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https://www.atlanticarea.uscg.mil/Area-Cutters/CGCVIGOROUS/ Just letting people see what the 210' Cutter looked like.

Jeep- "Just Enough Essential Parts"

The 73 Super Beetle had a curved windshield; I don't know how someone will think it's a 73. I never had a Super but drove a couple and they seemed to drive nice.

Is that a 71 or a 72?

I have a small Mousterian Hand A xe. Supposed to be anywhere from 160,000 to 40,000 years ago and most likely to have been made by Neanderthal's. Don't really use it but if I should run into some Mammoths one day I could cut up some steaks with it.

I still have some Gedore India wrenches in my junkyard bag, and they still do the job.

I went through the number dance the other day, dial 1, dial 3, dial 2, dial 8 to talk with a person. Thank God a person, turned out to be someone from India that I couldn't understand what they were saying. I said sorry I'm hard of hearing and hung up. Went back to the number dance and after...

You should not have to go through all that BS to get a good product. I don't know what's worse dealing with stupid service reps right away or going through the "dial 1 for this, dial 2 for that, and after about a half hour dial 99 to talk to a person." I'm afraid I would have told them to stick...

Elora makes a 19x22mm https://www.bloomertool.com/DIN-838-ISO-3318-Box-End-Wrenches.html

If you are working on more than one type of car, it might be best to have a couple of different tools around. My stuff was for working on my Beetles and my 914 back in the day, so there was not a lot of guess work involved.

I forgot I had the Snap-on one it's in with my VW Type 1 Beetle tools. It's only 1" tall.

Also enter 17mm HEX DRAIN PLUG SOCKET snap-on on ebay

https://www.ebay.com/itm/198271935977?_trkparms=itmf%3D1%26aid%3D1110006%26rkt%3D4%26mech%3D1%26algv%3DSimVIDwebV4WithCtxRankerV1UnifiedFeaturesWithAuctionUnificationKatReco%26pmt%3D1%26amclksrc%3DITM%26sd%3D188440590823%26sid%3DAQALAAAAEL2V42b%2FrJT4vXJ4jbXxslU%3D%26itm%3D198271935977%26noa%3D0%...

The 70-045 Oil Drain Plug Remover for Mercedes is engineered for safe, efficient removal of plastic drain plugs on select Mercedes vehicles, including part number 002-990-20-17. A rust-resistant black oxide finish provides durable, corrosion-resistant performance, while the precision fit helps...

How about something like this? https://www.autozone.com/p/duralast-oil-drain-plug-removal-tool-70-045/1538225