Joe Pike currently drives an absolutely pristine Jeep Cherokee (I believe
it to be red), in the Elvis Cole mysteries by Robert Crais.
- Mark
At 10:46 AM 2/14/99 -0600, Mike and Cheryl Barron wrote:
>
>On occasion, Cheryl and I roam through the local antique flea markets,
>looking for interesting stuff. This morning I was walking past a booth
>and a book with a picture of a TR3A caught my eye.
>
>The title of the book is Varoom!, and it is a collection of short
>stories, the first of which is entitled "Meet Joe Pike". In essence,
>the teller of the tale must meet Joe Pike at 4 PM, because Joe thinks
>that the teller ratted him out about smoking in the restroom, and got
>him suspended. The story ends with the teller of the story getting
>knifed by Joe at their meeting WHILE SITTING IN THE TR3!
>
>The book is copyrighted 1973 by the Xerox Educational Publishing
>company, and a stamp on the inner cover lists the school library at
>Garnett KS, home of a sports car raceway in the distant past. I expect
>Joe Pike drove a chopped and channeled ford or some such! :-)
>
>Mike Barron
>73 TR6
>60 TR3
>
Mark Milotay, Principal
On the Mark Software & Consulting
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