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January
Features - Auto - Keep Your Car Safe; Tune Up Your Garage And Have A Better Place To Work; Buick Electra: Front-Drive Goes Large Family Home - Great Garden Rooms; Pick A Better Window For Your House; Be A Smart Window Buyer; How Windows Lose Energy; 5 Steps To Growing Healthier House Plants; Home Mechanix Workshop: 5 Whimsical Indoor Planters; By Design: Wood Turning On A Grand Scale; A Smart Stove For Home Heating Home & Auto Security Section - How Much Is Enough?; 10 Low-Cost Ways To Protect Your Family, Home And Valuables; How To Choose A Home Security System; How The Pros Do It: Installing A Security System; Keep Your Car Safe Departments - Editor's Notes; Reader Letters; HM Tried It: Making Glass Stronger; Definitions; Buy Better Auto - Behind The Wheel: Handling Winter Driving Hazards; Car Repair: Get Better Sound From Your Car Radio; Maintenance Tip: Keep Door Locks From Freezing; Auto Q & A Home - Home Q & A; Tools & Techniques: Creating An Instant "Antique"; How To Fix It: Making A Chair Wobble-Free; Home & Shop Hints
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February
Features - Auto - By Design: Choose A Better Car; Carmakers' Mistakes You May Be Living With; Home Mechanix Car Test: Pontiac's Spirited New Front-Drive Home - Great Combinations: Make One Room Do The Work Of Two; Survey Results: HM Readers Tell How They'd Improve Their Kitchens; Build This Bed In A Weekend; 9 Fasteners That Speed Furniture Building; Home Mechanix Workshop: Furniture For Creative Kids; HM Shop Course No. 2: Band Saw Basics; Inspired By The Past: A Shaker High Cupboard - With Desk; Watch The Calendar And Buy Better Departments - Editor's Notes; Reader Letters; Definitions; Buy Better Auto - Auto Q & A; Behind The Wheel: What To Do When Your Brakes Fail; Maintenance Tip: Keeping Your Car Lubricated; Car Repair: Quieting A Noisy Engine Home - Home Q & A; Tools & Techniques: Staining To Get The Country Look; How To Fix It: Repairing Water Damaged Plasterboard; Home & Shop Hints
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March
Features - Auto - Auto Cures In A Can: Do They Work?; Rent An RV For Your Next Vacation; Comfortable, Easy-To-Drive Pickup Truck Home - 6 Ways To Make Your Garden A Showplace; Make Your Chain Saw Do More Than Cut Wood; Home Mechanix Workshop: 3 Great Ideas For Gardeners; By Design: Mix Flowers And Vegetables; Fence Hides Trash, Too; House Retrofitx That Make It Easier For The Handicapped; Get A Sharper TV Picture; HM Rates Project Plans You Can Order Boating Section - HM Takes The Confusion Out Of Buying Your First Boat; Boating Safety: What To Remember, What To Take Along; 12 Quick Fix-Ups For Your Boat And RV Departments - Editor's Notes; Reader Letters; HM Tried It: 4 Accessories To Make Chain Saws Safer; Buy Better; Definitions; Reminders Auto - Auto Q & A; Behind The Wheel: When Your Child Misbehaves In The Car; Maintenance Tip: Keep Spark Plugs Firing; Car Repair: Stop Steering Wheel Shake Home - Home Q & A; Tools & Techniques: Applying Varnish; How To Fix It: Replacing Tool Handles; Home & Shop Hints
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April
Features - Auto - 10 Ways To Make Your Car Even Better; Should You Rewrite Your Auto Insurance? Home - Home Mechanix Country Dream House; So You Want To Build A House; HM Tried It: A Quality Zoom Lens For A Good Price; 16 Low-Cost Home Fix-Ups; By Design: Give Concrete The Look Of Tile; Home Mechanix Workshop: Build A Better Toolbox; Home Emergencies - What To Do When Disaster Strikes; Grow Yesterday's Vegetable Varieties This Year Departments - Editor's Notes; Reader Letters; Bookrack; Definitions; Buy Better; Reminders Auto - Auto Q & A; Behind The Wheel: Backparking Safely On A Busy Street; Maintenance Tip: Keep Your Carburetor Clean; Car Repair: Sensible Cures For Automatic Transmission Leaks Home - Home Q & A; How To Fix It: New Life For An Old Fence; Tools & Techniques: Using A Finishing Sander; Home & Shop Hints
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May
