Category: Can I get there from here?
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Car Repair for the Ladies
Feminine Fix-it Auto Handbook Ward 1974 I’m actually kind of a fan of this book. Aside from the dated advice, it is actually a pretty good book. It’s written without any cutesy condescending language.The advice is competent and not overly technical. It would be a good car book regardless of…
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A Liberated Lady’s Guide to Cars
A Woman’s Guide to Fixing the Car Weissler and Weissler 1973 I will bet everyone looked at this cover and without even reading the title and thought: this is a book for the ladies. See the bright pink and purple? That mean it is for the gals. We wouldn’t want…
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Where to eat in the good old days
The Ford Times Cookbook A traveler’s guide to good eating at home and on the road Kennedy (ed.) 1968 This is the second Ford cookbook we have featured on our site. They are part travel guide and part cookbook. I like these types of retro cookbooks as they also talk…
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Car Making
‘People at Work’ The Car Makers Havenhand 1968 Holly and I are metro Detroiters and both of us are married to auto engineers. Actually, a disproportionate number of librarians seem to be married to engineers around here… I wonder if that is some kind of cosmic force of nerdiness? Today’s…
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Selling your 1970s Auto Gems
How To Sell Your Car for More Than It’s Worth Hill 1977 Not a bad book for the times. The advice is pretty basic and sensible from what I can see. Advice on cleaning, detailing and minor repairs is probably still relevant but selling cars on your own is quite…
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Stabbin’ Cabins
Petersen’s Vanning Trends 1977 Submitter: Look what I found while out weeding in our little County library today: . Check out “Marc” on page 77. His mom made the pillows and bedspread. And just look at that wet bar on page 69. Holly: Groovy! We can’t see page numbers in…
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