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04-16-2023, 06:12 PM | #1 |
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Something fun to ponder...
An old gentleman that sold me my first Model A in 2015 gave me this 1966-67 Montgomery Ward Model A parts catalog with the car & I forgot I had it. Just a few photos of some pages for your enjoyment, be be forewarned - the prices are outrageous!
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04-16-2023, 06:27 PM | #2 |
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I apologize for the lack of clarity of some of the photos.
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04-16-2023, 06:33 PM | #3 |
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M-W was quite the supplier. I have "Riverside" tires on my '30 that likely date from about that time, there's no DOT date stamp on them that I can find! (I understand that DOT date codes started in January 1971). Needless to say, I don't drive on them - rolling the chassis around the shop, I'll replace them when I get ready to drive.
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04-16-2023, 08:58 PM | #4 |
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I'm guessing that MW was one of the larger suppliers for Model A parts back in those days? Who were the other big parts vendors for Model A's at that time?
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04-16-2023, 11:16 PM | #5 |
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JC Whitney
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04-16-2023, 11:34 PM | #6 |
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Sears also had a full line of Model A parts back in the 60's Joe B |
04-17-2023, 06:51 AM | #7 |
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I remember my Dad buying stuff from "Monkey Ward."
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04-17-2023, 07:58 AM | #8 |
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If you have access to Ancestry.com, I believe they have all the old Sears & Roebuck catalogs online, and you can browse through all the Model A parts going back to the ‘30s.
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04-17-2023, 08:19 AM | #9 |
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In the 70's I bought mostly everything from JC Whitney and once in a while from Fred Page.
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04-17-2023, 08:31 AM | #10 |
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Back in 63/64 I worked for a Chevy Dealership delivering parts. We had both the Warshawsky and JC Whitney catalogs which except for the covers they were the same but I believe Warshawsky was wholesale pricing whereas JC Whitney was retail. Since I worked for the Chevy Dealership I could by parts wholesale thru Warshawsky. Back then there was also Ford Parts Obsolete out of (I think) Long Beach, Calif. I also had purchased parts from Monkey Wards, Sears, and while somewhat limited the local Ford Dealer.
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04-17-2023, 08:32 AM | #11 |
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I’ve got a NOS radiator from Sears on my coupe . It has a tag claiming 100% copper and proudly made in the USA.
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04-17-2023, 08:32 AM | #12 |
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Heard about Warshawsky but never saw their catalog. As a teen, I would pour over every JCW catalog I could get my hands on but didn't have a Model A or money!
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04-17-2023, 10:28 AM | #13 |
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Warshawsky had a retail shop on South State Street in Chicago, at least in the early '70's. A few times I ordered parts on the phone for pick up later, then take the bus down at lunch from the Loop where I worked to get the parts. I was the only guy in a suit, except for the owners!
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04-17-2023, 02:42 PM | #14 |
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I found an old Snyders catalog in the garage yesterday. Like 1998 I know what you mean.
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Seems like I recall that JC Whitney and Warshawsky were in the same building on a corner. One was on one side and the other on the other side with separate addresses for the street they faced. Another supplier of Model A parts was Western Auto. My dad owned a Western Auto store in St. Marys, Ohio from 1953 to 1957. Don't recall having those parts as I was a kid and wouldn't have known Model A's. I do have a 1929 Western Auto catalog that has a few Model A parts as it was relatively new, but most are Model T. Last edited by JRrev; 04-17-2023 at 05:38 PM. |
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04-17-2023, 05:55 PM | #16 |
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My dad owned a Western Auto 1954 -1984, the talk was back in day you could build an A from WA parts except for frame! I have way too many stores about working at the store, some good and some bad. Assembled a kids pull wagon at age 5, dad started using me to assemble stuff at the store soon after that. Changing automotive tires at about age 11. When I purchased my A age 16 I found a few parts on the back shelves for A’s
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HOWEVER, one time I did order something that I had to pick up at their warehouse on the northside of downtown Chicago. That place could not have been more different. The floors were waxed to a high shine, everyone was dressed very well like downtown Chicago professionals, stock brokers, lawyers, etc. I saw a lot of ladies working there all very well dressed, even the person that brought my parts to me was in a clean pressed uniform. |
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Nice, Thank You for sharing.
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