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The Garage Mechanic
One of two books written by Carr in the series What Do They Do? A story about the work of a car mechanic with single page sections on Finding the Fault, The Repair and Servicing with a Reference Section on garage staff, job-cards and tools.
(Last updated on 10/6/2026)
● First edition
Author: J.L. Carr
First published: December 1972
Reprinted: 1973, 1977
Editor: John Blackie
Artist: Chris Mayger
Photographs: Rod Clarke
Publisher: Macmillan Education Ltd
ISBN: none stated on first edition; later impression: 0 333 12064 7
Size: 184 x 144 mm
Pages: 32 pp
Binding: Card covers
Price: not shown
Printed by: First edition printed by W.S. Cowell Ltd, Ipswich; later editions printed in Hong Kong by Bright Sun Printing Press Co., Ltd
Notes: There are copies in the National Libraries of Wales and Scotland and at Trinity College, Dublin. There is no copy in the British Library. There are also copies in the National Library of Malaysia and in the City of Johannesburg Library.
The book has an Index with 11 entries.
Front cover