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There are many discussions of that Rolex Deep Sea Special on the 'net. HERE'S one, the official Rolex version (best viewed on a PC).

That watch was mounted on the exterior of the Trieste, of course, and withstood pressures of approx 16,000 lb/in² (110 MPa). That's pretty durable in my book.

Dunno -- The special Rolex that went down almost 11,000 m on the Trieste in 1960 was a pretty durable watch...

My local Costco has these fuel cans on the shelf. They're very similar in weight and construction to my MFCs. They're not lightweight junk. The spout is indeed quite different from a MFC, as noted. I'm surprised it leaked so badly for Frosty_1 -- while I have no love for CARB nozzles, these...

For my 53-year old Triumph TR3, I ditched the new aluminum welded radiator fitted during restoration and went back to a re-cored original. I'm much happier and the car is, too. For any car in the last twenty to thirty years, I think I'd go with a new rad, probably OEM on my Toyotas, but I'd...

Thanks for the pix, Kurt. I'll be travelling to South Africa and Zimbabwe at the end of June, my first trip to the continent, and I'm lookin' at ideas for a bit of holiday after work is done. Your trip report does give one ideas...

There used to be a ton of the little Renault 4, too. The quatrelle was assembled locally for some years, IIRC. One used to be able to buy parts at the grocery store.

I'm sure you'll get a lot out of these -- my back issues get referred to pretty often, and I'm very happy to have the full set.

My 2001 Tacoma DC 4WD TRD is coming up on 15 years old, and the power door locks, power windows, electric-engage 4WD, and so on are working perfectly. The *very* few things I've had to do relate to things that any truck would have -- water pump, harmonic balancer, ball joints, etc. I...

That's no HiLux I've ever seen. And regarding RHS/LHS in the photo -- it would take two seconds to reverse the print in any imaging software or hardware.

Sometimes I miss film... This is an image circa 1978 of my old elementary school in Southeastern Ohio, built circa 1872. I was a student there in the late 1960s. Long gone now.

Nice. I have the same watch (Japan, but with polymer strap). It alternates with my Submariner, which is high praise because the sub has been my near-constant go-to for fifteen plus years. Lemme know if you figure out how to manually wind it! Mine seems only to be wound using the automatic...

I last charged my Microgravity XP-3 four months ago, and just checked its state-of-charge. It's down about 30-40% below full. That kind of holding power is fine by me.

I've had a FLIRONE for six months or so. It gets used more often than one might think. This week, the project was diagnosing a water heater than didn't seem to be working right, and the infrared image showed perfectly it was the lower element not coming on. It's a useful little tool, and that...

Looks good, Adam. It"ll be interesting to follow your build.

I have a girlfriend who lives alone and relies on her 2011 4Runner to run her dog-sitting business. She got a Microgravity XP-3 after learning about mine earlier in the year. Her battery in the CA Central Valley started to die a couple of weeks ago. She was able to self-jump twice at...

I always liked the original Fiat Panda 4x4.

This thread will get a lot of interest. There have been a few projects over the years based on Sunraders. It's a interesting platform. Most have (IIRC) been on a more modern pickup than the original, like a T100 or something. Don't think a LC 80-series has been done yet here. There have, as...

Lookin' forward to this. Where in MO are you located?