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November 24, 2012 4:32 PM Subscribe
Gus Wilson, master mechanic, pipe smoker, cap wearer, crime fighter, sage, is a part owner of the Model Garage. These are his stories.
For those who aren't familiar with the Model Garage stories a good place to start would be selected stories that were gathered into two books: Gus Wilson's Model Garage and Tales of a Master Mechanic
An Alphabetical listing of all the stories that appeared in Popular Science.
Who is Gus Wilson?
For those who aren't familiar with the Model Garage stories a good place to start would be selected stories that were gathered into two books: Gus Wilson's Model Garage and Tales of a Master Mechanic
An Alphabetical listing of all the stories that appeared in Popular Science.
Who is Gus Wilson?
I clicked on 1949 at random. The first three news stories really depressed me.
posted by boo_radley at 4:52 PM on November 24, 2012
posted by boo_radley at 4:52 PM on November 24, 2012
This is the next best thing to finding a tall stack of the original issues themselves. What a great post. There goes the rest of my weekend.
posted by Pudhoho at 4:55 PM on November 24, 2012
posted by Pudhoho at 4:55 PM on November 24, 2012
Nice. 1930s? Seems Gus was still kicking decades later as a persona I remember from my childhood.
posted by StickyCarpet at 8:11 PM on November 24, 2012
posted by StickyCarpet at 8:11 PM on November 24, 2012
These are brilliant, part detective story and part Car Talk without the bad jokes.
posted by arcticseal at 9:45 PM on November 24, 2012
posted by arcticseal at 9:45 PM on November 24, 2012
Thanks for posting.
One of the highlights from my youth was visiting my grandparents - and my grandfather had subscriptions to all the good magazines, including Popular Science, Mechanix Illustrated, Popular Mechanics, etc. A good portion of my summers and Christmas holidays were spent reading back issues of these magazines.
Awesome post.
posted by insulglass at 9:33 PM on November 25, 2012
One of the highlights from my youth was visiting my grandparents - and my grandfather had subscriptions to all the good magazines, including Popular Science, Mechanix Illustrated, Popular Mechanics, etc. A good portion of my summers and Christmas holidays were spent reading back issues of these magazines.
Awesome post.
posted by insulglass at 9:33 PM on November 25, 2012
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I'm wondering how I missed Gus.
posted by HuronBob at 4:41 PM on November 24, 2012