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

Mercedes-Benz 300E.
33
Automobiles, Foreign
Denver International
36
Denver International Airport
Safe at Home
38
Burglary protection
What's New in NASCAR.
44
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Stock car racing, Racing automobiles (Design)
Nothing But Net
46
Three-point shooting (Basketball)
Porch Planter
72
Flower boxes, planters, etc
Sears Plunge Router
76
Routing machines
Fresh Paint
78
Painting, Industrial and practical (Equipment)
Installing a Furnace Filter
86
Furnaces (Filters)
Replacing a Sealed Beam
98
Automobiles (Lighting)

The Zapper
50
Zapping of television advertising, Videotape recorders and recording (Equipment)
Heartbeat of America
52
Exercise equipment
Long-term Test Cars
56
Automobiles, Foreign (Rating, Four wheel drive), Four wheel drive vehicles (Rating), Automobiles (Rating)
Dodge Intrepid
59
Automobiles
Riding the Toll-free Infobahn
62
Videotron Ltee, Chicoutimi (Quebec) (Interactive television)
Super Siding
68
Siding (Building)
Repairing Body Rust
101
Automobiles (Corrosion and anticorrosives)
Line of Fire
108
Firearms (Laser sights)
Eyecatching Video
110
Videotape recorders and recording (Rating)
The Trouble with Antimatter
112
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Particle accelerators, CP violation (Nuclear physics), B mesons
A Notebook of Note
114
Notebook computers (Rating)

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