At long last, I've finished scanning the catalog. It was purchased several months ago from Rex Wheeler by club members Hugh and Kathy Schein. They loaned it to me so it could be scanned and shared on the web so everyone can peek at a little bit of VW and Chattanooga history.

Honest Charley's Speed Shop is still open in Chattanooga. Unfortunately the publication is not dated but it looks to be circa late 60s based on some of the stuff featured.

Here is a link to the PDF: http://www.volksfolks.org/HonestCharleyCatalog.pdf

Check out some of the aftermarket products (and prices).

At the meeting, I wanted to purchase this book.  It was never offered up for sale to my knowledge.

It wasn't "for sale" at the meeting, but it was sold at the meeting.  If I remember correctly, Rex needed to raise some capital for a project and was going to eBay the book and some other stuff in his collection.  Anthony talked Rex into letting him bring it to the meeting to show it to the club before it went on the auction block . . . Hugh and Kathy made him an offer he couldn't refuse and got it before it made it to eBay.

It's a very cool piece of Chattanooga VW history!  Thanks to Rex, Anthony, Hugh and Kathy and Russ for working together to keep it in Chattanooga and sharing it with all of us!   :thumbs-up:  :salute:

Call me crazy, maybe it woulda been cooler if a vw guy who works at HC's would have gotten it. Oh well it's definetly a cool book none the less.Thanks for sharing it.

JR was at the meeting, he could have bought it like Hugh and Kathy did. Maybe he was staring into Fred's eyes and missed out.

Aye carumba..... about Fred's eyes that is.....
I woulda bought it if i had had the chance too.

 :wink:

I use to have some but  God only knows what happened to them. I also had several early  H.C. cats. not related to VW. They were more like a pamphlet. This was the time Ford "flatheads" reined and there was no "small block" Chevys.  I think H.C. small store was on McCallie Ave across from Warner Park at that time.

That would've been a long time ago.  The Ford Flathead is just as popular now with hot rodding as it was back in the day.  We have a '32 Ford Roadster with a blown Flathead in it.  Engine alone was $17,000.