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I am a big person and when I see a good deal on a jacket that fits me just right, I am likely to buy it. I bought a beautiful Harley Davidson 4X jacket off the end of season discount rack. The regular price was $465cdn, marked down to $200. The first thing I did was check to see where the...

I have been watching for a deal on this DYNABRADE pneumatic grinder/cut-off tool for more than a year. I found this unit on AMAZON, this morning for $256cdn. This is $100 less than the best other price from a local distributor. The other pricing I found on the internet was as high as $1000...

I never liked the OEM 1940 Ford gas filler. It looked like so little thought had gone into the design. There was a 3 inch hold punched in the left rear fender with a piece of pipe sticking up through the hole. The end of the pipe was modified to hold a cap. The lump sticking out of the fender...

I made a commitment to try to keep this Ford all Ford. I bought a Ford C4 automatic adapter from Gene Benson at http://www.flat-o.com/. He built a one off torque converter for this application. I wanted more performance off the line even though I may only try it one time. The Ford Explorer...

I wanted a mechanical tachometer drive for the Cummins 4bta that will power my son's 1952 IHC pickup. I bought a Cummins valve cover with an oil fill port to replace the front cover oil fill port. I first cut the oil filler to reduce it to a shape that could be machined. I nest made a drive...

Sometime in the last year I bought a Franz Kuhlmann pantograph copy engraving machine. I want to move the pantograph into my section of the basement before I start engraving some of the parts and pieces I made.

I have been shopping around for one of those roll-up garage doors to replace the folding door that goes overhead on wheel tracks. I would like to have the extra ceiling height for a hoist. I don't know if I want a two post or a four post. I can get an extra 20 plus inches of clearance with the...

I have most of the machines in my shop on casters. When I need something, I can pull it out like a drawer and push it back out of the way after. So, why not do the same with the vehicle being worked on. I made a set of adjustable axle stands with 4 casters, two with brakes on each unit. The...

This is a picture of a rotisserie that I made. The car body is a 1940 Ford. It is on the way to metal cleaning. The rotation is controlled by a modified automatic air brake slack adjuster. The height of the rotisserie is adjustable with built on hydraulic lift cylinders The car is painted...