Exhibit 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of The Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending August 3, 2002, as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"),


I, Mitchell G. Leibovitz, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:


        (i)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (ii) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



Date:    September 17, 2002                      /s/  Mitchell G. Leibovitz
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                                                 Mitchell G. Leibovitz
                                                 Chairman of the Board and
                                                 Chief Executive Officer