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FROM: Sarah Cody <[removed]@bedlib.org>
REC'D: 6/13/03, 10:25 AM

I need help from the collective brain!

I have a patron who is looking for the title of a book he read in the 60's. Here is a
copy of his email request:

"When I was a freshman or sophomore ... in early 1960's, I read a book that I believe was
from your library. The book came up recently in a conversation as I just purchased an
older British sports car to restore. I thought the book was titled something like 'My
Red Car' or 'My Red Triumph.' It was about a high school boy who worked in a garage and
finally convinced an old mechanic to help he [sic] restored a wrecked Triumph (a TR3 I
think)."

Our library no longer has any book by these possible titles listed. I have looked in
Amazon, Google, Alibris, Genreflection -- all to no avaial. Can anybody help with a
title and author?

Thanks in advance,

Sarah Cody
Reference Assistant
Bedford Public Library
Bedford, IN
www.bedlib.org

FROM: "Donna Jo Atwood" <[removed]@olatheks.org>
REC'D: 6/13/03, 11:19 AM

Could this be the Red, red roadster by Gene Olson?

Donna Jo Atwood
Reference Librarian
Olathe (KS) Public Library

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Subject: Need Title of 60's Triumph Auto Book

I need help from the collective brain!

I have a patron who is looking for the title of a book he read in the 60's.
Here is a
copy of his email request:

"When I was a freshman or sophomore ... in early 1960's, I read a book that
I believe was
from your library. The book came up recently in a conversation as I just
purchased an
older British sports car to restore. I thought the book was titled
something like 'My
Red Car' or 'My Red Triumph.' It was about a high school boy who worked in
a garage and
finally convinced an old mechanic to help he [sic] restored a wrecked
Triumph (a TR3 I
think)."

Our library no longer has any book by these possible titles listed. I have
looked in
Amazon, Google, Alibris, Genreflection -- all to no avaial. Can anybody
help with a
title and author?

Thanks in advance,

Sarah Cody
Reference Assistant
Bedford Public Library
Bedford, IN
www.bedlib.org


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FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 6/13/03, 2:25 PM

I can't tell one car from another, but this sounds like the
description of THE RED CAR by Don Stanford (first published 1954,
many reprints), except that the car in that one is an MG:

http://www.geocities.com/silbersix/sixer11.html

has a plot summary, quotes from dialog, picture of the cover...

Dennis Lien (who still drives a 1985 American Motors Eagle) / U of
Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

At 10:21 AM 6/13/03 -0500, you wrote:
>I need help from the collective brain!
>
>I have a patron who is looking for the title of a book he read in the
60's. Here is a
>copy of his email request:
>
>"When I was a freshman or sophomore ... in early 1960's, I read a book
that I believe was
>from your library. The book came up recently in a conversation as I just
purchased an
>older British sports car to restore. I thought the book was titled
something like 'My
>Red Car' or 'My Red Triumph.' It was about a high school boy who worked
in a garage and
>finally convinced an old mechanic to help he [sic] restored a wrecked
Triumph (a TR3 I
>think)."
>
>Our library no longer has any book by these possible titles listed. I
have looked in
>Amazon, Google, Alibris, Genreflection -- all to no avaial. Can anybody
help with a
>title and author?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Sarah Cody
>Reference Assistant
>Bedford Public Library
>Bedford, IN
>www.bedlib.org

FROM: Dennis Lien <[removed]@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 6/13/03, 2:25 PM

I can't tell one car from another, but this sounds like the
description of THE RED CAR by Don Stanford (first published 1954,
many reprints), except that the car in that one is an MG:

http://www.geocities.com/silbersix/sixer11.html

has a plot summary, quotes from dialog, picture of the cover...

Dennis Lien (who still drives a 1985 American Motors Eagle) / U of
Minnesota Libraries // [removed]@tc.umn.edu

At 10:21 AM 6/13/03 -0500, you wrote:
>I need help from the collective brain!
>
>I have a patron who is looking for the title of a book he read in the
60's. Here is a
>copy of his email request:
>
>"When I was a freshman or sophomore ... in early 1960's, I read a book
that I believe was
>from your library. The book came up recently in a conversation as I just
purchased an
>older British sports car to restore. I thought the book was titled
something like 'My
>Red Car' or 'My Red Triumph.' It was about a high school boy who worked
in a garage and
>finally convinced an old mechanic to help he [sic] restored a wrecked
Triumph (a TR3 I
>think)."
>
>Our library no longer has any book by these possible titles listed. I
have looked in
>Amazon, Google, Alibris, Genreflection -- all to no avaial. Can anybody
help with a
>title and author?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Sarah Cody
>Reference Assistant
>Bedford Public Library
>Bedford, IN
>www.bedlib.org

FROM: Sarah Cody <[removed]@bedlib.org>
REC'D: 6/14/03, 9:00 AM

Thanks to Donna Jo Atwood and Dennis Lien, both of whom suggested possible titles for
the book our patron remembered. "The Red Car" by Don Stanford was indeed the book he
remembered from high school.

Thanks for your speedy responses!

Sarah Cody
Reference Assistant
Bedford Public Library
Bedford, IN
www.bedlib.org

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