Staying busy while isolated

I used to love those old mags. I did not realize my fortune at the time. We moved into what is now the "recently sold estate" when I was 6 years old in about 1954. This was the house that Gramps and Dad (and my Aunt) built. Gramps had stacks of old mechanics and science magazines from the '30's up through the 40's and 50's. I used to love to read those. In those days, some of the mechanics mags had a photography article each month, and a "radio" article each month. The WWII era ones were rife with articles on the war, and war machinery.

"Gus Wilson" and his garage

Who was the bald guy in Mechanics Illustrated who tested cars? OH YEAH, Tom McCahill. I can still remember vaguely, him on the cover, standing proudly beside a slab side Citroen (similar to one in American Graffittii) with the blazing headlines, "Can this be the world's ugliest car?"

Unfortunately, time, and mildew took their toll