Killin time with Covid 19 and JC Whitney

[updraught]

Originally Posted by Synchro909

J C who????

We didn't need that cheap stuff.

We had Repco parts. Repco built the engine that won the 1966 formula one against Ferrari for a fraction of what Ford spent on some little French back street race track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNfq310iOTI

It did use the alloy Oldsmobile block rejected by Shelby.

[Synchro909]

Yup, that was when we stuff in this country. I'm hoping those days will return after this Chinese disease subsides.

[dean from bozeman]

When I got my first Model A in 1966, I ordered parts from Warshawsky. I eventually got a JC Whitney catalog but felt a loyalty to Warshawsky. At first I thought that they might be the same company.

For those of you from or familiar with Milwaukee, I also got parts at B.S. Wisniewski's. I knew his granddaughter so he would give me a deal at times. A few pennies less. Once he took me up on the freight elevator to a floor that was all Model A parts. He showed me NOS front fenders still wrapped in kraft paper. Oh to go on that tour now...

[divcoguy]

While clearing out a relatives garage, I came across a JC Whitney Everbend tail pipe. The tail pipe is 8 1/2 feet long and has ribs in it. This brought back memories of buying from JC Whitney, in my younger days, for a model A pickup. I remember having to wait a week and half or 2 weeks for the order to be delivered - a lot different than today!

[CHuDWah]

Originally Posted by Steve Plucker

OK TB...Just found my original records!

It was December 4, 1966 that I ordered from JC Whitney A Ring Gear and Pinion for my September 1929 Standard Coupe...$23.00 and as stated above...still going strong...knock on wood!

There was a bunch of other stuff That I ordered then and are still on the car...unbelievable prices but that was 54 years ago also!

Pluck

That $23 is about $180 in 2020 dollars. For comparison, Snyder sells the 3:78 set for $450.

[CHuDWah]

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Couple of articles on Whitney history:

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog...tomotive-icon/

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/roy-warshawsky