Square Deal Garage: Sixty Years of Service to the Motoring Public 1900 - 1960

McKenty, John A.

ISBN 10: 0968706908 / ISBN 13: 9780968706909

Published by Wheels Gone Bye, Perth, Ontario, Canada, 2000

About this Item

122pp. with b/w illustrations. Curl/creasing at corners and light soil to outer edges. Wraps have edge/rub wear and light creasing. Actual book for sale pictured. 14.6 x 22.4 x .9cm, wt350g Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 024599

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Square Deal Garage: Sixty Years of Service to the Motoring Public 1900 - 1960
• Publisher: Wheels Gone Bye, Perth, Ontario, Canada
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0968706908
• ISBN 13: 9780968706909
• Binding: Soft Cover
• Edition: First Edition Paperback.
• Condition: VG
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Service With A Smile!


Familiar figures from Canada’s automotive past.


A trip down the streets of Perth’s colourful history


The one armed mechanic with a bear tied up at the back of his garage

Follow the service station from its humble beginnings to its near demise at the hands of multinational corporations.

Square Deal Garage is a history book, a picture book, a story book, and a journey not to be missed

About the John McKenty is a high school principal who collects service station memorabilia. He has a Master’s degree in English Literature from the University of Western Ontario and lives in Perth with his wife, Zeta. They have three grown children who can’t understand why anyone would collect old oil cans.