Picture of the Day for September 29, 2014

You never know what you will see when wandering back country gravel roads. While not nearly as old of a vehicle that I like to photograph, especially since it is younger than me, it was very different looking and one which I hadn’t seen before. And one reason is that only around a hundred of them were built (different sources say between 97 to 103) so that is why it hadn’t cross my path before.

The Checker Marathon MediCar was built from 1969 to 1970 and was intended to accommodate the needs of those in wheelchairs or even patients on stretcher gurneys as it had an elevated roof and doors which swung open nearly 180 degrees.

Checker MediCar 

Checker MediCar