Thing is, there was no easy way to look up JC Whitney's address. My dad was from southeastern Minnesota, which is more in Chicago's cultural orbit than in Minneapolis', and he figured that the U.S.

If you are like me, it was almost like getting the Sears Christmas Catalog when the JC Whitney catalog came. As a very young man, I recall turning the pages, one by one, looking at every automotive ...

Back before there was the Internet, or even big car-parts chain stores, there was the JC Whitney catalog. Printed on cheap, pulpy paper and featuring tens of thousands of tiny, hand-drawn ...

This is one of those things that car accessory scientists have been debating for years: can nearly every piece of adhesive-backed chrome bullshit sold in the JC Whitney catalog be adhered to one ...

As part of its centennial celebration, JC Whitney, the gigantic auto parts and accessories company, has searched the archives of its catalogs to find the 10 oddest auto accessories it ever has ever ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Gorzelany is a veteran automotive journalist. Back in the car-crazed youths of many Americans, perusing the annual JC Whitney ...

LASALLE, Ill. (Feb. 27, 2015) — Any automotive buff knows a JC Whitney catalog conjures visions of lake pipes, carbs, fenders and hard-to-get parts and accessories. The company that bills itself as ...

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — CarParts.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRTS), a leading eCommerce destination for automotive parts and accessories and the parent company of JC Whitney, is proud to ...

The two Republicans are competing in a heated primary. Cornyn accused Paxton of abusing his office and legal experts said the AG’s legal opinion is not binding. The Trump admin. is going all in on ...