Even though there was a sticker on the cover, loudly proclaiming, “This is your last one!” if you didn’t order something right away, they just kept coming and coming. Tom, this was a really well-written post and a nice addition to the kinds of articles found on the site. When remote entry started becoming common I bought a couple of their remote entry kits when they were on sale. Disappointed when a 71 MY set showed up. It's my first time to order and definitely the last. I’m 55 now. Today I received an email from JCW informing me that “J.C. Their stock has been stagnant for the past seven years, and they are only now returning to profitability. Looking for a new Wheel for your ride? 1997 In the early days of the ecommerce era, JC Whitney opened its warehouse in LaSalle, IL, and launched JCWhitney.com. $19.99 shipping. Now I just get that stuff online. These days even poor boys can afford halfway decent cars . They poop & pee & track it everywhere!!! I made at least half a dozen purchases back in the day. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Of course in this and the previous Econoline the “II” button is worthless and the fact that if you don’t lock it with the remote the next time you use it you have to push the button twice, once to lock the already locked vehicle and another time to actually unlock it. Feels like a bait and switch tactic to me. Worst company i have ever dealt with. The road of life changes…. Here are the tools you need and the steps to follow to get your car rims and wheels back in great shape in no time. I've had nothing but great experiences with Carid.com. I assume that “brick-and-mortal auto parts resellers” is a typo, not a deliberate pun, but it seems apt! For longer burn times fire with color photo magazine stock. Bought an all metal ” Wolf Whistle” that ran off vacuum. I had to smile when you brought up the FM converter, I hadn’t​ thought of those in ages. . We moved into fancy new digs on the top floor at the corner of Michigan and Wacker Drive, right at the doorstep of Chicago’s Magnificent Mile. People kind of vaguely knew about JC Whitney, but it didn’t really resonate anymore. If you ever owned a CJ or Wrangler, Quadratec, 4wd Hardware and JCW were 3 catalogs you had to have. At least a kid with little money could dream. I’m not knocking HF (as I’m a regular customer, there’s one a couple of miles from me). Autobiography: Confessions of a J. C. Whitney Abuser -The iPhone of its Time, or How to MM in Five Easy Steps, https://www.hemmings.com/magazine/hcc/2006/10/Roy-Warshawsky/1351501.html, http://multichannelmerchant.com/news/j-c-whitney-sold-01082002/. I did notice more cars in the States with so many unique chrome accessories, or unusual wheels covers, we didn’t have in Canada. JC Whitney used to be a reputable company... My order was placed in August and the rack arrived in time for the restoration job. I always felt like an active participant in the integration, and not just watching from the sidelines. Around here WAG stands for Wild Ass Guess, when we’re doing a project estimate and don’t have time to get a quote for some item, we pick a number out of the air and put “WAG” in the description field. ...I received the part and found out I had the wrong part and put in for a refund. I’m sure deep down not many people expected paint on whitewalls to look as good and last as long as the real thing. I used to devour those catalogs in the early 70s. I was with them at their blazing peak from the late 70s through the 80s. I saved up my allowance money to buy a full Topps set that trip. Every time she would throw a curled up pages catalog away; a new one would appear a few days later. Requires standard 6” flue pipe, not included. I think his stereo came from there, too. In the early 1970’s I actually bought several boxes of VW parts and nothing was crappo quality, I was surprised by this . As we continued to delay payments to our suppliers, it had gotten to the point where some were refusing to sell us products or extend us any more credit. At this point (around summer of 2010), Riverside announced to the world that they were shopping for a buyer for WAG. -Nate. Something went wrong. Does anybody else remember this catalogue? Our website collected and compiled various consumer reviews about Carid and JC Whitney as well as customer ratings and recommendations for these brands. ...I had been in correspondence with Sally? What really killed it for me was the shipping cost, it was just too expensive for a small purchase order. I’m right now in the process of selling an ol’ ’89 Ford Bronco II. Thanks for the article. girlfriend but it was that or walk…… Obviously, they were able to successfully reorganize their debt, but these were the first hints of trouble. Often made of cheap materials like fabric or plastic, accessories are cheap to ship, and in later years were manufactured inexpensively in China. Hope the product I just ordered will get here on time. As an Aussie, I’ve had no exposure to JCW and have only heard the name in passing. It’s sad though I was one of “those guys” who spent a lot of time there. Great