Gearhead Thread

[mussa]

draggin a willy's! badass pics

[Seabiscuit36]

nice pics, who's the chick?

[SD_Eagle5]

The wife of one of the guys he races with

Some of these might be a repeat:















On the cover of Gasser Magazine:

My Grandpop racing in 65'

GP racing at Atco in 68'

[Tomahawk]

Awesome pics, SD.

So what kind of floor jacks do you guys have? The last two I've bought no longer work, and one of them was even a Craftsmen.

[Diomedes]

Craftsman is good for hand tools only.  If it doesn't have the lifetime guarantee, don't buy it.  If it's a power tool made by Crafstman, don't buy it.  Same goes for floor jacks, from what I hear.

[mussa]

Craftsman is really more like middle of the road...there are better tools out there (SNAP-ON & MAC)

[Diomedes]

Sure, but they are great about the guarantee and there are a bazillion Sears stores making it easy to replace a busted tool whenever I need to, so they get most of my hand tool business.  The Snap On stuff I have are some of my most prized possessions, but they are so goddamned expensive that I only have a few.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Trust me on this, Snap-on and MAC tools are only worth the money if you have them in your hands everyday. They put of a lot of stock into ergonomics, etc., which make them easier on your hands over a 40+ hour week. They are also so bulletproof because you as a mechanic or body man make your living with them, they've gotta work. Because of that, you get an unbelievable tool, at a premium price. I have the set I bought on my first job, over a decade later, never a problem.

Since I don't do that work for a living anymore, it makes no sense for me to pay the extra bucks. I just don't use them enough (and I use them more than the average Joe) for it to make any sense. In addition to Sears, the Home Depot's brand, Husky, are pretty solid. Lowes, forget the name, are complete trash.

With regards to the jack, I would check out www.northerntool.com. They have cheap stuff price wise, and it is more than durable enough for the average backyard mechanic. I''d also highly recommend their pneumatic stuff as well.

[Tomahawk]

I just need shtein that doesn't break. So far, Craftsman hand tools fit the bill, and they got the lifetime warranty going on. I would be pissed about the lack of quality for their other lines of tools, specifically the jack I bought, but it's my fault for not doing research and for believing a jack's a jack.

A couple different friends have this awesome jack, but apparently it's been discontinued:

http://www.hugediscountmall.com/Michelin-Hydraulic-Floor-Jack-p-568.html

So instead of continuing my search for a nonexistent Michelin jack, I'm buying this one with many thanks to PPinDC for the link

http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200345429_200345429

[SD_Eagle5]

Trust me on this, Snap-on and MAC tools are only worth the money if you have them in your hands everyday. They put of a lot of stock into ergonomics, etc., which make them easier on your hands over a 40+ hour week. They are also so bulletproof because you as a mechanic or body man make your living with them, they've gotta work. Because of that, you get an unbelievable tool, at a premium price. I have the set I bought on my first job, over a decade later, never a problem.

Since I don't do that work for a living anymore, it makes no sense for me to pay the extra bucks. I just don't use them enough (and I use them more than the average Joe) for it to make any sense. In addition to Sears, the Home Depot's brand, Husky, are pretty solid. Lowes, forget the name, are complete trash.

With regards to the jack, I would check out www.northerntool.com. They have cheap stuff price wise, and it is more than durable enough for the average backyard mechanic. I''d also highly recommend their pneumatic stuff as well.

This is good advice. I bought a used snap-on box on wheels from one of the mechanics for $200 then paid my tools off $20 a week. 

[Tomahawk]

Should I make my car look like this? (The obvious answer is obviously no)

[rjs246]

Everything but the paintjob and the dangly rearview crown...

[General_Failure]

Needs a disco ball instead of a crown.

[Sgt PSN]

don't know or care..I like the picture for ironic purposes

yeah, this is old but i'm slowly getting caught up around here and that was some funny ish. 

[Diomedes]

that pic is just fargin funny, I love it