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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

Lincoln Continental Mark III.
20
Automobiles
New AMX.
42
Dan Gurney
Dan Gurney tests the new AMX.
42
Sports cars (Rating)
Don't wait for Detroit! install your own rollbar
78
Automobiles (Safety measures)
Seabees swarm again!
82
United States Navy Construction Battalions, United States Navy (Forces in Vietnam)
How to keep the power in your power brakes
132
Brakes, Automobile
Three weekend projects
136
Do-it-yourself work
Build this baritone guitar
140
Guitar
How to lay hardwood floors
144
Floors
Wall-hung study center
148
Desks, Storage in the home, Woodworking (Projects)

Kites aren't kid stuff anymore
86
Kites
Handy little Honda
88
Automobiles, Foreign
Big sound in a small package
92
Audio systems
High in style, low on mileage
98
Automobiles
Holography: 3D magic in mid-air
104
Holography
Sun too bright? just dial your own instant shade
108
Glass, Light filters
You, too, can break the sound barrier
111
James A. MAXTONE-GRAHAM, Airplanes, Supersonic (Design)
Microsurgery: hooking up the body's nerves by microscope
116
Microsurgery, Neurosurgery
How to sell your invention to Detroit
120
Automobile industry, Inventions
How to buy a house without getting hooked
124
House buying
Three-level enlarger stand
128
Photography (Equipment)

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