Have to share this link...

[RossABQ]

http://www.gus-stories.org/

I suspect many of us here grew up on Popular Science magazines, "back in the day". This column, Gus's Garage, was something that taught me a lot abot diagnosis in particular, and common sense too. Today's magazines are filled with crap that promotes some product or another, no real knowledge. I feel sorry for today's youth...

This site has the original columns going back into the '20's, including a reader survey on what kind of car to buy for under $2,000. Among the contenders: Essex, Nash, Chevrolet, Ford, and a used Cadillac. Interesting reading, especially the service-it-yourself features of the Nash!

 

[reidh]

I especially enjoyed the "Mechanics Creed".

Good link.

-Reidh

 

[ClicketyClack]

Interesting, I always felt sorry for older people because they never had anything cool to buy.

Great site!

 

[patprimmer]

Haven't you ever seen anything really cool in an antiques shop.

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[ClicketyClack]

Absolutely! I stop in everyone I see. Always on the lookout for a good pinball machine.

You just never saw the silver ball pitched in a science magazine despite it being a wonderful collaboration between engineeering and art. Some are right up there with the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost

 

[Tmoose]

One the home page is Gus measuring a gasket with a micrometer? MIGHTY particular fella