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A buddy had a boat, motor and fishing gear stored in a mini-storage in Mississippi years ago. He had a Master brand padlock on the door. Evidently the lock came with the key number inked on the bottom by the keyhole, and he should have scratched it off, and didn’t. He went to get the boat...

I once had two broken bolts on an old Ford flathead V8. One was a head bolt, and the other was a water pump bolt, …that was bolted to the block from “inside” the water pump. Both breaks left me with a small stub to grab on to. This was a 1951 engine, so I was sure I was screwed. I went onto...

There are some great ideas here. I first saw this on Garagejournal.com several years back. Lots of though went into it: Jack Olsen’s 12-Gauge Garage - The Motoring Enthusiast Journal | Enthusiast's Corner

After you do all the spraying and wiping you can, buy a bag of plain charcoal, split it open to expose the charcoal and leave it in inside the car with the windows rolled/up. My friend got this tip from the funeral home director; he needed to make his brother in law’s garage smell better after...

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I sold the 69 Swinger for $1800, to a friend/co-worker. I had owned it for about nine years, during quick time I rebuilt the engine, fresh paint job, and added some performance upgrades. I had a wife and several young kids at the time, plus a pending military transfer across the country. Just...

Unique identifier. She had a vacuum gage in the dash, just to the left of the glove box.

Ensure you don’t have excess oil in the cylinders, oil doesn’t compress and could potentially cause a bent rod when you fire it up