This is part of why I started the thread. The whole reason we have a garage section on the forum is so we can teach each other new skills and share tool ideas. Or help someone new to cars learn what to start buying to keep their ride going, or better still, renovated.
This is what will keep our cars going into the future.
Another 30 or 50 years. Maybe 69 years. Even better.
Anyone into YouTube, and wants to learn basic machining, a great instructional channel is Tubalcain, mrpete222,
https://www.youtube.com/@mrpete222
He has over 1600 videos, he was a high school workshop teacher for many years and still producing great videos at almost 80 years old.
Plenty of info to learn.
Closer to home, Curtis from Cutting Edge Engineering on the Gold Coast,
https://www.youtube.com/@CuttingEdgeEngineering is in to big, heavy stuff. Lots of machining and welding, repairing earth moving equipment etc. Another good instructional channel.
Another channel I like to watch is Stuart de Haro,
https://www.youtube.com/@StuartdeHaro Very good at explaining technical subjects.