For lovers of all things auto, we bring you this nostolgic collection of vintage Pep Boy catalogs. Gotta love the Pep Boys, their amazing caricatures on each catalog cover, makes you want to buy something!

The original "Pep Boys" were Emanuel "Manny" Rosenfeld, Maurice "Moe" Strauss, Graham "Jack" Jackson and Moe Radavitz, four friends who pooled $800 in 1921 to open a single auto parts store. They dubbed it "Pep Auto Supplies" after noticing a shipment of Pep Valve grinding compound on the shelves.

That name was first changed because of a policeman who worked near the store. Apparently, every time the officer stopped a car at night for not having an oil wick burning, he would tell the driver to go see the "boys at Pep" for a replacement. That advice turned into the name "Pep Boys", which stuck until Moe Strauss took a trip to California around 1923. While there, he noticed that many successful West Coast businesses used their owners' first names. One he liked in particular was a dress shop called Minnie, Maude and Mabel's. As soon as he returned to Philadelphia, the business partners officially changed the store's name to "The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack" and commissioned the Manny, Moe and Jack caricatures that still serve as the company's logo.

By the early 1930s, Moe Radavitz had left the business, Pep Boys had 40 stores in Philadelphia, and Manny's brother, Murray Rosenfeld, had opened the first West Coast Pep Boys store.

In 1946, Pep Boys went public and Manny Rosenfeld became the company's first corporate president, a position he held until his death in 1959. Moe Strauss served as president from 1960 to 1973 and remained a member of the board of directors until his death in 1982. In 1986, Mitch Leibovitz became the first non-founding family member to be named company president. Manny's grandson, Stuart Rosenfeld, Pep Boys Vice President of Distribution, is the only founding family member actively involved in company management. (Summary from wikipedia.org)

This DVD republication contains a collection of public domain catalogs on one easy to browse DVD. View hundreds of pages of text and vintage illustrations right from your computer.

Catalogs Include:

:: 1929 Catalog - 42 pages.

:: 1929 Christmas - 18 pages.

:: 1931 Catalog - 100 pages.

:: 1938 Catalog - 126 pages.

:: 1959 Catalog - 146 pages.

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