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

One-step-to-orbit Rocketry to Take First Step
15
Single-stage-to-orbit vehicles, Strategic Defense Initiative
Tough Trucks
25
Pickup trucks (Rating)
Grapes Without Wrath
29
Sutter Home Winery, Inc, Nonalcoholic wines
Low Tech, High Speed
34
National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Winston Cup (Automobile race), Racing automobiles (Design)
Possible Dreams
46
Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Popular mechanics (Periodical), Technological innovations (Exhibitions)
Building Blocks
68
Modular construction, Houses, Prefabricated, Wilton (Conn.) (Architecture)
Wagner Finecoat Spray System
70
Paint spraying and sprayers
Return of a Classic
71
Cabinets (Furniture)
Yardwork Gear
79
Lawn equipment (Rating), Garden equipment (Rating)
Replacing a Battery
88
Automobile batteries

Bullet Train for America
48
National Railroad Passenger Corp, High speed trains (Northeastern States)
Basic Training
52
Home gymnasiums, Weight machines
Jumpin' Jimmy
56
Bungee jumping in advertising, Television advertising, Trucks (Four wheel drive), Truck industry (Advertising)
Light Speed
60
Automobiles, Experimental (Rating), Two-stroke cycle engines (Design)
Ceramic Tile Maintenance
63
Tiles
3M Adhesives
66
Adhesives
Troy-Bilt Chipper/vac
67
Chipper-shredders (Rating)
Replacing Your Clutch
89
Automobiles (Clutches)
Manual Transmission
93
Automobiles (Transmission)
Toyota's Super Supra
99
Automobile engines (Superchargers), Automobiles, Foreign (Rating)
Subaru Impreza
101
Automobiles (Rating)
Blast Off
104
Jet skis
A New Video Vision
108
Video Information System
Gamma Gazing
110
Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

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