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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

Juiced-up Roads to Power Electric Cars
17
Electric roads, Automobiles, Electric, Los Angeles (Calif.) (Street traffic)
One Man's Porsche
28
Dave Finch, Racing automobiles (Design)
PM's Tri-Flyer Revisited
32
Air cushion vehicles
Bertone Reinterprets the ZR-1
34
Sports cars (Design), Automobiles, Remodeled, Automobiles, Experimental
Expanding the Infiniti Concept
38
Automobiles, Foreign (Springs and suspension)
PM's Boat of the Future
74
Cruisers (Pleasure boats) (Design)
Top-down Tunes
78
Convertibles (Automobiles) (Audio systems)
Circular Saws
81
Circular saws
New Shop Vac
87
Vacuum cleaners (Rating)
4x5 Camera Kit
89
View cameras

A Thousand Miles at 1 Mph
42
Space vehicles (Transportation)
Victorian Restoration Primer
46
Architecture, Victorian
A New Way to See
48
Private Eye (Display system)
Sound Wars
51
Automobiles (Audio systems, Competitions)
Suburban Chic
55
Four wheel drive vehicles (Rating), Jeep automobiles (Rating)
Jet Ships
60
Magnetic ships, Magnetohydrodynamics, Superconducting magnets
Lexus LS 400
63
Automobiles, Foreign
Saving the Alaska Pipeline
68
Trans Alaska Pipeline System, Petroleum pipelines (Corrosion and anticorrosives)
New-look Binoculars
71
Binoculars
Gas Grill Tuneup
91
Gas barbecue grills (Maintenance and repair)
Septic System
95
Septic tanks
Installing Low-voltage Lighting
103
Outdoor lighting
Shrinking the Globe
108
Television receivers (Videotape recorder combination)
Theater Sound at Home
108
Surround sound systems
Rough-and-ready Cameras
112
Cameras, Waterproofing
What to Do when Your Automatic Trans Won't Shift
115
Automobiles (Transmission)
Dreamplane
119
Roy LoPresti, LoPresti Piper Aircraft Engineering Company, Inc, Airplanes, Light (Rating), Airplanes, Aerobatic (Rating)

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