How many remember this store?
Dec 8, 2019 06:37:27 #
Pep Boys has survived into the Internet age. We have two stores in the town where I live.
medphotog wrote:
Different store, that was Pep Boys (Extra credit if you know their names... oh heck, it's the giving season, they were Manny, Moe and Jack)
Dec 8, 2019 07:32:45 #
That's where I went for bicycle tires and lawn mower (and parts) when I was a kid.
Dec 8, 2019 07:36:55 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
There was a Western Auto store in my home town. Went there many times growing up just to browse.
Dec 8, 2019 07:46:23 #
Jimmy T wrote:
Yes I do! br Here are some Western Auto Memories:h... (show quote)
Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Dec 8, 2019 07:48:31 #
Dec 8, 2019 07:50:25 #
exakta56
Loc: Orford,New Hampshire
We had one in town. My 1940 Ford needed parts regularly from them.
Dec 8, 2019 08:01:16 #
mas24
Loc: Southern CA
My mom bought me my first 26" 3 speed bicycle from a Western Auto Branch Store, when I was 12 years old. The seat was lowered, so I could reach the pedals. I had that bicycle throughout my young adult years. I finally sold it cheaply to a father who had a young daughter. She didn't like girl's design bicycles then. That was a bike I really had fun with, when I was OK for kids to roam freely, without fear of danger. Even outside your neighborhood. It appears Western Auto in business. I haven't seen a store in a very long time.
Dec 8, 2019 08:07:59 #
tommy2
Loc: Fort Worth, Texas
UTMike wrote:
My first new bike came from there.
Mine too in 1947, it was a bright red Western Flyer.
I had worked in my grandfather's delicatessen for a shiny silver dollar a week and when I thought I'd saved enough to buy that bike I asked my dad to take me there to get. The folks there knew why we were walking in the door since I'd been in so often to touch it. My dad asked the salesman if it would be ok for me to ride it around the store while he took my sack of silver dollars to pay for it.
Fast forward to the late 80's - when cleaning out my dad's things after his death I found that sack of silver dollars in his clothes drawer along with the receipt for the bike. He had, unknown to me, added a little bit of cash to buy the bike. (It cost $46.)
Later into the 50's many parts were purchased there to keep my '36 Ford running.
Dec 8, 2019 08:10:00 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
It looks like the hotel I lived in for a while, when I was at in CADF (Central Air Defense Force).
Dec 8, 2019 08:10:54 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
It looks like the hotel I lived in for a while, when I was at in CADF (Central Air Defense Force). It was across from a theater.
Dec 8, 2019 09:50:33 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Yeah, even LED's have a lifespan but they are much cheaper to operate. It is kind of ironic that even though I am a transplant from Chicago, one of the first "real" things that I noticed upon my arrival downtown back in the early 80's was this sign. The irony for me was when there was talk about dismantling it a few years back, I was truly saddened. I have shopped at a Western auto store many time.We used to have a restaurant/motel up on a hill ne... (show quote)
Dec 8, 2019 11:50:19 #
Dec 8, 2019 23:24:32 #
Still have an old 12 gauge pump shotgun from their "Western Field" brand. Made by Savage.
My dad used to buy their tires and oil, etc., for his '52 Olds 88.
My dad used to buy their tires and oil, etc., for his '52 Olds 88.
Dec 9, 2019 06:27:52 #
Dec 9, 2019 07:09:35 #
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