Vintage‎ 1975 Mechanix Illustrated Magazine January Preview 1977 Cars Jet Engine

Brand/Publication: Mechanix Illustrated magazine.  Issue: January 1975 issue, Volume 71, Number 560, tag line The How-To-Do Magazine, original 60¢ cover price.  Format: Staple-bound softcover DIY, science, technology, automotive, and home improvement magazine in English.  Front cover features a colorful cutaway illustration of an amazing jet engine you can build in your own shop, with cover lines for a sneak preview of the 1977 cars, Tom McCahill testing the most popular Dodge of all, new boats in color, ways to save on heating fuel, redecorating a basement in English pub decor, the 1975 job outlook, and what is really new in the new pickups.  Contents include departments on automobiles (consumer's guide to car options, preview of '77 cars, car care and fuel buying, the 1975 truckin' story), McCahill reports, recreation (hunting and fishing, parties, snowmobiles), boats and boating (new boats in color), electronics (the fun world of video games, a drip charger for your car), science and technology  Back cover displays a full-page Tareyton 100's cigarette advertisement with the slogan Us Tareyton smokers would rather fight than switch! and Surgeon General's warning.  Publisher: Fawcett Publications, Inc.; copyright 1974; printed in U.S.A., with subscription information and editorial offices listed inside.  Note: Listing is for the single original January 1975 magazine only; no inserts, posters, or extras are included unless shown in the photos.