J.C. Whitney

[Bagman]

Old-timers will remember using their catalog for ordering parts through the mail. I rebuilt an old '65 Volkswagon bug buying everything from there. Interesting article.

JC Whitney: The Rise and Fall of an Automotive Icon

Regular readers of my Cars of a Lifetime series will know by now that I spent some time working for JC Whitney in Chicago. Given how deeply this brand is ingrained with […]

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[BIKER13]

what a catalog

 

[fattboyzz]

I remember they had goat poop in a can.

Pour it in your engine and it was like a new one

 

[HERMET]

Car guys fantasy catalog.

 

[imawoodsman]

Everything for a VW or JEEP.
LOTS of other stuff too.
We would drive out on Saturday morning, Put in our order. SWISH, Down the shoot & it would come out on the rollers.
Load up, Drive home. Install NEW parts & ready to CRUISE Saturday night.
WOW, Just realized, That was 50 years ago!!! SHEEEEEESH!!!

 

[BlackJackAce]

Always wondered if this stuff would have stopped the oil burning in my '68 Mustang (45 years ago).

 

[MuleShoe]

Remember them well!

 

[THREEJAYS]

Ordered many times from them

 

[Hayata]

As I turned to my teen years I graduated from the Sears Wish Book to the JC Whitney catalogues...

 

[hdgapeach]

Used to buy their fiberglass Baja kits to turn VW Beetles into a Baja bugs. They had both kits; close 'eye' and wide 'eye'. Brings back some memories...