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Wed Aug 31 2011 06:55 AM
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Saw this for sale and bought it thought it would be cool to restore.
I guess its part of a wheel alinement rack that was in autobody shops. ? Original tin sign on front "help keep the highways safe".
Last edited by cormy; Wed Aug 31 2011 06:56 AM.
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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Originals only for me. Always looking for Simpson oil, Super A, and MFA oil cans and globes.
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I like Bear stuff, not only because of the body shop connection, but also the cool bear logo.
That looks like it might be part of a drive-over toe-in check gizmo. A plate on the floor had moving parts that could detect if front tires were pointed in different directions a little too much.
What measurements does it display inside the window?
Jim "Oldgas" Potts
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I think is degrees in and out. Left to Right. (in- o -out)
There is a needle in the face that is connected to a rod running down the post to the bottom.
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Sounds like a toe-in tester. Not really a good way to set toe-in, but a good quick way to sell an alignment job to a customer by showing possible tire wear from improper toe-in setting.
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me thinks it is from a in the floor test station, in Illinois all trucks were tested for wheel alignment, brakes, few other safety items. Jim are you familiar with Belleville? Poelker's Towing on So.Belt west has/had one. tt
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