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*bisquik65* · 01-10-2005, 08:42 PM

It was made in 1952 and was $31.50 back then.

dion · 01-10-2005, 08:55 PM

It's cool, I like it.

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 01-10-2005, 08:56 PM

Damn that thing is old! Does it work?

*bisquik65* · 01-10-2005, 09:10 PM

Yes it still works,you are supposed to put the tip on the drive belt to get an rpm reading. It works in eiather direction and goes up to 4,000 rpm. In the orignal box too. There is all kind of stuff like this here in the mountains. There is an old gas station right across the street from my house, there is a set of piston rings in there ( sealed power for the automotive doctor) Its cool too. from the 30's or early 40's

FRENCHBLUE72 · 01-10-2005, 09:16 PM

That is pretty cool looking wonder how many people got there fingers too close to the belt...

*bisquik65* · 01-10-2005, 09:22 PM

Thats early technoligy . before osha. and safety rules. I very simple time. Try to use it on something today. You cant even get to the belts on some of them. It does make it easy to check rpm's under the hood and asjust the carb by yourself. I will post something else i have witch is for our model trucks right from the terrytown n.y. gm truck plant. Its a turn signal switch tester. You plug this into the dash and switch harness and it loops the cuirits and tests everything,tail ,turn and brake lights. It was new also.

72dually · 01-10-2005, 09:24 PM

Awesome nostalgia piece

purple gas · 01-10-2005, 09:40 PM

When I was a kid on the farm in the late '60's we had a tach kinda like that but it was a Stewart Warner, and had a normal modern gauge type dial on it, you read it from the top, where the AC is written on yours. It came in a tin can with a screw-off lid,just barely bigger than a tin tobacco can. I think we used it mostly for setting the combine up for differnt types of crops, but I'm not sure. I often used it to check the RPM on grain loaders, & the Roto-tiller. All very critical data to a 12 yr old boy. I loved playing with that thing, & I still have all my arms & fingers. But ours wasn't as old as that one, & I can't say if it went both directions.

*bisquik65* · 01-10-2005, 09:51 PM

I guess they made it go both ways. 1 for chevy and one for ford *ss backwards

Gordo · 01-10-2005, 09:56 PM

We still have the same one that purple gas described at work. Occasionally (not very often) we use it on diesels if the truck/equipment tach is inop.

Blue Beard · 01-10-2005, 10:40 PM

Haven't seen one that old, but there are some newer ones like that...

TugOwar · 01-10-2005, 10:52 PM

Never seen one that old but we used to use one like purple gas described to check and adjust rpms on centrifuges at the mine where I used to work.

72 CustomCamper · 01-11-2005, 01:13 AM

My dad has a newer version of one of those...

Chuck

01-10-2005, 08:42 PM	#1
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01-10-2005, 08:55 PM	#2
dion 72 Cheyenne Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,086	It's cool, I like it. __________________ Burnout Idle 1972Cheyenne 1966/67Stouts

01-10-2005, 08:56 PM	#3
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01-10-2005, 09:16 PM	#5
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01-10-2005, 09:40 PM	#8
purple gas Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: saskatoon, planet earth Posts: 694	When I was a kid on the farm in the late '60's we had a tach kinda like that but it was a Stewart Warner, and had a normal modern gauge type dial on it, you read it from the top, where the AC is written on yours. It came in a tin can with a screw-off lid,just barely bigger than a tin tobacco can. I think we used it mostly for setting the combine up for differnt types of crops, but I'm not sure. I often used it to check the RPM on grain loaders, & the Roto-tiller. All very critical data to a 12 yr old boy. I loved playing with that thing, & I still have all my arms & fingers. But ours wasn't as old as that one, & I can't say if it went both directions. __________________ I got a bench seat baby, you don't have to sit over there. Last edited by purple gas; 01-10-2005 at 09:42 PM.

01-10-2005, 09:10 PM	#4
bisquik65 Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: N.C. high country Posts: 6,107	Yes it still works,you are supposed to put the tip on the drive belt to get an rpm reading. It works in eiather direction and goes up to 4,000 rpm. In the orignal box too. There is all kind of stuff like this here in the mountains. There is an old gas station right across the street from my house, there is a set of piston rings in there ( sealed power for the automotive doctor) Its cool too. from the 30's or early 40's

01-10-2005, 09:22 PM	#6
bisquik65 Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: N.C. high country Posts: 6,107	Thats early technoligy . before osha. and safety rules. I very simple time. Try to use it on something today. You cant even get to the belts on some of them. It does make it easy to check rpm's under the hood and asjust the carb by yourself. I will post something else i have witch is for our model trucks right from the terrytown n.y. gm truck plant. Its a turn signal switch tester. You plug this into the dash and switch harness and it loops the cuirits and tests everything,tail ,turn and brake lights. It was new also.

01-10-2005, 09:24 PM	#7
72dually Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Northern Arizona Posts: 687	Awesome nostalgia piece

01-10-2005, 09:51 PM	#9
bisquik65 Account Suspended Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: N.C. high country Posts: 6,107	I guess they made it go both ways. 1 for chevy and one for ford *ss backwards

01-10-2005, 09:56 PM	#10
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	We still have the same one that purple gas described at work. Occasionally (not very often) we use it on diesels if the truck/equipment tach is inop. __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

01-10-2005, 10:40 PM	#11
Blue Beard Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 8,831	Haven't seen one that old, but there are some newer ones like that... __________________ 1970 Chev CST 2003 Harley Fatboy 1975 Chevrolet Step Van 1956 Chev Bel Air 1977 Blazer 2WD For Sale $3000.00 1978 Blazer 2WD For Sale $7000.00 1978 Silverado 2005 Monte Carlo

01-10-2005, 10:52 PM	#12
TugOwar Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pleasanton, TX Posts: 1,723	Never seen one that old but we used to use one like purple gas described to check and adjust rpms on centrifuges at the mine where I used to work.

01-11-2005, 01:13 AM	#13
72 CustomCamper huh ??? Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Fredericksburg,Va. Posts: 3,368	My dad has a newer version of one of those... Chuck __________________ 90 Blazer Silverado 350w/ 700R4 and 32" Kelly's "I am a bomb technician. If you see me running try to keep up!"



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