rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

I remember when i was a kid, reading the JCW catalog and taking everything
they said at face value. I didn't know any better, if they printed it, it
MUST be true? Better mileage AND free horsepower? I'll take 2!
Still, I got parts at prices I could afford for my first car, a worn-out
1958 Baja Bug. A Ragtop cost me about $50, and that was a lot to me then.
At lunch today I'm thumbing thru the latest JCW Jeep catalog and spotting
things like a hood scoop ad with a blurb that says "Cool air under the hood
of your TJ means more power!". Yeah, that 2.5 L engine must be a real torque
monster in Wisconson about this time of year! Think I should put an ice cube
tray on the nostalgia F2 car I'm building?
Page 3, an ad starts out "Win the off roading "War" with the latest in
exterior accessories". The ad is for black "rough, tough", "nearly
indestructable thermo plastic" fake diamond plate panels that you cover
sections of your Jeep's body with and attach with "3M tape for secure
adhesion".
This, of course, leads to the obvious question, How does it look covered
with aluminum paint?
And some others questions, Weren't we making diamond plate panels to cover
rust 30 years ago? Now it's "the latest"? Does this stuff blow off on the
freeway? Am I missing some off road "war" somewhere?


--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty

Re: rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

LOL! I love reading J.C. Whitney catalogs. The stuff they sell is all
truly amazing! If you install Widget A, you'll save 29% on fuel costs!
Install Widget B, and you'll get even more power and another 12% fuel
savings! Good grief, if I installed all of this stuff on my car, I'd
have to stop every 100 miles to let out all of that excess fuel out of
my overflowing gas tank!

The technical writers have too much fun over there. Where do they come
up with all that nonsense?

I finally stopped buying anything from Kragen after I bought 9 defective
starters in a row. On the 9th visit, I watched as the clerk pitched
the box back up on the shelf, and grabbed another. They had only 2
boxes on that shelf to begin with. And every time I returned one, I got
the other.

This was before I bought the battery from Kragen that had no vent, that
exploded 10 mins. down the road, and the reman. distributor, who's shaft
was so badly bent that it shattered the cap when I fired it up. Or the
junk rebuilt carburetor that leaked so badly that fuel squirted all over
the exhaust manifold, burning the entire car to the ground. It's
amazing to me how much CRAP is peddled out there, and even more amazing
that so many people still buy it.

Re: rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

LOL! I love reading J.C. Whitney catalogs. The stuff they sell is all
truly amazing! If you install Widget A, you'll save 29% on fuel costs!
Install Widget B, and you'll get even more power and another 12% fuel
savings! Good grief, if I installed all of this stuff on my car, I'd
have to stop every 100 miles to let out all of that excess fuel out of
my overflowing gas tank!

The technical writers have too much fun over there. Where do they come
up with all that nonsense?

I finally stopped buying anything from Kragen after I bought 9 defective
starters in a row. On the 9th visit, I watched as the clerk pitched
the box back up on the shelf, and grabbed another. They had only 2
boxes on that shelf to begin with. And every time I returned one, I got
the other.

This was before I bought the battery from Kragen that had no vent, that
exploded 10 mins. down the road, and the reman. distributor, who's shaft
was so badly bent that it shattered the cap when I fired it up. Or the
junk rebuilt carburetor that leaked so badly that fuel squirted all over
the exhaust manifold, burning the entire car to the ground. It's
amazing to me how much CRAP is peddled out there, and even more amazing
that so many people still buy it.

Re: rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

LOL! I love reading J.C. Whitney catalogs. The stuff they sell is all
truly amazing! If you install Widget A, you'll save 29% on fuel costs!
Install Widget B, and you'll get even more power and another 12% fuel
savings! Good grief, if I installed all of this stuff on my car, I'd
have to stop every 100 miles to let out all of that excess fuel out of
my overflowing gas tank!

The technical writers have too much fun over there. Where do they come
up with all that nonsense?

I finally stopped buying anything from Kragen after I bought 9 defective
starters in a row. On the 9th visit, I watched as the clerk pitched
the box back up on the shelf, and grabbed another. They had only 2
boxes on that shelf to begin with. And every time I returned one, I got
the other.

This was before I bought the battery from Kragen that had no vent, that
exploded 10 mins. down the road, and the reman. distributor, who's shaft
was so badly bent that it shattered the cap when I fired it up. Or the
junk rebuilt carburetor that leaked so badly that fuel squirted all over
the exhaust manifold, burning the entire car to the ground. It's
amazing to me how much CRAP is peddled out there, and even more amazing
that so many people still buy it.

Re: rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

I never buy anything from JC Whitney. The only time I parts shop out of a
catalog is out of Jegs or Summit, and I don't like either because they
charge a 'handling fee' on every order. JC Whitney is up there with the
Tornado electric supercharger (which they probably sell) and the magnetic
fuel 'atomizers' that 'increse' power and mileage.

I'm sure if they gave auto advice, they'd be like the kid that told my
girlfriend's brother he could get better mileage by pulling a few spark plug
wires. Freaking morons..

