Popular Mechanics

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Popular Mechanics inspires, instructs and influences readers to help them master the modern world. Whether it’s practical DIY home-improvement tips, gadgets and digital technology, information on the newest cars or the latest breakthroughs in science -- PM is the ultimate guide to our high-tech lifestyle.
 

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Contents

1970 racing guide
S-1
Popular mechanics (Periodical), Automobile racing
Championship
S-4
Automobile racing drivers
Winners of Indianapolis 500
S-6
Automobile speed records
Stock cars
S-8
Automobile racing drivers
Winners of major NASCAR races
S-10
Automobile speed records
How to catch a hippopotamus
102
Wildlife (Capture), Kruger National Park (South Africa)
PM tests
108
Snow eagle: first of the fast ATVs
Studded tires take hold
112
Tires, Automobile
Fantastic new farm machines
118
Agricultural equipment
Laser knife for bloodless surgery
124
Lasers (Medical use)

Can-Am cars
S-12
Automobile racing drivers
Outstanding land speed records
S-14
Automobile speed records
Trans-Am
S-16
Automobile racing drivers
World speed records on land
S-18
Automobile speed records
Formula 1
S-20
Automobile racing drivers
Auto racing glossary
S-23
Automobile racing (Terminology)
Formula A; and other formulas and classes
S-24
Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing
Drag racing
S-28
Automobile racing drivers
Drag racing records
S-30
Automobile speed records
Indianapolis 500 pole winners
S-41
Automobile speed records
Top tracks
S-44
Speedways
Twenty great new ideas from hardware show
50
Hardware (Exhibitions)
Racing rules
S-58
Automobile racing (Rules)
Hot new fighter for the navy
83
Airplanes, Military (Design)
Old pro tries out the world's most advanced car: Mercedes' experimental mid-engine sports car
88
Automobiles, Foreign (Testing), Sports cars (Rating)
How we raised the Alvin from 5000 feet
92
Salvage (Oceanographic submersibles)
Shoot glareless pictures with polarized light
128
Light filters
Torture tracks for your hi-fi system: test records
132
Audio systems (Testing), Phonograph records (Test records)
Three clever new aids for making color prints
136
Photography (Enlargers and enlarging, Processing, Equipment)
Put a speed control on your windshield wipers
138
Automobiles (Windshield wipers)
How to troubleshoot a differential
140
Automobiles (Transmission)
Fun for the family: a bumper-pool table you can build
146
Pool tables
Lot of railroad in a little space
150
Model railroads
Cabinet for your guns
154
Cabinets (Furniture)
Portable sink makes hot water
159
Sinks
You can build your own spiral stairs
160
Stairways
Teflon-S makes the cutting great
164
Teflon
Build this Tom Thumb mini-bike
168
Bicycles
Adjustable toolholder for your Unimat
175
Tool boxes, racks, etc
How to make and use an angle post
176
Lathes
How to resurface your deck with vinyl
182
Decks, patios, terraces, etc

Common terms and phrases