How many remember this store?
Dec 9, 2019 07:34:36 #
Yep, that's where I bought my model car kits, which have now disappeared.
Dec 9, 2019 07:39:31 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
lwiley wrote:
During recent visit to Kansas City saw this store sign and wondered how many remember going there.
I remember! Bought a great lawn mower there years ago when mulching mowers were something new. It worked great and lasted a long time. Come to think of it, I for one miss them.
Dec 9, 2019 07:41:19 #
AirWalter
Loc: Tipp City, Ohio
sodapop wrote:
Advance Auto Parts bought most of them.
There sure isn't any similarity between the two. I'd take Western Auto any day!
Dec 9, 2019 07:56:54 #
Archboo3
Loc: Central Florida
When I got my first job as a paper boy, I when to Wester Auto to buy my first bike for my paper route.
I guess they have all gone to retail heaven, haven't seen one in years, and years.
I guess they have all gone to retail heaven, haven't seen one in years, and years.
Dec 9, 2019 08:05:42 #
Delta49
Loc: Central Indiana
I remember it in the small town I lived in with the wooden floors that made the greatest sound as you walked on them.
Dec 9, 2019 08:19:00 #
I loved Pep Boys and to a slightly lesser degree, Western Auto. In Easton, PA the Pep Boys store and Manny, Moe, and Jack were right next to the Studebaker dealership. If my Dad was going to go to Pep Boys I knew I could get him to go to the Studebaker store. They had the Avanti, but also several other hot cars for those days, anyway. No chance my father was gonna buy one of those, but it was fun looking at them. Pep boys sold “baby moon” hub caps back then. They were on my hit list.
Is Pep Boys totally out of business?
I thought there were still some stores remaining open. Anyone know?
Is Pep Boys totally out of business?
I thought there were still some stores remaining open. Anyone know?
Dec 9, 2019 10:09:24 #
Dec 9, 2019 10:23:30 #
lwiley wrote:
During recent visit to Kansas City saw this store sign and wondered how many remember going there.
I lived in KC about 12 years, remember it well.
Dec 9, 2019 10:32:18 #
The Western Auto in Wellington, KS just before Christmas 1960. The day before we would board the Superchief to go back to California. I found some models to take on the trip and built them riding in the Dome Car. It was a great time to be nine years old.
Dec 9, 2019 10:51:13 #
silverwren
Loc: Alabama
Almost every small town in the South had a Western Auto. My great-aunt and uncle managed one.
Dec 9, 2019 11:04:18 #
Thanks for the memory. Western Auto had several stores in my home town of Fort Worth. I'm waiting for the book that will give a short history of all those iconic stores and locations that are long gone in this country.
Dec 9, 2019 11:53:51 #
In Fort Worth, I remember the stores on River Oaks Boulevard (aka Texas Hiway 183), East Lancaster Street
(aka U.S. 80) and Camp Bowie Blvd. (aka U.S. 80).
You could get a Western Flyer bicycle or a Wizard lawn mower at any of three.
(aka U.S. 80) and Camp Bowie Blvd. (aka U.S. 80).
You could get a Western Flyer bicycle or a Wizard lawn mower at any of three.
Dec 9, 2019 12:19:58 #
cahale
Loc: San Angelo, TX
My father had a credit account there, and my first bicycle came from there.
Dec 9, 2019 12:42:46 #
Remember Western Auto very well, did business with them a lot back in the day.
Dec 9, 2019 12:55:24 #
We had a Western Auto in my small hometown in Virginia. I can still remember that store. They had all kinds of things for my bike.
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