Has anyone ever seen one of these

This is a sun motor tester its for a 6 volt system i have all the parts with it never seen one

 

I would LOVE to have that in my garage just for decoration!!!

 

You would not believe what i got today ...The guy worked for ford in the 50s and 60s i got the sun machine shop manuals hot rod books etc i hit the jack pot today

 

Killer!!! More pictures!!!

So we can live vicariously through you!

 

Yea I used to work for a guy that had a similar one in his home shop, his did 12V and 6 Volt though. I also saw a similar one to his on Pawn Stars last year.

That one though I have not seen before, it is WAY cooler.

I am really into old stuff like that, like just last weekend I picked up a 12 and 6 volt ripple charger/re-conditioner from the 50s in excellent working condition. It's getting harder and harder to find the stuff in use-able shape. But I really love getting the old equipment and restoring it and using it. Just looks cooler than modern plastic crap.

 

thanks for the reply yea i got this to sell i have to see what its worth ...its weird this one has all the parts with it its a nice piece

 

I don't want to use it as much as just decorate my garage with it.

Of course, I would try, if possible, to restore it to working condition, but would probably never use it.

Under what situation did you score this?

 

A guy is down sizeing his house ..I was at the right place at the right time ....I looked the books up on ebay i got from him around 300 dollars just in books ..I dont have the foggiest idea what the tester is worth ..Trying to find that part out lol

 

I'm not a reliable source for a valuation, but I do lots of garage saling and antiquing and I've seen similar pieces in better condition for about $150-200. Now if you've got all the books and manuals and it works, and you cleaned it up. I'd bet you could get $200-300. If it works. If it's non-functional its worth nothing.

On Pawn Stars they had one that was stand-up, did 12 volt and 6 volt cars, and was fully functional. They said it was worth its weight in scrap metal. I can pick up old car test equipment like that at nearly every flea market around me for dimes on the dollar.

 

Thank you for the info

 

I want to point out the one on Pawn Stars was also a Sun I believe.

The nice thing is every one of those modules should be individually servicable and repairable. But the cost of restoring it if it doesn't work is likely more than its worth.

 

This one is suppose to work with all the wires and triggers lol

 

Very neat find!

 

I'm familiar with it! When Ford changed to 12V in 1956, there was a resistor you could use with the machine to use it. It has many of the functions of todays multimeters, but as you know, it's not exactly " a handheld unit! "

 

Simple man Thank you very much im getting close to the year now lol