Features - Auto - DoIt-Yourselfer's Car Of The Year: Ford Mustang; Home Mechanix Car Test: Volkswagen Golf Home - Innovative Outbuildings; New Garage/Studio; Total Makeover; Rustic Cottage; Rebuilding With A Wood Foundation; Country Dream House; New England Front Steps; Slate Walk; Brick-In-Sand Steps; How To Put In A New Driveway; A Drive With A Counntry Lane Look; Use Stamped Concrete To Simulate Pavers; Add A Backaround; Save Trees When You Add On; By Design: Add A Screened-In Gazebo To Your Yard; Trade Secrets For When You Must Work Alone; Clean Like A Pro; HM Workshop: Children's Backyard Furniture; 5 Painting Tips HM Car Owner's Guide - Turn Back Your Odometer; Kid-Glove Treatment For $30; Trouble Testers You Can Use At Home; Easier Ways You Can Change Engine Oil Departments - Editor's Notes; Reader's Letters; Definitions; Buy Better; Reminders Auto - Auto Q & A; Maintenance Tip: Keep Your Ignition System Troublefree; Behind The Wheel: When Your Engine Stops On The Highway; HM Tried It: Simpler Battery Hookups Home - Home Q & A; How To Fix It: Bicycle Tire Repair; Tools & Techniques: Picking And Using Your First Drill; Home & Shop Hints; HM Tried It: A Good Family Camera
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July
Features - Auto - Prep For Paint; Chevrolet And Toyota Recreate The Nova Home - Inspired By The Past: Do-It-Yourself Country Shelves; Little Houses; Demolition - The Remodeler's First Step; Low-Cost Improvements, Large-Scale Results; All-Terrain Bikes: Better Biking Than Ever; How To Ride An ATB; Convert Your 10-Speed For Cruising Comfort; By Design: Salvage To Something; Craftsman's Corner: Easy-Make Mirror; HM Workshop: 3 Replicas That Are Useful Today Departments - Editor's Notes; Readers Letters; Definitions; Better Buy; Reminders Auto - Auto Q&A; Behind The Wheel: When A Tire Blows; Maintenance Tip: Automatic Transmissions; Car Repair: When A Hose Bursts Home - Home Q&A; Tools & Techniques: Edge-Joining With Dowels; How To Fix It: Doors That Stick; Home & Shop Hints; Professional Advisor
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August
Features - Auto - Today's Wagons: Fit For Families?; Midsummer Auto A/C Tune-Up Home - Fence With Flair; Easy Camera Production; Country Dream House: Shake Your Roof; By Design: Individualize A Tract House; Cash In At Craft Fairs; HM Tried It: A Scroll Saw For Craftsmen; HM Workshop: Woodcrafts To Make And Sell; HM Tried It: Easy-To-Make Flying Models; Build This Compact Sewing Center; Expand Your Workspace; Soft Sacks You Can Make In A Weekend; Bike Aids: Bright Ideas For Bicyclists; Build A Better Mosquito Trap Departments - Editor's Notes; Reader Letters; Definitions; Buy Better; Reminders Auto - Auto Q & A; Behind The Wheel: When Your Car Loses Power; Maintenance Tip: Keeping Your Car Clean; Car Repair: Making Your Car Drive Straight Again Home - Home Q & A; Tools & Techniques: Important Marking Tools; Professional Advisor: Contractor's Language; How To Fix It: Remove Unsightly Mildew; Home & Shop Hints
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September
Features - Auto - Build HM's Baby Bugatti; More Than Wheels: HM Tests 3 Work Vehicles; Pickups For Pickups: 3 Great Accessories That Make Your Work Vehicle Even More Useful Home - HM Dream House: Upgrade Your Basement; Home Management By The Clock; HM Tried It: An Electronic Home Control System; TV Dash In A Kit; HM Workshop: Projects That Entertain; HM Shop Course No. 3: How To Choose And Use An Air Compressor; By Design: Low-Cost, High Style Decorating; HM Tried It: Air Conditioner Cover Departments - Editor's Notes; Reader Letters; Definitions; Buy Better; Reminders Auto - Auto Q & A; Behind The Wheel: If Your Car Won't Stop In The Rain; Maintenance Tip: Keeping The Weather Out; Car Repair: Cures For Spongy Brakes Home - Home Q & A; How To Fix It: When A Doorbell Won't Ring; Home & Shop Hints; Tools & Techniques: Paintbrush Primer; Professional Advisor: How To Rate A Contractor
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November
Features - Home - Rebuild America - And Win; In 2 Hours - Create This "Antique" Ladderback Chair; Christmas Workshop: 9 Gifts To Build Or Buy; Inspired By The Past: Great Plans From American History; The Right Stuff: Buy The Appropriate Type Of Wood; By Design: Painted House Ornaments; Do Home Centers Deliver?; Country Dream House: Replant America; Cures For Soggy Yards; HM Tried It: Router Bits For Raised Panels Auto - The '86 Cars: What's New, What's Not; Avoiding Lemons: How To Buy A Used Car; Tire Myths; HM Tried It: Shades For Your Car Departments - Editor's Notes; Reader Letters; Definitions; Buy Better; Reminders Home - Home Q & A; How To Fix It: Repairing A Leaky Shutoff Valve; Tools & Techniques: Glues And Gluing; Home & Shop Hints; Professional Advisor: Fly-By-Night Contractors Auto - Behind The Wheel: When Another Driver Cuts You Off; Preventive Maintenance: Prompt Touch-Ups; Auto Q & A; Car Repair: Road Wander - How To Tame It
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