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

Have carefree back-yard cooking with PM's hickory smoke cooker
13
Smokers (Cooking equipment)
PM looks at Penney's belt sander
18
Sanding and sanding equipment
New scopes for super shooting
21
Firearms (Sights)
Driving the Audi 4000
32
Automobiles, Foreign (Testing)
Keep track of your engine with PM's auto tach
37
Tachometers
PM owners report
100
Chrysler Newport
How to choose and install an outdoor TV antenna
102
Television antennas
Restore your old antenna to like-new operation
104
Radio antennas (Maintenance and repair), Television antennas (Maintenance and repair)
Better photos the easy way--with filters
106
Light filters
How to keep the control in your automatic temperature control system
108
Automobiles (Air conditioning, Heating and ventilation)

Stop that annoying turntable rumble
56
Phonograph (Turntables)
Make this @wrought iron' planter of aluminum
60
Shelves and racks
PM owners report
66
AMC Spirit
Our year in NASA's far-out house
77
United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental engineering (Buildings)
Vintage vroom!
80
Automobile racing
PM owners report
84
Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird
Summer they conquered the Atlantic
86
Aviation (Transatlantic flights, History)
Don't get ripped off along the road!
92
Automobile service stations, Automobile touring
Roller renaissance
94
Charles Leerhsen, Roller skates
Most dangerous dives
96
Diving, Submarine

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