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Contents: First Look At The Cars Of The ’80s (It will be a tumultuous decade in Detroit. PM pins down the carmakers to give you an inside track on what the market will bear); When Your Furnace Quits (Power failure, furnace malfunction or fuel shortage could cost you plenty if you lose heat in the dead of winter. Here’s how to avoid house-wrecking damages); We Test The Biggest Outboard (Mercury’s 300-hp whopper delivers a credible 3 mpg in PM‘s trial); Plastic Pipe For Do-It-Yourself Plumbing (All you need to know to work with the latest materials); Top Decks For The New Metallic Tapes (Recording and playback tests on four new decks show great sound possibilities with ‘metal’ tapes) Automobiles And Bikes – Imports And Motorsports; Detroit Listening Post; Saturday Mechanic: How To Tune Up For Fuel Economy – Part 2; Car Clinic; The PM Garage; PM Puts You In The Driver’s Seat Of The Cars Of The ’80s; Truckers With The Yen For Beauty; Driving The New 4wd Turbodiesel Scout; PM Owners Report: Saab 900 Home And Yard – Appliance Clinic; Energy-Saving Fireplace Cover That’s Easy To Make; Homeowners’ Clinic; Do Your Own Plumbing With Plastic; Sweep Your Flues Clean: Avoid Costly Chimney Fires; 39 Steps To Weather A Winter Power Failure Electronics, Radio And TV – PM Electronics Monitor; 4 New Tape Decks Worth Singing About; PM‘s Silencer Cuts Off Nagging TV Commercials Every Month – Letters; Notes From The Editor; PM Briefs; It’s New Now Shop And Crafts – PM Workbench; Simple Clamps From Scrap; Hints From Readers; New Now For Home And Shop; Weekend Workshop: 4 Quick And Easy Projects; Two Bright Ideas For Shop-Made Lamps; Workshop Minicourse: More About The Bandsaw Boating And Outdoors – All Outdoors; New Boats For The 1980s; PM Tests The Biggest Outboard Ever; New Gear For Snow Sport; Snowshoeing – Old Sport, New Action; Camping Gear – An Answer Made To Order Science And Engineering – Science Worldwide; Grand Design: That’s Some Kind Of Suspension; Looking Down In The Dumps – For Energy; How You Can Pull Cash From Trash Photography – Photo Hints Aviation – 7 Exciting New Sports Planes You Can Build
Issue: January 1980
Condition: Very Good