Checker Superba
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The Checker Superba was one of the Checker Motors Corporation of Kalamazoo (Michigan) produced in model years 1961-1963 cars. The Superba originated from the bodies for the Checker Taxi and was offered in two trim levels: Standard and Custom. Of the two versions, there was a four-door sedan and five-door estate.
The customer had ( no extra charge) the choice between two versions of the six-cylinder engine 6L -226 from Continental. Both had a displacement of 3636 cc (226 ci) and based on an engine the Emperor, Willys and IKA had used. One was sideguided, had a compression ratio of only 7.3: 1 and therefore only 80 bhp (59 kW). But they got along well with low-quality fuel. The other had above overhead valves ( OHV ), was 8: 1 compacted and brought with 122 bhp (90 kW), a similar performance as the last emperor. The standard was a three-speed manual transmission with column shift, with an additional charge of Borg-Warner automatic transmission with shift lever on the steering column was available.
The Superba had a grille with a curved center section, which was flanked by two chrome-plated side panels. The supply of air into the engine compartment 24 is accomplished by rectangular regions in the center of the grille. The parking lights were on two thick sheets next to the grille and had star-shaped housing. In 1963, the Checker Marathon came out, he had his own honeycomb grill over the full width of the vehicle.
In 1963, the Superba his only outward change, a more contoured bumpers front. Otherwise resembled the appearance of the car exactly to that of the first model in 1961.
Sales of the Superba in the first year of sales in 1960 ( model year 1961 lasted from September 1960 to July 1961 ) were 1050 units is negligible in comparison to the sales figures of America's smallest independent automaker Studebaker.
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- Vehicle of the upper middle class
- Car model
- Limousine
- Station wagon
- Taxi