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Aug 30, 2020 15:51:59 GMT
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I read a book as a small kid in my local library. Premise was young man in rural usa see's hot rods and rodders as cool. Assembles his own on a pittance and by working for parts. Falls foul of the law. Everything works out in the end. I'd love to read or buy it again. Any ideas who wrote it or what it was called?
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Aug 30, 2020 15:53:41 GMT
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I must also say it was a real gateway book for me. I must have read it 10 times.
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Aug 30, 2020 17:43:29 GMT
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Was there a book of "The Dukes of Hazzard"?
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Seth
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Aug 30, 2020 18:17:43 GMT
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Was it one of the Albert Drake books? eg 'Street was Fun in '51'?
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Aug 30, 2020 22:25:20 GMT
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Was it fiction?
Henry Gregor Felson might be your man/author.
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Aug 30, 2020 23:59:27 GMT
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"The Red Car" by Don Standford...?
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Was it one of Henry Gregory Felsens books? Boy gets car?
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Sept 1, 2020 10:45:04 GMT
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I really want to know what this book is now ... also thinking maybe there is a fun reading list to come out of this thread
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Sept 5, 2020 14:54:54 GMT
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Was it one of the Albert Drake books? eg 'Street was Fun in '51'? It wasn't. I found a copy of this book on ebay but its 90 quid. The preview reveals it wasn't this. It was fiction.
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Sept 5, 2020 14:58:42 GMT
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"The Red Car" by Don Standford...? Not this. The story involves the kid building an early Ford Hot Rod by scrounging and working. He even fits mechanical cut-out to the exhaust much to the local police annoyance! Thanks though.
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Sept 5, 2020 14:59:45 GMT
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Was there a book of "The Dukes of Hazzard"? Too new. This was set I'd guess in the 40's. Model T or A roadste hotrod.
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Sept 5, 2020 15:04:56 GMT
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Might be this so I've ordered it.
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I'd recommend the gumdrop books.
it's about a chap who restores and austin 10/4 IIRC and basically dailies it and gets into all sorts of adventures because he's retired and has all the time in the world.
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Sept 10, 2020 21:33:20 GMT
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I'd recommend the gumdrop books. it's about a chap who restores and austin 10/4 IIRC and basically dailies it and gets into all sorts of adventures because he's retired and has all the time in the world. I've been using those as vintage car propaganda bed time stories for my (now eight year old) twin daughters for a while now! Several copies are the ones I had as a child, including a signed copy bought for me directly from the author (Val Biro) when he and the real Gumdrop were at the village fete. cunninghamh.tripod.com/books/valbiro/valbiro-index.htm/
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Sept 11, 2020 10:48:48 GMT
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They look like fun. Christmas for my 7 & 8 yr olds will include some, thanks.
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Sept 15, 2020 8:40:57 GMT
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I'd recommend the gumdrop books. it's about a chap who restores and austin 10/4 IIRC and basically dailies it and gets into all sorts of adventures because he's retired and has all the time in the world. I've been using those as vintage car propaganda bed time stories for my (now eight year old) twin daughters for a while now! Several copies are the ones I had as a child, including a signed copy bought for me directly from the author (Val Biro) when he and the real Gumdrop were at the village fete. cunninghamh.tripod.com/books/valbiro/valbiro-index.htm/They work - I put my love for old cars down to these books. That's amazing you got to meet Val and see Gumdrop, I have a look on eBay now and then to see if there is one I could afford - Mrs. Jim said she thought it looked cool so I'm taking that as a verbal agreement to me having one!
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Sept 15, 2020 10:18:59 GMT
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Loved Gumdrop, Val brought the car to my primary school in the late 70s. 'Speed Six' by Bruce Carter is a great kids book. The three owners of a garage selling Edwardian and Vintage cars are on their uppers, so they enter their beloved Speed Six Bentley, 'Diane', into Le Mans
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Last Edit: Sept 15, 2020 11:11:25 GMT by Del
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Del
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Sept 16, 2020 18:08:18 GMT
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Just had a quick look for a copy of 'Speed Six' on eBay, HOW MUCH?!
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