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1 posted on 06/14/2014 8:41:18 AM PDT by virgil283
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Wow. I remember seeing those glowing-eye cats in cars! It was like a furry precursor to the third brake light.


39 posted on 06/14/2014 11:05:08 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
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40 posted on 06/14/2014 11:32:45 AM PDT by gura (If Allah is so great, why does he need fat sexually confused fanboys to do his dirty work? -iowahawk)
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Thank you. As a 16 year old I probably spec’d out a couple of modified cars, that in my dreams I wanted to have, with JC Whitney.


42 posted on 06/14/2014 11:50:50 AM PDT by PhiloBedo (You gotta roll with the punches and get with what's real.)
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I fell in love with the J.C. Whitney catalog in 1967 right after I bought my first car on my own, a 1965 Triumph Spitfire.

I knew when I bought it that it would need front disc pads soon, but when I checked the Triumph dealer, I found that a set of 4 pads was $32, a lot of money for me at the time.

Then someone told me about the J.C. Whitney catalog. I checked it and found a set of 4 pads for $7.98.
Figuring I had nothing to lose, I ordered a set.

When they came a couple of weeks later, I found they were Girling disc pads, made in England, the original equipment on the car.

Used the catalog regularly after that.


46 posted on 06/14/2014 5:42:09 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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I was thinking back as to how years ago you ordered something from JC Whitney and were thrilled to get it 6 weeks later and sometimes the order was correct.

Now, I order stuff from Summit Racing on Thursday evening and it is sitting on my porch Saturday. Shipping that takes almost a week is disappointing. And the order is correct.

Thank you, Al Gore, for inventing the Internet!


48 posted on 06/15/2014 4:14:49 AM PDT by Clay Moore (I Like My Guns Like Obama Likes His Voters: Undocumented)
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