Electro Motor Tune-Up Station

[Provincial]

I noticed this on a nearby Craigslist posting. Not cheap, but you'd be the only kid on the block with one of these!

It appears to be similar to the Sun Distributor Tester, but with maybe a few more features. I'm pretty sure that the box on the left is a "Trouble Shooter" condensor tester that also is a circuit tester. I have one of these and I also have a catalog from 1937 that features it. This would indicate that the Tune-up Station dates from the late 1930's.

I am not connected to the seller in any way, just thought it was an interesting piece of automotive service history.

http://corvallis.craigslist.org/tls/3075656268.html

 

[Big-Foot]

Pretty cool old-tech machine.. Surprisingly good condition and pre-dates even my career!
Yes that is a distributor machine as part of it. I have used them many times..

 

[Provincial]

I have a Sun 500 Distributor Tester that works perfectly. I got it for a fraction of the price this machine is listed for. It is a "modern" machine, and not as unique as this one. I have tested condensors with my "Trouble Shooter" and it does well, except that the "micro-sensitive leak detector" lamp bulb is missing. I would love to find a replacement bulb.