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2. Volo Auto Museum - Wikipedia

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   Volo Museum. / 42.326741; -88.171338. Established in 1960 by the Grams family, the Volo Auto Museum (since renamed simply the Volo Museum) is an automobile museum and collector car dealer in the Chicago suburb of Volo, Illinois, US. [1] The museum contains an exhibit of collectors' autos from vintage to modern classics, with the main focus ...

3. Checker Motors Corporation - Wikipedia

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   Checker Motors Corporation was a Kalamazoo, Michigan, vehicle manufacturer and tier-one subcontractor that manufactured taxicabs used by Checker Taxi. Morris Markin established the company in 1922, initially named the Checker Cab Manufacturing Company, in Chicago through a merger of Commonwealth Motors and Markin Automobile Body.

4. Tucker 48 - Wikipedia

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   Width. 79.0 in (2,007 mm) Height. 60.0 in (1,524 mm) Curb weight. 4,200 lb (1,900 kg) The Tucker 48, commonly but incorrectly referred to as the Tucker Torpedo, was an automobile conceived by Preston Tucker while in Ypsilanti, Michigan and briefly produced in Chicago, Illinois in 1948.

5. John D. Hertz - Wikipedia

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   John Daniel Hertz Sr. (April 10, 1879 – October 8, 1961) was an American businessman, thoroughbred racehorse owner and breeder, and philanthropist .

6. Dymaxion car - Wikipedia

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   The Dymaxion car, c. 1933, artist Diego Rivera shown entering the car, carrying coat. The Dymaxion car was designed by American inventor Buckminster Fuller during the Great Depression and featured prominently at Chicago's 1933/1934 World's Fair. [1] Fuller built three experimental prototypes with naval architect Starling Burgess – using ...

7. Checker Taxi - Wikipedia

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   Checker Taxi was a dominant taxicab company and national franchisor that was based in Chicago, Illinois. Checker Motors was an American vehicle manufacturer based in Kalamazoo, Michigan that built the iconic Checker Taxicab, sold commercially as the Checker Marathon until 1982. [1] Both companies were owned by Morris Markin by the 1930s.