Anyone still use JCWhitney?

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  1. Stevewoods

    Stevewoods Senior Member

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  2. bisco

    bisco cookie crumbler

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    haven't taken a peek since the late seventies. i used to drool over it more than playboy
     
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    As a teen, always something that I had to have for my car in JCWhitney. But I never had enough cash ... Well in those days, it was a money order from the U.S. Post Office.

    The stuff I remember:
    Vintage Catalog Gallery | JC Whitney
     
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    bwilson4web BMW i3 and Model 3

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    Funny coincidence, this arrived Tuesday:
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    This is where I got the parts to do a Prius, 4-wheel alignment. Pretty much everything you'd need for home wheel and suspension work.

    Bob Wilson
     

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  5. ETC(SS)

    ETC(SS) The OTHER One Percenter.....

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    Back then we used to crack jokes about the cheap crap from Japan.....