I picked this up the other day from an older mechanic that works at my shop.He bought it used back in '71.He didnt want to part with it but he didnt have any room to store it.It still "works" as in the lights turn on and the osilliscope will still make a pattern on the screen. He says its was made in the 60's but I'm guessing 50's I cant find any info on the machine stating a year, and Google doesn't help at all, cant find anything. This thing has it all , Gas ****yzer, timing light, ignition scope. Its to nice to leave in my garage so its coming in the house! Any have any info or vintage shop equipment of there own?
Don't have any old equipment like that myself, remember the old sun machines, just wanted to say from looking at the pics posted, and the condition of that tool, I bet you got yourself one damn good mechanic, Id put him in the house too.
Got one just like it except it is a marquette instead of regent. otherwise it's identical. Built in 1964 it sit in my house too.
Hey 57dodge , That's a cool looking setup. Would look great in any vintage garage/service station display. Cooter
Hey 57. I know a cat that has one of these. I'll see if he has any info or lit on the thing. Cool piece>>>>.
get that 2 gas ****yzer fixed cleaned and calibrated it may work or need the pots dialed in, use it to set your co and hc to lowest readings and watch your gas mileage increase, hint use big plug gaps and go lean burn I have a Sun Machine with a serial # 15 out of our old Chev garage sitting in a shed, want to buy a antiwue cheep?? still looks ok got a gas anaylzer thet reads stoicimetric ratio and works
The next guy that brings me a high buck DART block for a bore job I'm going to whip this baby out and tell him it's the best **** we got. Manufacture date 1949>>>>.
Cool looking. I dont know what that is but If I were you I'd keep my nads away from it during opperation if you want to keep your current sperm count.
Man either I'm an old geez or I just keep stumbling onto old ****! Here is a model from 1950. Came with the flathead adapters and a gizzmo to calibrate speedos>>>>.
Hey, these are sweet. About ten years ago we had a jeep grand wagoneer that needed a tuneup, and no body could give a scope, they didn't have one. It's probably the best tool in the shop, though.
Man, if I had the cash, I would have totally snagged a VINTAGE diagnostic machine when I was in Seattle a month ago. It was from like 36 or 37, and had all kinds of gadgets and gizmos. Quite reasonable considering the age and condition. Anyone in Seattle area interested, let me know and I'll tell you where I saw it.
I'm thinkin' this is one of Allen's earliest examples. This had the whole nine yards but it was more useful as a place to lay down junk. I **** canned the upper section. They are cool if you are building a period garage but they take up too much room for the average guy. IMHO Yours looks small.
The same guy I got the scope from has a distributor machine and some Flathead Shop manuals from 49 that I'm trying to get.They were buried deep in the pile So I couldn't them.
No, that has to do with the osilliscope screen, it "projects" the ignition patterns. Thats the large hair dryer looking thing on top. I haven't had it hooked up to a car yet but I can make it generate differnt wave forms and other patterns on the screen by messing with the differnt knobs.HA
Had your plugs checked lately?? When your ****s a missin don't go a pissin just bring those plugs in for a quick check>>>>. Vintage Speed Equipment.
The guy I worked with in the 70s had a nice newer scope and knew how to read it. You could line up all the patterns and even stack them on top of each other to see which cylinders were different from the rest. They were made for a time when if you had a bad spark plug wire or spark plug the machine would identify which was at fault and you replaced only the offending part.
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