If you have a car cover it will cut down on your use of the car. Just remember all the times you might have taken a spur of the moment drive but were deterred by the thought of having to remove the cover and then having to replace it when you returned home.
My clock, which is correct twice a day, is set to 2:43 as that is my badge number, post office box number and birthdate. I try to clock screws when reassembling trim items regardless of how they may have come from the factory.
It's interesting how many responders mention Craftsman for their first purchases. I'm among them with a 1/2" metric socket set in the early '60s and later my first roll-around tool chest from the Sears store in Hempstead, NY. I also remember buying Snap-On open end flare nut wrenches in inch sizes to remove some 27mm and 32mm Mercedes oil line fittings because back then it was very difficult (and expensive) to get metric tools. The Snap-On salesman even came by my house one evening to deliver them along with a large catalog of their products. If I remember correctly, the Snap-On wrenches were about $6 each. I'm still buying tools and just this morning received some new bits for my Yankee 30A screwdrivers.
It is rumored that both of the 300 SLS cars used by Paul O'Shea to secure his third straight championship in 1957 were destroyed by Mercedes-Benz following the season to preserve the secrecy of construction details which, if revealed, might have resulted in an ex post facto disqualification. It is also rumored that one or both of the cars still exist. M-B remains mum.
The buyer is the one with the money in his pocket and should be the one controlling the transaction. If he falls for hype or market hysteria, he is the one at fault.
Can't help you since we sold all our Babbitt equipment back in the '90s. There was simply not enough work to justify its retention when there were so many modern engines to be modified and rebuilt. While we were doing Babbitt work, we found that many owners needing this service were very careful with their money and had no idea how many hours of labor were involved. I got tired of explaining costs and found it easier to abandon that small segment of the market. It was somewhat akin to dealing with sailboat owners with marine engines who believe that since the wind is free, everything else should be free as well.
Standard Earthlink message to those I have not previously approved. Additionally, I get a copy of that message along with the sender's address in case I wish to allow access (which I seldom do).
An unfortunate confusion of names. A breaker bar is designed for maximum strength and has no reversing or ratcheting feature, only the ability to change the angle of the drive relative to the handle. The early ratchet drives with which I am familiar were not "reversible," but required the user to turn the tool over to rotate a nut or bolt in the opposite direction.
Why bother with a frame when a simple backing from aluminum stock works just fine. Mounting bolts with countersunk heads in any needed configuration can be hidden behind the license plate.