Hemmings Classic Car

Parts by Mail

“Ever since the automobile was invented, accessories to personalize it… have been made available for car owners.”

The pre-internet/computer era of getting a catalog in the mail, one that offered after-market parts and accessories for cars, is pretty much long gone. I recall growing up in the 1950s and ’60s when a catalog with car stuff offered by J.C. Whitney and Warshawsky seemed to appear in

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