Fat City’s (Aspen) 1st MELLOW YELLOW 4 x 4 ‘Checkers’ cab… owner John Marshall, driver Tim Lane

This photo was taken years later after retirement (notice no paint) in Silverton.

Christopher Myles wrote: “1974 Checker Marathon taxi body on a 1974 Chevy Blazer chassis. Is that me sittin in that thing? I spent enough time working on it before George bought it. It took about a 2 ton jack just to lift one corner, those Checker bodies weigh tons. Once I rebuilt the drivetrain it would climb a wall pulling a house! It’s all restored and painted now and parked at the GI Hotel in Silverton. When I was working on it I consulted an old Checker factory guy and mentioned that the body had a lot of bondo on it and he said that they usually had several pounds when they left the factory new.”