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#1
03-28-2005, 07:50 AM
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Re: J.C. Penny Speedshop
Here's a 1968 photo of a Penny's Auto Center in Bay Shore, New York. These guys were running that '65 Hemi Belevedere called the "Penny Pincher" in B/MP. Photo is from the May, 1968 Cars Magazine.
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03-28-2005, 09:27 AM
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Re: J.C. Penny Speedshop
I used to deliver parts to the JC Penney auto center !!! They had all kinds of cool stuff in the 70's there. When I was a few years younger my brothers and I got a mini bike from them...a Golden Pinto 3 1/2 horse Tecumseh !!...man that thing must have been 150 bucks...it was like a present from heaven for us...
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03-28-2005, 09:47 AM
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Re: J.C. Penny Speedshop
Whitetop this is a great thread! A while back when I heard that JC Pennys had a speed shop I was suprised!
Here is an ad from Hot Rod June 1970
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03-28-2005, 12:33 PM
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Re: J.C. Penny Speedshop
Back around 1981 or '82 I had purchased rear window louvers for my '74 Z from Penny's through their catalog. Did they stop selling automotive stuff and if so when?
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Mark 1966 L72, 4spd Caprice 1974 Z28, M40 Camaro
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#6
03-28-2005, 03:25 PM
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Re: J.C. Penny Speedshop
In fact one of your fellow Chicago area Yenko owners used to work at the JCP in Scahumburg. I bought my Cragar SS's (2 at a time) from this store to put on my 68 Firebird 400.
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Rob 69 <font color="orange">HO</font> Z-28
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#8
03-28-2005, 06:26 PM
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Re: J.C. Penny Speedshop
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Did they stop selling automotive stuff and if so when? [/ QUOTE ] Our local service center closed in '82-'84. JCP probably stopped selling automotive stuff about the same time. My local service center did not sell alot of speed equipment(but was available through order) because we had a 4-5 other speed shops that did very well in my area but I think that was dependent on each location. I have talked with people over the years who said their local JCP store did stock a bunch of speed equipment on site. I also think the centers probbaly were into more speed equipment in the early '70's and then it started to die off in the energy crisis era and when summit started to get big into mail order.
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#9
03-28-2005, 05:20 PM
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Re: J.C. Penny Speedshop
Another shot. I thought it was a 2-door post car, but now I know.
Anders
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Anders Stålklint. After selling my COPO 9561 I´m now a "postman" with the main project being a 1966 327 2 dr sedan Chevy II. 
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#10
03-28-2005, 06:24 PM
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Re: J.C. Penny Speedshop
A guy in my hometown built a hot '55 Chevy back in '68 and the local Penny's had a Lifetime battery deal going on. I think they wanted you to bring in the car and they would check out other things like the brakes, exhuast etc to drum up business. Of course people only kept their new cars back then 4-5 years and Penny's probaly did not figure into the equation antique cars or street machines the owners would hang onto. Of course the '55 was imaculate and well maintained by my friend. He would take the car in every 4-5 years and get a new battery as needed. When Penny's dropped the local service center in the early '80's he was out of luck and had to start buying his batteries.
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