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07-17-2020, 03:06 PM | #1 |
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JC Whitney now carparts.com?
I just got an email from JC Whitney. If I’m reading this correctly, it looks like they sold out to carparts.com.
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07-17-2020, 03:34 PM | #2 |
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JC Whitney owns Carparts.com !
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07-17-2020, 05:34 PM | #3 |
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J C Whitney, carparts .com? Are they Model A parts suppliers? If so, what is their reputation on quality etc.
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JC Whitney is a USA parts supplier that was very popular in the 1960’s and 1970’s. I don’t think they are much of a Model A parts supplier anymore, but I think they do carry some old parts. It’s just a name that most folks my age would recognize in the USA. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by shew01; 07-18-2020 at 02:20 PM. |
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07-17-2020, 08:25 PM | #5 |
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I remember, buy something from them and they are your friend forever. Constant catalogs like Uline:-)
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OK, I think I have it now, Thanks.
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07-17-2020, 10:06 PM | #8 |
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J.C. Whitney was the retail business. The spelling is probably wrong, but Warshowski was the wholesale company. In the 60s and 70s they carried an extensive line of A & T parts. I have been to the store several times in the 70s. Very interesting place, I think it must have been their original store from may be the 20s, oil soaked creaky wood floor, it was an old dirty parts store, most of the staff as I recall looked like they were in a bar fight the night before. They had 2 addresses, the front door I believe was on the south side on State street and it had a sign over the door J.C. Whitney, the side door had a different address and the sign said Warshowski but it was the same place and parts counter. One time I had to go to their warehouse to pick up a large item it was on the north side near downtown Chicago, this building was modern, clean, highly waxed floors, the employees were very helpful, in uniforms, clean and professional. When I lived in Idaho in the early 60s I had purchased a lot of my A parts from Warshowski as I could buy them wholesale thru the Chevy dealership I worked for.
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07-18-2020, 04:21 AM | #9 |
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I've got a bunch of parts still in the J.C Whitney packages. All model A. Floor mats,spring covers,brake parts etc. 1972 dates.
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07-18-2020, 09:26 AM | #10 |
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IN 1963 I bought a clutch plate for my 1951 MG from J.C. Whitney. Then I installed it backwards.
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Us kids in Jr. High used to bring their catalogues to school and look at them during Study Hall, and dream about buying the tools and accessories and stuff. I hate to admit but some of the stuff I bought in the early 70's for Model A wasn't really too bad. Back then you could still get parts from Sears and Montgomery Ward for Model T's and A's. It was cool to walk in those stores and buy a Model A Ford muffler and a set of tires and tubes, and the tires and tubes from Wards (Riverside) were good quality |
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07-18-2020, 10:27 AM | #12 |
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Living in Canada I never dealt w/JC Whitney, but I remember seeing their adverts in the back of Popular Mechanics and hot rod magazines back in the '50s.
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I've still got a pair of inside chrome door handles for a 29 Roadster bought around 1958 in my tool box. Car long gone.
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Wow - old memories. i had a used Renault in 1961 that I had to take the engine out to replace the clutch. Forgot to put the throw out bearing back in. Got about 2 days out of it and finally junked the car and bought a used VW Beetle. Boy do I wish I still had that car!
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My Slant Windshield Town Sedan has a Vacuum Wiper Motor that was ordered from J. C. Whitney in 1981. Still works.
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I got most of my model A parts from JC Whitney and Warshawsky in the sixties . A lot of their parts were made in Argentina but of good quality . Shipping was usually slow . Though it probably wasn't their fault , I can't help but remember the time that a can of 600 W leaked all over everything in the box of parts that I had ordered . What a mess !!!
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The Model As I had when I was in High School in the late 50s both had JC Whitney parts on them.
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Just went to their website. When you select the year of your vehicle it only goes back to 1950. Sorry to say NO model A parts.
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