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110cc Toolbox Quad: Lazy or Creative?
We've seen some pretty interesting mods around these parts, but this 110cc quad toolbox has to be one of the more peculiar. I hate to jump to conclusions or make assumptions, but this is really just a 110cc miniature quad sawed in half and welded back to a pretty standard toolbox. The owner says it is used in the pits to easily get the tools around. Yeah, I'll go ahead and say the creators are lazy and creative. [Red Ferret]
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10,000 Pound MAC Lift Is The Beauty Pageant Winner
How the heck are you supposed to work on your fantasy car without a fantasy garage chock full of tools like MAC's new 10,000-pound professional grade two-post lift? This beauty has a pretty hefty $3,000 price tag and is loaded with enough features to keep your fantasy garage in business through the next decade. More »
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Gearhead Chocolates Convey True Meaning Of Love
Now that you got that pesky dinner taken care of, how about the after dinner chocolates? Nothing says "I love you just a little bit less than my current project car" than a nice set of gearhead chocolates. More »
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Rev Up A Romantic Dinner With Gearhead Place Setting
Roses? Check. Candles? Check. Nice dinner in the oven? Check. Beautiful place setting with automotive theme? Negative. It's a shame you forget the smallest parts of your romantic Valentine's Day dinner, such as the nice plates, glasses and silverware. Help is available, however. Say hello to the gearhead place setting. More »
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The Jalopnik Holiday Re-Gift Guide: Cheap Tool Kits
Nothing says "Thanks Ma" like stripping the hell out of your wheel's lug nuts because you wanted to use a gift. These kits come in "all purpose" "auto specific" and "auto emergency" varieties and all come in a cheap plastic case. The thought is "Hey, this person loves tools, let's get 'em something big and heavy." That's a nice thought &mdash but what the hell is someone going to do with those cheap ass gloves? More »
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Yard Sale Find: Hulbert's Smash-Proof Creeper!
The "old days was better" thing can really get run into the ground (e.g., drum brakes, no antibiotics), but when it comes to certain things it's tough to argue with the sentiment. Mechanic's creepers, for example; these days, mostly what you get when you buy a creeper is about two weeks before ball bearings start spitting out of the cheap-ass casters and the thing starts scraping the concrete and you curse the downward spiral of manufacturing quality et cetera. So I was pretty happy when I scored this Hulbert's Smash-Proof at a yard sale for five freakin' bucks! It really is smash-proof; I'm pretty sure I could use it for moving large appliances down a gravel driveway and it would laugh at the so-called abuse. And check out all the cool tags and labels; I'm guessing it's from the 1940-60 period.
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Fuel Injector Tester
Back when the dot-com boom fell apart and I got laid off from my cushy software tech-writing gig (at a company that had once promised a private chef, rock-climbing wall, and customized surfboards with the company logo for its employees), I fell back on a tried-and-true moneymaking scheme: buying towed San Francisco cars at the City Tow auctions, fixing them up, and selling them. It worked out great until I got a '90 Tercel that just wouldn't pass California's super-stringent smog test, no matter what. Long story short, I traced the problem to bad fuel injectors, but what unemployed ex-dot-commer's got money for brand new ones? More »
11:30 AM on Wed Oct 10 2007
By Murilee Martin
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Latest by pgh: Actually, silent wall switches are a great choice for this application. The electrical contact is made inside a sealed glass more »
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Install New Windshield Glass
We've all heard the argument of the do-it-yourselfer. Doing the job on your own can bring a sense of satisfaction and save money. When things don't go right the results may not be so warming or economical. Thirteen beers or three fried alternators into a pile of sheared bolts and bruised knuckles can result in a job costing far more than planned. Sometimes the financial outlay in tools, materials, and time, don't add up to any savings for the do-it-yourselfer. Worse still is a job done wrong can be potentially dangerous. Replacing a cracked or old front windshield glass is one of these times. More »
1:00 PM on Fri Sep 7 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
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21 comments
Latest by lascauxcaveman: I had a nice-as-new windshield in a parts car and the windshield guy refused to swap it over for me, more »
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Rebuild Your Carburetor
Back in the days of carbureted and plentiful used Plymouth Satellites, B-52's frontman Fred sang of the devil in his car. Beehive sporting singer Kate did Fred one better by wailing that she had the devil in her CAR-buretor! Having Beelzebub in the float bowl and demons clogging the jets is not a good thing at all. A carburetor rebuild can help exorcise evil spirits. More »
1:30 PM on Fri Aug 31 2007
By Mike Bumbeck
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24 comments
Latest by zxasqw12: Reminds me of a carb-related Henny Youngman riff... I came home from work. My wife met me at the door. She said, more »
