Vintage Catalogs: JC Whitney

[LRGJr72]

These are from a 1978 issue of JCW. I looked forward to my free copy every month as a kid. Until they dropped warning lights almost entirely in the late 1980s.

 

[LRGJr72]

.. missed this one from the same issue.

 

[stansdds]

Oh, man, those were the days! I, too, loved to thumb through the J.C. Whitney catalogs of the late 70's through early 80's.

 

[dmathieu]

Great memories!

 

[Pete L.]

Very cool memories. Still have this one on the work bench:

 

[JohnMarcson]

Very cool memories. Still have this one on the work bench:

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That was my first light but mine ran on 3 D batteries. Looked like a flashlight reflector inside.

 

[ccsd834]

Jimmy, I think this is what you had...me as well...only in red. Mine is long gone, but I bought one recently - still in the box. Had been looking for years. Now to find a red or blue dome.

 

[LRGJr72]

Great memories!

Those ole tri-beams have been around for a long time. Under many brands. Very effective for a single bulb. I actually saw someone post a video where he'd installed these tri-beam fixtures at each end of stripped out lightbar with inboard mirrors. I was a little stunned with how well it worked.

 

[Pete L.]

It does use a flashlight bulb:

 

[dmathieu]

Those ole tri-beams have been around for a long time. Under many brands. Very effective for a single bulb. I actually saw someone post a video where he'd installed these tri-beam fixtures at each end of stripped out lightbar with inboard mirrors. I was a little stunned with how well it worked.

Here's a list of rebadges for the "Tri-Beam" type light.

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[Tango7]

I too loved the JCW catalog. I drove down there to get parts for my Ford Bronco back in the late 80's - early 90's.

Very cool memories. Still have this one on the work bench:

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As part of a prop for a science fiction convention I mounted four of those with 2 double faced lollipop lights and a Radio Shack siren to a wooden cargo bar that we put on my buddy's Buick Skylark. It later wound up inside the "crash van" a couple of us bought to haul our bikes (and ourselves when the weather turned foul). Last I saw it was in my buddy's garage.

 

[Wailer]

Jimmy, I think this is what you had...me as well...only in red. Mine is long gone, but I bought one recently - still in the box. Had been looking for years. Now to find a red or blue dome.

I had two of those. I mounted them on the headboard posts of my bed and taped red trailer tail light lenses overtop of the amber domes. I also painted the headboard and footboard lime green to create a 'fire engine bed'. The only thing missing was a siren.

 

[LRGJr72]

1982 JCW

 

[stansdds]

I definitely remember those pages from the 1982 catalog!

 

[StEaLtH2]

And I still want all of the things!!!

 

[bpollard]

It does use a flashlight bulb:

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I mounted mine to the handlebars of my 10 speed bike. Unscrewed the suction cup and used a the mounting band from a handlebar mounted bell. 2, 6 volt lantern batteries and it worked! sort off..................

 

[JohnMarcson]

I mounted mine to the handlebars of my 10 speed bike. Unscrewed the suction cup and used a the mounting band from a handlebar mounted bell. 2, 6 volt lantern batteries and it worked! sort off..................

I definitely never mounted one of these to my bike.. .that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

[stansdds]

I definitely never mounted one of these to my bike.. .that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

LOL!!!! Yeah, me neither!