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Personalized Craftsman Tools

Craftsman has long been known to do occassional promotions with personalized tools, but I don’t believe they have ever taken the idea this far. They are now offering a number of their mechanic tool sets fully personalized as a standard item in the Craftsman catalog. Bitchin! I’m in love with the custom 1945 gold plated ratchet. Bling, bling… Pinky ring…

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Jerry Seinfield and his Porsches…

Stuart found a couple of interesting links covering Jerry Seinfield’s new garage in NYC. What’s an incredibly loaded Porsche guy to do with all his rides in this cramped city? Build Up! Snap shots of the Porsche elevator. Seinfield’s Garage Plans.

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The Ferrari Garage

The Ferrari factory is an amazing mix of old school craftsmanship and new school technology. Canadian Driver does a great job of making you feel like you are in the middle of one of the most amazing shops in the world. Check it out.

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Reviews & Features

Handy Socket

This is brilliant. How many times have you dumped your oil drain plug in the dirty stuf? Seems like I do it just about every oil change. Gearwrench claims to have the answer with this little magnetic socket. It’s a simple idea, but if it works?? Sign me up. Check it out.

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A Vintage Garage

Nimrod is one of those guys that just fits in with all of the journals. He has an incredible bike, a period hot rod, and his garage looks like a movie set. In a word, perfection. There is just something about hard wood floors that makes a work place feel so rich and dated. Can you imagine sitting in Nimrod’s shop on a cold day with rain peltering the roof and windows? The smells that would come from that old lumber? And you would have to be doing “smart” work. Something like rebuilting carbs, or engineering a springer front-end…. Dream …

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