Western Auto Catalog 1962

[hollydolly]

I don't know western auto catalog, but it popped up on my YT feed, and I thought you folks would like to watch this guy comparing the catalog of '62 to the mode of shopping today...

 

[Lewkat]

There was one in the town next to ours.

 

[hollydolly]

Did you shop there Lois?...Even tho' I don't know it, I was fascinated by the price differences..some hardly different at all since '62...

 

[Pappy]

My first bike came from a Western Auto store.

 

[Lewkat]

Oh, sure, Holly. They carried everything. Remember, those prices were 50 years ago and the cost of living was so different. Those bicycles today would be close to $150.00. I don't know what that is in your money.

 

[hollydolly]

Oh, sure, Holly. They carried everything. Remember, those prices were 50 years ago and the cost of living was so different. Those bicycles today would be close to $150.00. I don't know what that is in your money.

yes I realise that it was 50 years ago..but what I meant was that some of those prices are not so far increased ..at least not here. So maybe they are incredibly cheap today for some things, or they were very expensive when I was 7...

 

[Gary O']

My first bike came from a Western Auto store.

So was mine

......and my first 30-30

 

[Pappy]

So was mine

......and my first 30-30

My first rifle, a 22 short single shot came from Monky Wards. I used it,and grandpas .410 shotgun, to kill rats on the farm.

 

[Chet]

We had an American Auto which seems to be the same. I still have an electric hand drill I bought there. Back then they weren't covered with plastic for insulation to protect from electrocution. Bare hand to mettle and pray. I still use it.

 

[Don M.]

I serviced the computers at the Western Auto headquarters in Kansas City....back in the late '60's, through the 1980's....before they sold out to Sears and Advance Auto Parts. Their old building is still there, and it still has a huge WA neon sign on top of the building.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article214569340.html

 

[fuzzybuddy]

Western Auto wasn't big in my part of Massachusetts., we had the good old Sear's catalog.

 

[SetWave]

Western Auto wasn't big in my part of Massachusetts., we had the good old Sear's catalog.

Good ol' Sears catalog. A classic.

 

[squatting dog]

So was mine

......and my first 30-30

I still have my western auto 30-30.

 

[JonDouglas]

My first rifle, a 22 short single shot came from Monky Wards. I used it,and grandpas .410 shotgun, to kill rats on the farm.

I got all my ammo, pistol, rifle and shotgun; from Western Auto as a kid. It was closest.

 

[Gary O']

I still have my western auto 30-30.

Winchester mdl '94?

 

[squatting dog]

Winchester mdl '94?

I wish. It's model is "Revelation model 200-2550". Did some digging and found it's basically a Marlin 336 re-branded for Western Auto.
Here's an interesting link showing who made guns for different stores.

http://proofhouse.com/cm/house_brand.htm

 

[Gary O']

Here's an interesting link showing who made guns for different stores

WHOA

That's quite the list

 

[Jules]

Seems similar to our Canadian Tire.