Catalog giant J.C. Whitney celebrates its centennial

Catalog giant J.C. Whitney celebrates its centennial

Roy Warshawsky (R), with the catalogs that helped build his auto parts empire. In 1915, Lithuanian immigrant Israel Warshawsky opened a scrapyard on the corner of South State Street and South Archer Avenue. Sensing the significance of the automobile, particularly the Ford Model T, Warshawsky began to focus his business on used auto parts, and soon opened a...

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IKA’s South American Shelby: the Lutteral Comahue

IKA’s South American Shelby: the Lutteral Comahue

5 [As devout fans of the offbeat, oddball, and obscure, we’ve been followingMichael Banovsky’s Car of the Day for a while now and marveling at his ability to turn up vehicles we’d never imagined. He’s even released a book compiling some of the most unusual of his selections, Weird Cars, which is available in print and digital forms now. To celebrate, Michael...

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