't recall the name though. BTW In High School and early 20's I drove a 1957 M&M Cadillac Hearse

Was that a M&M Cadillac Futura, similar to the one used in Ghost Busters? (that one was a 1959 model)

No....They wish
M & M stands for Miller Meator...the Company that took a '57 El Dorado (1st. year for..... the "El D.") with the cast spoke rims and convertable top, stretched it and...get this...made a 3-Way Delivery (left, right and rear) casket table on hydraulics and manual rollers with suspenshion leavelers for side deliveries widh massive suicide rear side doors with built in built in solid door posts and a huge handle to close and lock them in place. a 390 C.I.D.(first year also) "V8" and a 4 speed Hydromatic with a compound low! I found the car in a storage yard with the signed "Pink Slip" in the glove box. In yellow letters on both sides, over the Black Lackuer Beautiful paint job some idiot had letterad her with "Houdini Lock And Key" the front crossmember where the lower "A" frames bolt up was all tore out because they were using it to haul heavy safes. When they first got it they took it to a Cadallac dealer and had new, not rebuilt, motor, trans., and rear end installed....Paid big bucks$$$$$$$$ and used it for about 2 months before they broke the front end and 1 rear leaf spring. I was a sophomore in H.S. and my 1st. job was at "Fletcher Frame and Axel" Old George Fletcher was a real carhacter and I worked for him after school to pay the bill. This car was a True Cadallac and I wore a top hat when I drove it. For 10 years I drove it like I stole it! then some drunk mexican totaled it with his Olds. at about 50mph in reverse. Took out the whole right side from the rear tire foreward. Wraped that Olds. arround my Caddy...sniff....I saw it happen and I don't know what he was thinking when he stumbled out of his cars driver side door, unhurt(remember the revearse part at 50mph) and started yelling at me about what happened. Like it was my fault(remember I was parked in a parking lot) Never did find out what happened to him when he woke up in the hospital. Hollywood Police arrested me for aggrivated assault and sorted it all out by morning and droped all charges. I was released at 09:00h. and went to work and there was my Caddy. I was working at Scovel Red Shirt Towing next door and discovered only then that M&M had made the body out of aircraft aluminun with all rinited seams faired in by lead. She had uhge landaow Bars in the rear instead of all windows And brackets for flower vases om the door posts. Just a BEAUTIFUL CAR!!!!! She would not be Easy to find a picture of.....bet cha! p.s.....fuck the spell check LOL

I hope you soaked your fingers in iced water after all that typing, nice story though I enjoyed reading it. Now that you mention it what is a sophomore? I've heard the term a few times in films.

Sophomore is your second year in high school...

Thanks Sweetheart

I told Betty what you said 'bout my fingers and she imeaditly went and got a large bowl of "Iced Water", came back and stuck both of my hands in and said; "Your Fingers Better Be Alright!"

Don't Betty like it when your fingers sre all stiff and swollen? As a sideline, Capt. Birdseye fish fingers are know as Capt. Birdseye and his fishy fingers.


Just in case you are not familiar,
Capt. Birdseye is a company that produce fish products and fish fingers are fish sticks.

"Birdseye" the 1st. Company to mass produce frozen food products and market them successfully!

I can't read the first door panel, but there is a word on each - ??????? VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH - I can just see them going on the annual church picnic in it.

I can only make out the valley and church on the door panels. Even when I enlarge it. The rust marks were interesting on the first panel tho. It almost looked like a nekid body.

WTH????? Nekid body??
where in the hell do you see that??

Grandma is sending you glasses for christmas!!

I'll take you up on the glasses offer, bifocals if possible...... but here is what I was looking at( hope it shows up)