Carl


"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4s4l46Fu1mrfU1@mid.individual.net...
>I remember when i was a kid, reading the JCW catalog and taking everything
>they said at face value. I didn't know any better, if they printed it, it
>MUST be true? Better mileage AND free horsepower? I'll take 2!
> Still, I got parts at prices I could afford for my first car, a worn-out
> 1958 Baja Bug. A Ragtop cost me about $50, and that was a lot to me then.
> At lunch today I'm thumbing thru the latest JCW Jeep catalog and spotting
> things like a hood scoop ad with a blurb that says "Cool air under the
> hood of your TJ means more power!". Yeah, that 2.5 L engine must be a real
> torque monster in Wisconson about this time of year! Think I should put an
> ice cube tray on the nostalgia F2 car I'm building?
> Page 3, an ad starts out "Win the off roading "War" with the latest in
> exterior accessories". The ad is for black "rough, tough", "nearly
> indestructable thermo plastic" fake diamond plate panels that you cover
> sections of your Jeep's body with and attach with "3M tape for secure
> adhesion".
> This, of course, leads to the obvious question, How does it look covered
> with aluminum paint?
> And some others questions, Weren't we making diamond plate panels to cover
> rust 30 years ago? Now it's "the latest"? Does this stuff blow off on the
> freeway? Am I missing some off road "war" somewhere?
>
>
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
>

Re: rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

I never buy anything from JC Whitney. The only time I parts shop out of a
catalog is out of Jegs or Summit, and I don't like either because they
charge a 'handling fee' on every order. JC Whitney is up there with the
Tornado electric supercharger (which they probably sell) and the magnetic
fuel 'atomizers' that 'increse' power and mileage.

I'm sure if they gave auto advice, they'd be like the kid that told my
girlfriend's brother he could get better mileage by pulling a few spark plug
wires. Freaking morons..

Carl


"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4s4l46Fu1mrfU1@mid.individual.net...
>I remember when i was a kid, reading the JCW catalog and taking everything
>they said at face value. I didn't know any better, if they printed it, it
>MUST be true? Better mileage AND free horsepower? I'll take 2!
> Still, I got parts at prices I could afford for my first car, a worn-out
> 1958 Baja Bug. A Ragtop cost me about $50, and that was a lot to me then.
> At lunch today I'm thumbing thru the latest JCW Jeep catalog and spotting
> things like a hood scoop ad with a blurb that says "Cool air under the
> hood of your TJ means more power!". Yeah, that 2.5 L engine must be a real
> torque monster in Wisconson about this time of year! Think I should put an
> ice cube tray on the nostalgia F2 car I'm building?
> Page 3, an ad starts out "Win the off roading "War" with the latest in
> exterior accessories". The ad is for black "rough, tough", "nearly
> indestructable thermo plastic" fake diamond plate panels that you cover
> sections of your Jeep's body with and attach with "3M tape for secure
> adhesion".
> This, of course, leads to the obvious question, How does it look covered
> with aluminum paint?
> And some others questions, Weren't we making diamond plate panels to cover
> rust 30 years ago? Now it's "the latest"? Does this stuff blow off on the
> freeway? Am I missing some off road "war" somewhere?
>
>
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
>

Re: rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

I never buy anything from JC Whitney. The only time I parts shop out of a
catalog is out of Jegs or Summit, and I don't like either because they
charge a 'handling fee' on every order. JC Whitney is up there with the
Tornado electric supercharger (which they probably sell) and the magnetic
fuel 'atomizers' that 'increse' power and mileage.

I'm sure if they gave auto advice, they'd be like the kid that told my
girlfriend's brother he could get better mileage by pulling a few spark plug
wires. Freaking morons..

Carl


"Stupendous Man" <spam@trap.com> wrote in message
news:4s4l46Fu1mrfU1@mid.individual.net...
>I remember when i was a kid, reading the JCW catalog and taking everything
>they said at face value. I didn't know any better, if they printed it, it
>MUST be true? Better mileage AND free horsepower? I'll take 2!
> Still, I got parts at prices I could afford for my first car, a worn-out
> 1958 Baja Bug. A Ragtop cost me about $50, and that was a lot to me then.
> At lunch today I'm thumbing thru the latest JCW Jeep catalog and spotting
> things like a hood scoop ad with a blurb that says "Cool air under the
> hood of your TJ means more power!". Yeah, that 2.5 L engine must be a real
> torque monster in Wisconson about this time of year! Think I should put an
> ice cube tray on the nostalgia F2 car I'm building?
> Page 3, an ad starts out "Win the off roading "War" with the latest in
> exterior accessories". The ad is for black "rough, tough", "nearly
> indestructable thermo plastic" fake diamond plate panels that you cover
> sections of your Jeep's body with and attach with "3M tape for secure
> adhesion".
> This, of course, leads to the obvious question, How does it look covered
> with aluminum paint?
> And some others questions, Weren't we making diamond plate panels to cover
> rust 30 years ago? Now it's "the latest"? Does this stuff blow off on the
> freeway? Am I missing some off road "war" somewhere?
>
>
> --
> Stupendous Man,
> Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty
>
>

Re: rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

>I never buy anything from JC Whitney. The only time I parts shop out of a
>catalog is

You can get good stuff, if you watch out. Hella brand H-4 headlamps? great
stuff, but the other brands they sell are a bit off.
I got a drop pitman arm, a Heckthorne/Rough Country for $30 less than
anyone else.

Re: rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

>I never buy anything from JC Whitney. The only time I parts shop out of a
>catalog is

You can get good stuff, if you watch out. Hella brand H-4 headlamps? great
stuff, but the other brands they sell are a bit off.
I got a drop pitman arm, a Heckthorne/Rough Country for $30 less than
anyone else.

Re: rambling on about J.C Whitney catalog writers
 

>I never buy anything from JC Whitney. The only time I parts shop out of a
>catalog is

You can get good stuff, if you watch out. Hella brand H-4 headlamps? great
stuff, but the other brands they sell are a bit off.
I got a drop pitman arm, a Heckthorne/Rough Country for $30 less than
anyone else.