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Название книги: Hot Wheels
Автор(ы): William Arden
Жанр: Детские остросюжетные
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Hot-Wheels-192712.html
The Three InvestigatorsCrimebusters #1Hot Wheels
Text byWilliam ArdenBased on characters created byRobert Arthur
1Riding High
Early on the Monday of spring break in Rocky Beach, California, Pete Crenshaw glared into the engine of an old blue Corvair.“Stupid car!” he growled to Jupiter Jones. “I’ve checked everything. Why won’t it start?”Jupiter was on his way from the office of The Jones Salvage Yard to the headquarters trailer of The Three Investigators, the detective agency he’d founded long ago. He stopped at Pete’s auto grease pit next to the trailer and looked eagerly at the old car.“When you get it all fixed, you can sell it to me,” he said.Pete wiped a smear of grease across the giant wave on his Surf’s Up T-shirt. “Hey, this car is a collector’s item, Jupe. The Corvair was America’s first successful rear-engine car. They have whole clubs of owners. If I get it fixed up, I can sell it for a bundle. How much money do you have now?”“Only five hundred bucks,” Jupiter admitted. “But I’ve got to have whee
Название книги: Hot Wheels
Автор(ы): William Arden
Жанр: Детские остросюжетные
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Hot-Wheels-192712.html
The Three InvestigatorsCrimebusters #1Hot Wheels
Text byWilliam ArdenBased on characters created byRobert Arthur
1Riding High
Early on the Monday of spring break in Rocky Beach, California, Pete Crenshaw glared into the engine of an old blue Corvair.“Stupid car!” he growled to Jupiter Jones. “I’ve checked everything. Why won’t it start?”Jupiter was on his way from the office of The Jones Salvage Yard to the headquarters trailer of The Three Investigators, the detective agency he’d founded long ago. He stopped at Pete’s auto grease pit next to the trailer and looked eagerly at the old car.“When you get it all fixed, you can sell it to me,” he said.Pete wiped a smear of grease across the giant wave on his Surf’s Up T-shirt. “Hey, this car is a collector’s item, Jupe. The Corvair was America’s first successful rear-engine car. They have whole clubs of owners. If I get it fixed up, I can sell it for a bundle. How much money do you have now?”“Only five hundred bucks,” Jupiter admitted. “But I’ve got to have whee
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