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JC Whitney is a retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories. as well as an automotive content platform via JCWhitney.com and the JC Whitney print magazine It was acquired by CarParts.com (formerly U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc.), a publicly traded American online provider of aftermarket auto parts in 2010.
Whiteside began building his '34 in 1986. He showed pictures to Boyd Coddington , asking Coddington to finish it, hoping to have a Ridler Award -winning project. [ 2 ] Chip Foose , who worked for Coddington at the time, also saw the pictures, and conceived a sister car, a '34 roadster, for Betty DiVosta, whose husband Buz owned two other ...
Whiteside purchased the car in 1965 for US$150. [1] It took the better part of two years for Whiteside to get the car road-worthy, before being forced to leave it the hands of his younger brothers, Randy and Steve, when he was drafted. [1] The brothers drag raced the car; when Whiteside returned, he joined them, and the car was raced during ...
Bonney Forge was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876 [1] by Charles S. Bonney. Originally Bonney Forge crafted forged and finished hardware for horse-drawn wagons, later it became a manufacturer of automotive hand tools, and now it is a manufacturer of fittings and unions, branch connections, steel valves and specialty products.
Hammacher Schlemmer began printing and distributing a company catalog in 1881. In 1912, it printed its largest catalog to date, spanning 1,112 pages. A hardbound copy of the 1912 catalog is housed in the Smithsonian’s permanent collection. By 1926, the Hammacher Schlemmer had moved uptown to a larger space at the company's present location of ...
By the early 1980s, the catalog mailing operation entered a professional list house, [3] and reached 5,000 names by 1981. In addition to catalog marketing, Eastwood sold its products directly at selected car shows. [5] By 1984 and 1985, company ads appeared in more than fifty publications, including Hot Rod, Car Craft, and Popular Mechanics.
The company began as Moore Drop Forging Company in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1900 [1] or 1901. [2] In 1938 Moore became a vendor for Sears Roebuck. [1] In 1967, Moore Drop Forging was acquired by Eastern Stainless Steel Corporation, a manufacturer of stainless and specialty steel. Easco continued the Craftsman contract with Sears.
The company received $200,000 in cash incentives from the City of Colorado Springs and the Colorado Springs Economic Development Corporation to stay in Colorado Springs. [7] [8] Sears Craftsman products (and others) that are produced by Western Forge are marked with a "WF" on them. In 2007, the company was acquired by MW Universal. [3]