That in the 50's you could buy a car right from the old Sears catalog for around $1500.00 bills
Allstate was marketed exclusively through Sears & Roebuck
it was limited to stores in the southern states who also carried auto products
this infuriated Kaiser-Frazer dealers who had to sell a similar model,
(the Henry J) for more money and less standard equipment
Trivia note: Sear's hung on to this name and later sold Insurance under it. (Allstate Insurance :eyebrownod: )
With so much conflict surrounding this car
Kaiser redesigns the Henry J and renames it a Corsair
Sears continues to sell the old style under the Allstate name
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"Did you know? ...or do you remember?"
Guess not? :shrug:
There was/is a house back home that was ordered from a Sears catalog.
Seriously?
I never heard that but it's kinda cool and funny to look back on.
Many houses sold by sears. Chickens too :wink:. At one time you could get it all through sears and the mail. I wonder if they sent the car out by train too, cause that's how the houses showed up.
What'd they do?...come in a kit?...or were they all snapped together like a modular?
Sears/Homes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home)
Sears/Home/pictures (http://www.oldhouseweb.com/architecture-and-design/how-to-find-sears-modern-homes.shtml)
Quote from: FinsnFur on September 05, 2010, 08:44:59 AM
What'd they do?...come in a kit?...or were they all snapped together like a modular?
They showed up out here in 1917 on a flat bed or box car. Pre cut boards and you put it together. Beautiful old houses. A lot of them had pocket doors that were just awesome.
Or were you talking about the chickens :confused:. They came as a chick :wink:
Quote from: CCP on September 05, 2010, 08:50:05 AM
Sears/Homes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Catalog_Home)
Sears/Home/pictures (http://www.oldhouseweb.com/architecture-and-design/how-to-find-sears-modern-homes.shtml)
crap.[I spelt that]
I have a .22 rifle that has JC Penny's stamped right in the receiver..... :eyebrownod: I think I still have some old Sears fishing poles somewhere... :confused:
I bet Bill is old enough to have a lot of the Sears stuff...... :laf: :laf:
I use to buy chicks from Sears, can't remember the price but they must of been pretty cheap as I didn't have a lot of money back then.
I have a JC Higgins .22 lr. JC Higgins are pretty common firearms from the Sears catalogue. :shrug: