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Somehow, it doesn't look stupid to me. A couple of nibbles before big bites can work.

Pics? Drawings? Video?

Maybe it's British Standard positive ground? ;)

I get that. Could you stand just spending 5 minutes wiping on some spray wax without going full detail, just to counteract some of the oxidation and make it red again? (I've known people who would just hit it with WD40). If not, someone will eventually buy it anyway.

Agreed. They modernize it without looking out of place. I hate modern huge wheels with rubber band tires on classic cars, but those just look right with the sleekness of the rest of the car.

When I was in high school in Oregon, those figures were in front of Bob's Big Boy burger joints. Never heard of JB until now.

Mike, Having seen the pictures of your old hoist, it looks like it's faded to about the same pink as an HF one does. Lots of people truly can't see past that to the differences in structure and quality. One of my early mentors used to say "Run it may, but shine it must" in reference to selling...

It should work fine on fairly clean metal. Probably won't bite through rust like a clamp with teeth can if you twist it around a bit after clamping.

I got kitchen wall cabinets from the Habitat ReStore for my garage. Way out of date style wise, but sturdy and cheap.

The Cub Cadet ZT1 series is a light-duty entry level residential mower with essentially non-serviceable hydros. Not even close to being durable enough for that property. I agree with having someone do the initial mowing with a substantial tractor mounted brush hog or rough-cut flail mower.

There is a fine line between open and empty. But we don't kink shame.

I like the two t-bar design. If the jaws don't loosen up while twisting back and forth to break chips, like every tapholder I own, I may have to buy one.

Some people are into rigidly following recommendations as if they were holy commandments. Learning and understanding some basics about how a thing works can open up possibilities.

I actually intended to mention that but forgot, so it's good that you did. Probably a good place to find someone who would be happy to spend a few hours on some one-on-one teaching just because.

Translation: it's a bit of a masochist restoration thing. If it was easy and sensible, well, where's the fun in that? ;)

Almost sounds like an engineer isn't really doing engineer stuff. But I'm neither an engineer or a real welder.

The stud is clearly bent. Bend it back with something that doesn't smash the threads. This is really a very small simple fix.

Assuming the consumables actually fit, the worst I can think of would be that the plasma might not be focused perfectly. It's not going to kill the machine or a bus load of nuns holding orphans.

A welding class isn't going to get your truck to pass inspection any time soon. Not to put down welding classes, but it sounds like time & money may be issues. Can you gather up a bunch of scrap steel to practice on for free or cheap? School or not, you need to get experience just burning rod...

I will add that for sheet metal, I've had very good results using step bits. Even the cheap HF ones have held up well for me, except when I use a little one in a handheld drill and snap off the thin end due to not keeping it straight. Twist drills would be several steps down the list.