Old school valve covers

While cruisin E scrag , i found these old valve covers , ive never seen these before ,, these are so cool .What year-who made them. Kev

 

Someone last week said Ansen when the same ones were posted

 

J C Penney's

 

i was told long ago that the "af/x" moniker was used for J.C. Penney-marketed speed equipment of varying manufacturers; mostly of cosmetic/dress-up nature. they also made some Fenton-ish wheels so very likely it was a way for Fenton, etc. to get greater market penetration

 

beat me to it!

 

there pritty cool!!!

 

I'd like to have a set of those !!!!

 

Muttley - Thanks for posting ad

 

They look like staggered bolt pattern early sbc ie. 265 and 283 up to 1958

 

I guess I must be a gittin' old. I never, in all my days, imagined I hear J.C. Penney stuff being described as "cool".

 

Regauardless of where they were sold or made they are cool. Vintage parts id. thread gets a one star?

 

I forgot JCPenny had an auto dept and "speed" equipt

 

Not to change subject or get off topic,but what's with the star rating system on here,and why does anyone pay attention to it?
I don't even notice til someone brings it up!

 

I have a Dremel type deal that looks just like a new(er) style Dremel,size-wise 1/8 collet...single speed,,like 30,000 rpm (yikes!)
It's blue & in a blue plastic case---JC Penney.
My mom gave it to me for Xmas in '71 or 72.

 

So ~how long ago did JCP sell this sort of stuff?

 

I have a JC Penney 1/2" drive torque wrench that I've had for about 40 years. I ran JC Penney tires of my first '55 Chevy in the early 70's.

 

I remember our local JCP had an auto center that sold some of this stuff, and you could order it into the mid 70's.

I have a set of JCP wrenches, they are really nice wrenches , they must have contracted to Snap-On as they have really nice smooth polished beams, and a nice ring to them. I think I got these around 78 or 79

 

Don't remember when they closed down the auto centers, but I remember them having them in 1970-71 anyway

They were an out building from the normal store in Fla

 

I had a set of those chrome steel 14" AF/X slot mags that I sold last year.
The guy I bought them from said he ordered them through the local J.C. Penny back in 1968.

Cool wheels, wish I still had them.

 

this stuff is so kool , here in Canada we dont have a J C Penny . I dont know if canadian dept stores back in the day sold speed type parts back in the day . thanx to all for the info . Kev

 

I actually worked at a JCP auto center in the late 60's into 1971, and we sold AFX stuff then, Also had a chassis dyno and did some tuning, sold a lot of tires too.

 

I worked for JCP in the 60's -early 70's as an artist in the advertising dept . I remember doing all those ads back then . The cool thing ws that by using your corperate discount you could get some pretty good deals .

 

I had a similar set that said "Pro/Stock" instead af "AFX". They are the same casting as the old Weiand valve covers.

 

Someone on here really hates chevys... He's too much of wimp to fess up....

 

No problem.