Famous Designer Remakes Bugatti Veyron With Inspiration From J.C.…

Beverly Hills celebrity designer Bijan drives a fleet of yellow supercars and is customizing 30 Rolls-Royce sedans for world leaders. Here's a sample on his own Bugatti, the airbrushed lion/chimera/jackalope clearly paying homage to Greg of Akron. (H/T to Gideon!)

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JC Whitney 1975: Turn Your Car Into a Love Machine

Righteous Freakin' Floormats

Even the '75 Matador with Oleg Cassini interior would have been improved with the addition of a set of JC Whitney's Vinyl Mod Floor Mats (and it goes without saying that a Yellow Bird Firebird shouldn't have been seen in public without them). With your choice of four grotesquely dated designs, you'd be sporting…

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JC Whitney 1975: Hood Ornaments

1975 Hood Ornaments

It's still possible to get quite a few of these wonderful 1975 hood ornaments at JC Whitney today- more than you'd think- but my heart sank when I saw that such charismatic chromium canines as the French Poodle, Basset Hound, and German Shepherd have been lost to the passage of 32 years. The Panther, Falcon, and Owl…

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More 1975 JC Whitney Goodness: Pipe Organ Speakers!

Pipe Organ Speakers

Now here we have an item that's waaaay overdue for a comeback: Pipe Organ Speakers! They LOOK like they sound great- and they do! Actually, I'm guessing they sounded a smidge less than great, but they show the world you're serious about your Starland Vocal Band 8-track! Cheech had a set in his Impala in "Up In Smoke",…

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If You Can't Buy It, Build It: Wanky The Safety Cat

When I got my first beater car as a proto-hoon of 16, my dad had some excellent advice, straight from the Midwestern heartland where he learned about wrenching: "Son," he said, squinting at my barely-running Corona, popping the top on his can of Old Milwaukee, and taking a mighty swig, "You need to get yourself a JC…

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JC Whitney '75: Hauntingly Beautiful Vinyl Van Murals By Greg of Akron

Vinyl Murals By Greg Of Akron

Hang on to your mood rings, swingin' studs and feathered foxes, because Murilee's got himself a 1975 JC Whitney catalog! And within that catalog are some wonderful things that make me get back to work on the half-finished time machine in the basement. For example, look at what $7.95 or $12.95 would get you: a genuine…

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