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- From: dye@i88.isc.com (Ken R. Dye )
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: JC Whitney in Chicago ?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.192500.2303@i88.isc.com>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 19:25:00 GMT
- Article-I.D.: i88.1992Jul21.192500.2303
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- In article <1992Jul20.165016.13900@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> dje@japan.Berkeley.EDU (Don Eilenberger) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul20.162614.27234@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>, jxs18@po.CWRU.Edu (Jerry Sy) writes:
- >|>
- >|> I will be in Chicago sometime soon, and I think JC Whitney is located
- >|> in Chicago.
- >|>
- >|> I am thinking of checking out their store, if they have one for
- >|> walk in customers. anybody knows their location in chicago ?
- >|>
- >|> thanks
- >|>
- >|> jerry
- >|>
- >
- >
- >Jerry.. interesting that you should think of this. I had a friend
- >who did just what you suggest, and he found the following:
- >
- >The address given (notice it ends with a 1/2) on Archer Street
- >is simply a hole in the wall office. Whitney's does not stock
-
- Hmmm...15 years ago it may have been different, but now,
- there is a large main store where you can pick up orders, look
- at a bunch of antique cars on display, and rummage through piles
- of rejected stuff, mostly $1-$5 for anything. Just make sure
- you call your "will call" order in the *day before* you visit,
- and tell them you want it *that night*. This assures you of a modest
- chance that they will actually have the stuff in from the warehouse
- by the time of your next day visit.
-
- Whitney is their mail-order outlet that has slightly lower
- prices. The local store is Warshawsky & Co.; they are one and the
- same. The showroom is on State and Archer, just south of 18th
- street, downtown chicago, near chinatoown.
-
- We usually make Saturday morning runs, then stop for a really
- good Mexican breakfast at Nuevo Leon, on 18th street (mucho hispanic
- neighborhood).
-
- --Ken
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