July 1925 - December 1970

Gus Wilson's Model Garage

The Author  The Stories 

1925-1929       1930-1939       1940 - 49       1950 - 59       1960 - 69      1970

Alphabetical List of Stories    Monthly Illustration Galleries   Index Links-All Stories

1925        1926        1927        1928        1929

1925 Table of Contents

May -

 IMPORTANT THINGS I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT YOUR CAR

June - 

ODD JOBS ON YOUR CAR MADE EASIER

 Gus and the Model Garage Officially Begins

July -   

 IS YOUR CAR IN SUMMER TRIM?

(First Installment)

October -

 GUS REVEALS SOME TIRE SECRETS

August - 

ARE YOUR HEADLIGHTS SAFE?

November -

 WHEN FORESIGHT SAVES A CRASH

September - 

THE TRICKS IN SHIFTING GEARS

December -

 WHEN JACK FROST HITS YOUR CAR

In the News...

• July- Gus and the Model Garage premieres in Popular Science Monthly

• Nellie Taylor Ross elected governor of Wyoming; first woman governor elected in U.S.

• Locarno conferences seek to secure European peace by mutual guarantees.

• John T. Scopes convicted and fined for teaching evolution in a public school in Tennessee "Monkey Trial"; sentence set aside.

• John Logie Baird, Scottish inventor, transmits human features by television.

Automotive History

• Walter Chrysler buys Maxwell, changes name to Chrysler Corp.  

• Yellow Truck & Coach established; GM Trucks (GMT) merged to it.  

• Fisher Body acquires Fleetwood Body Company  

• US Government takes over the numbering of federal roads. Gone are names like "Lincoln Highway" and "National Road," replaced with numbers like US 30 and US 40.