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In the Northeast Ohio area Heinen's grocery store seems to be the absolute best as far as service and variety...the only thing is almost everything they carry is a name brand and they don't offer many store-brand lower priced options. In Texas HEB grocery (H.E. Butt Grocery Co.) seems to be...

Credit unions are member-owned non-profit institutions that usually offer very good service and much better terms on loans and credit cards than banks. Have a credit card through a credit union and not once has the interest rate gone up, unlike bank cards!

That's a great car you got there! I just finished another 800 mile round trip in my 1978 Grand Marquis with 400 CID engine and over 262,000 miles...still drives great. I replaced a lot of accessory components on mine just due to wear such as carburetor, fuel pump, alternator etc. but the...

I have two impact wrenches (large and small) but it's been a while since I used them...they really came in handy for removing the steering gearbox to frame bolts on a Dodge van. To use the large ones you ideally need one of the really big compressors but you can use them with a medium-size...

I have put my favorite streaming radio stations on our Links page...You can listen to almost all streams using the Linux operating system and the Mplayer program with no Windows-related problems. There also is a Realplayer for linux. http://www.retroaudiolab.com/links.htm

Texas has a good number of Drive-in theatres still operating. In our area a brand new state of the art drive-in was built 2 yrs. ago and business is so good they're adding a 3rd screen. The drive-in is open year round though in Dec. through February or so it can get kind of cold...

We have driven from West Texas to Indiana and West Texas to Ohio and back, about 1000-1200 miles each way....am not sure where you are coming from but we needed about 6-8 total days of driving and about $1500-2000 to do these trips, including lodging, food, gas and entertainment. Personally I...

Personally I use grease very sparingly if at all...Zoom Spout oil seems to be the best lubricant for jukeboxes and turntables I have found. There is not much torque available in these mechanisms and gummy/hardened grease will cause them to jam. Any tube type equipment will need capacitors and...

Thanks for the information! Yes, it is incredibly heavy, thank goodness for the Tommy Lift on the truck. It is in the barn at home now...there is an enclosed room in the barn which was used kind of as a kitchen so I may try to put it in there. There is 220 volt service out there so I will...

Urinals can be outfitted with manual twist-type flush valves for lower water pressure areas. This is how they were when I was in school.

Closeup of range.

Here is a late 40's or early 50's Frigidaire I got at the thrift store for $30.00. Also there was an old piano that they let us have for free. This is our shop truck which has probably hauled more than 20 tons of organs, pianos, jukeboxes, refrigerators, etc.

If you have estate sales or auctions in your area these are good to check for old refrigerators...sometimes they are still in use in the garage. Your best luck is in the older parts of town rather than modern housing developments though. I was lucky enough to find a late 1940's or early 50's GE...

That Zenith looks like the tube type model but down in the bottom corner you can see text: "Solid State". This is probably the horizontal solid state chassis as opposed to the later 70's vertical chassis. The tube model of this style used 4 tubes: horiz. output, vert. output, damper, and horiz...

Is that Quasar a solid state or tube type? I have a similar set with the works in a drawer that is mostly solid state but still uses about 4 tubes.