article and cautionary tale. I learned about JC Whitney only around the 90’s, by the time I was buying accessories from Pep Boys and Murray’s. Crafted with the latest cutting-edge designs, our selection of quad wheels and rims perfectly complements your mud or all-terrain tires. My parents made a shopping day trip to Syracuse, New York in July 1978, and that was my first exposure to a JC Whitney catalog (from a garage sale). Once I moved to the Cleveland area, I met many other young folks who did buy things from JC Whitney and had pretty good results. Too bad they didn’t offer a catalog-burning heater. Bugatti Buick Cadillac Caparo Carlsson CaterhamChevrolet Chrysler Citroen Covini That would only be $2083 now. Great read! 15 yeas ago, I bought tires for old Allstate-Puch motorbike, and vintage-style seatbelts for a ’60 Mercedes from J C Whitney. I’ve used a tire bar forever. We spent enormous sums of energy looking at many potential business acquisitions, ultimately without consummating a single deal. OTOH, one of the better known financial institutions in Pittsburgh is called…..Northwest Savings Bank…? Didnt know I wasn’t ordering from jc whitney. for various foreign cars in the sixties, seventies and eighties. It was the worth experience that I have in all of my life when I wanted to order their agent(carid) told me maximum it t... they called back after really bad service calls calling back and hanging up on me they told me I wasn't welcome at... You will be automatically registered on our site. You sure couldn’t find esoteric stuff like that in town. In exchange for bargain basement prices, It had no phone number and outrageous restocking fees for returns. Driving a beater to school meant you were a regular reader of the catalog. Wheels and Rims. I remember the primary thing about ordering from JC Whitney was the cost of shipping. As a kid in the 70s I used to while away my time with the JC Whitney catalog building Baja Bugs and custom vans. . It put a real dent into the affordability of the order. Our content is free because we may earn a commission if you purchase products after clicking ads on our website. My first new car was a 1964 VW and I tried that just to see if it would work; it did. . Or maybe it was the sharp decline in what was already questionable quality as the move was made from US to Chinese sourced products. Warshawsky named the company JC Whitney in order to give the company a less foreign-sounding name. Yes i have tallked to people that are. Maybe they thought cheap Cdn customers weren’t worth it to inundate with paper! And even now, the parts are out there to kit build a CJ pretty much from scratch. Actually, it was easy to start a VW Beetle just by shifting to 3rd gear, jacking up one rear wheel, and turning it by hand. . While Topps printed the complete set of almost 800 MLB players, O-Pee-Chee printed less than 400 for the Canadian market. I was one of the lucky ones (along with most of my IT team), who got to spend the next seven or eight months winding down the Cleveland and Chicago offices, and migrating all the JCW systems over to USAP’s platform. JC Whitney was something I thought would always be around [as it was, not how it is]. Here we had the Princess Auto mail order catalog, Canadian Tire, and Sears, as our most popular sources of aftermarket auto accessories. You need. We have used motor oil furnaces!? My brother ordered carpet for his 1976 Pacer from them back in the 1980s, and although it may have been “custom-molded” (it didn’t fit that well), it was extremely thin and threadbare, as compared to the OEM carpeting. A funny thing happened on the road to recovery in 2008: The financial collapse that sparked the Great Recession intervened. Over the next few years, the core JC Whitney business continued to founder. Zenvo VW bug beetle Kaefer Käfer split window cox 1200 Oval Ovali Brezel KDF And some accessories have been added – the must-have trim rings around the hub caps, Maltese cross decals in the rear windows, and many things inside – can’t remember them all. People used to put up with a lot back in the day! We didn’t have anything to compare in Canada. As long as the tool doesn’t injure you and last for the one job, it’s good dollar value IMO . Ah, the JC Whitney catalog: The pulp paper, the dense pages with tiny print, the minimalist line drawings. I ordered parts from them for my old VWs if they were cheaper than going to Stinger Sam, the local cheap auto parts store. Town Fair Tire & other big box tire stores discourage “CASH & CARRY” , so if they won’t sell to me, I now buy my tires online! collection at this time, NOT any extras. Absorbing. The BW shot is shortly after I got the car. I called Arnott and asked to speak to someone in logistics and it was even worse they claim they could not see the orders from car ID and there was no supervisor or manager t... they called back after really bad service calls calling back and hanging up on me they told me I wasn't welcome at there company after I told them I bought on ebay I told him go fxxxxxx him self..

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