Talk:Mechanix Illustrated

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As a child during the 60's, I recall reading with great interest my father's Mechanix Illustrated issues every month. Recently while looking at a mess in one of my closets in my home, I immediately recalled the phrase, "M.I.G.H.T.A!", the acronym for Mechanix Illustrated Guy Has The Answer. A common problem for the harried homeowner is solved when the male figure looks at the problem and comes up with a solution to the problem. The only word ballon in the cartoon would have this figure shouting, "M.I.G.H.T.A". This cartoon would be similar to the Wordless Workshops of the cartoonist, Roy Doty of which a sample panel is shown on his personal website [[1]]. Opusnugen 03:43, 28 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Huddled in our shanty on the edge of the east San Francisco Bay area with the hippies frolicking in the Haight/Ashbury and the radicals behaving radically in Berkeley over the hill from our burgh I looked forward to the monthly arrival of Mechanix Illustrated. Dad subscribed to it mainly to remain up-to-date regarding wood working tools and how to use them effectively. My favorite past was Tom McCahill's auto-related writings and the advertising. With the advent and growth of the Internet I have the world at my fingers but until that final compulsive gasp of air accompanies my convulsions as I depart this sphere of existence I will fondly recall leafing through Mechanix Illustrated.Obbop (talk) 16:49, 7 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Home Mechanix change.[edit]

Prior to the name change the magazine had an ever increasing amount of home repair and woodworking articles and a corresponding decrease in vehicle repair and other mechanical, metal working and similar content. I still remember that the cover article of the first issue of Home Mechanix was on customizing the new Chrysler minivan. "What does that have to do with HOME Mechanix?" An image of that ironic cover would be a good addition to the article. So would covers and name change dates for all its prior incarnations. Bizzybody (talk) 03:27, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]