An old gentleman that sold me my first Model A in 2015 gave me this 1966-67 Montgomery Ward Model A parts catalog with the car & I forgot I had it. Just a few photos of some pages for your enjoyment, be be forewarned - the prices are outrageous! 
Something fun to ponder...
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M-W was quite the supplier. I have "Riverside" tires on my '30 that likely date from about that time, there's no DOT date stamp on them that I can find! (I understand that DOT date codes started in January 1971). Needless to say, I don't drive on them - rolling the chassis around the shop, I'll replace them when I get ready to drive.
JayJay
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Dave Mellor NJ
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marty in Ohio
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I remember my Dad buying stuff from "Monkey Ward."
Marty
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Back in 63/64 I worked for a Chevy Dealership delivering parts. We had both the Warshawsky and JC Whitney catalogs which except for the covers they were the same but I believe Warshawsky was wholesale pricing whereas JC Whitney was retail. Since I worked for the Chevy Dealership I could by parts wholesale thru Warshawsky. Back then there was also Ford Parts Obsolete out of (I think) Long Beach, Calif. I also had purchased parts from Monkey Wards, Sears, and while somewhat limited the local Ford Dealer.
Bruce of MN
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Warshawsky had a retail shop on South State Street in Chicago, at least in the early '70's. A few times I ordered parts on the phone for pick up later, then take the bus down at lunch from the Loop where I worked to get the parts. I was the only guy in a suit, except for the owners!
JRrev
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I remember Fred Page. He used to advertise in Hemmings when it was half-sized and white pages.
Seems like I recall that JC Whitney and Warshawsky were in the same building on a corner. One was on one side and the other on the other side with separate addresses for the street they faced.
Another supplier of Model A parts was Western Auto. My dad owned a Western Auto store in St. Marys, Ohio from 1953 to 1957. Don't recall having those parts as I was a kid and wouldn't have known Model A's. I do have a 1929 Western Auto catalog that has a few Model A parts as it was relatively new, but most are Model T.
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Big hammer
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My dad owned a Western Auto 1954 -1984, the talk was back in day you could build an A from WA parts except for frame! I have way too many stores about working at the store, some good and some bad. Assembled a kids pull wagon at age 5, dad started using me to assemble stuff at the store soon after that. Changing automotive tires at about age 11. When I purchased my A age 16 I found a few parts on the back shelves for A’s
Chuck Sea/Tac
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Here’s a monkey ward that blew in the sun. Sounded like a black powder gun!
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This is true, I always went in the Warshawsky door. I went down there several times in the mid 70's to get some parts. It was all the same place just different doors for JC Whitney and Warshawsky. The show room if that's what you want to call it looked like something out of the 20's, the floor was very creaky and oil soaked. Most everything else ceiling, shelves, and windows looked like the last time it was cleaned was when the place was new. Most of their salesmen as I recall seemed professional and very knowledgeable but looked like they were in a bar fight the night before and all looked rough.
HOWEVER, one time I did order something that I had to pick up at their warehouse on the northside of downtown Chicago. That place could not have been more different. The floors were waxed to a high shine, everyone was dressed very well like downtown Chicago professionals, stock brokers, lawyers,
etc. I saw a lot of ladies working there all very well dressed, even the person that brought my parts to me was in a clean pressed uniform.
Reelnative
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Nice, Thank You for sharing.