With no more Checkers than they actually built I never thought about if they were ever exported. And in many European cities they would have been considered too large to drive around on their relatively narrow streets.
This was a private import . It could never become a Taxi in NZ due to being LHD. Some hotrodder probably loaded it into a container with a bunch of other cars. It surprised me when I saw it [and had to photograph it] I've never seen one in the flesh before. Cool though! Here was the show . Not a bad show for a Wednesday afternoon [this show covered the main street and several side streets] Waihi is a rural town with a population of 6000 [this show was the opening for the "Beach-hop" which goes from Wednesday to Sunday where 1500+ cars have entered, and more show up as spectators roll in] we have a "mild" obsession for cars in NZ
Yessir, 552 used cabs were bought for 1952 Helsinki Olympics. The court case here lasted for years as the cars were shitboxes and not as promised. Only a couple were even running at all. Just one of them is left today.
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