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Contents: Special Features – Firewood: A PM Special Section (Everything to light your fire, including your chain-saw accessories, stoves and fireplaces, plus log splitter and woodshed you can build); ’79 Cars – Plus Pickups (The new model lineups from GM, Chrysler and AMC, plus the pickup fleet for next year); Best Stereo Systems For Under $500 (PM tests and compares new high-efficiency rigs that bring you top sound for bottom dollar); New-Car Options (How to play and win the game called showroom showdown); 15 Ways To Get More Heat (Simple checks and tricks to boost your furnace output); Tiny Electronic Marvels (Miniaturized products put the future in your pocket today) Automobiles And Bikes – Imports And Motorsports; PM Garage; Detroit Listening Post; Car Clinic; Braking Your Insurance Cost; Your Motorcycle: How To Get Through Killer Intersections Home And Yard – 4 New Products For Your Home And Shop; Appliance Clinic; Homeowners Clinic; Plan Of The Month: Energy-Efficient Second Home; What To Do Now…For A Better Lawn Next Summer; 15 Simple Ways To Make Your Furnace Produce More Heat This Winter; Home Fireplace And Stove; Old-Fashioned Woodshed With A New-Fangled Look; PM‘s Triple-Decker Bunk Beds; Fence For A Small Yard; Open House With Live-In Robot; With PM‘s Splitter, You Split A Cord Of Wood In Two Hours; How To Buy And Use Brick For Outdoor Projects; PM‘s Brand-New Do-It-Yourself Encyclopedia Electronics, Radio And TV – Electronic Mini-Marvels: Big Performance In Tiny Packages; 13 New Components For A Great Stereo At Low Cost; Electronic News Gathering: The Technology That’s Changing Your TV News Boating And Outdoors – All Outdoors; New Kits And Plans To Stretch Your Recreation Budget; Versatile Trailer That Stows In A Car Trunk; Slicker Kickers For Next Year; Repower – Save Gas, Money >b>Detroit’s ’79 Cars – When It’s New Car Time…Should You Buy New Or Used?; Driving The ’79 General Motors Cars; Driving The ’79 Chrysler, Plymouth And Dodge Models; Driving The ’79 American Motors Models; Trucking For The Fun Of It; How To Pick And Choose New-Car Options And Accessories; Saturday Mechanic: Servicing The ’79 Chrysler, Plymouth And Dodge Models Shop And Crafts – Make This Compact Scale To Check Your Hitch Weights; PM Workbench; Make This Drill-Press Table Lifter To Save Your Back; Build This Flip-Flop Table For Chess And Backgammon; Hints From Readers; 17 Chain Saw Accessories; Keep Your Chain Saw Humming; PM Looks At Precision Sewing With Air Electronics; PM Looks At McCulloch’s Power Mac 320 Chain Saw; Mixing Fuel For A Chain Saw; Workshop Minicourse: Decoupage Basics; Coat Rack For Youngsters Science And Engineering – Science Worldwide; The Galapagos: Ecology’s Prize Dilemma; Open House With A Live-In Robot Photography – Two New Digital Timers For Your Darkroom; Photo Hints; Minolta vs. Canon: An Automation Duel Every Month – It’s New Now; Letters
Issue: October 1978
Condition: Very Good