I've never asked a question here- I'm a model T hobbyist visiting from the T forum Years ago I acquired a 1926 Joseph Weidenhoff motor anaylyzer from the son of the original owner. Both father and son carried out auto electric repair for decades- the stand was still in the shop, gathering dust, when I bought it in 1984. It's a really large, rollabout unit- with a big workspace and an imposing upright panel behind the work top. The other three sides are guarded with satin chromed robe rails, to keep round items like generators from falling off. The guage panel is large- covered with about every sort of gauge you can think of -vacuum, compression, 110V "continuity" tester, amps, volts, three identical small voltmeters for testing simultaneously all three cells of a six volt car battery. There's a a carbon pile for loading batteries, an internal 6V auto battery for substitution testing, a large knife switch for throwing the internal battery into circuit. There is a timer that controls a small motor device which looks like it could be a distributor or magneto tester. Whew- a _lot_ of gauges, even more than listed. the guages are all surface mount in deep, chrome plated brass shells. All connections are made telephone style by plugging leads into Rajah-style connectors studding the front panel. The Rajah connectors are set off by cobalt blue round plastic escutcheons. A pair of clamshell refector lamps shed light from the top. The lower portion of the bench is open storage for large items. Another portion is given over to a half dozen stacked, deep and shallow drawers. Although the bench was brush painted red at some time long ago, the interior metal surfaces still have the original sky blue Duco intact. On the inside lower cabinet, the reverse side of the front panel has a silkscreened logo. Apparently the raw panel was screened on the wrong side by mistake and promptly lacquered over. At least it can still be seen as a raised profile. It is a large circular logo reading "Certified Motor Tuneup". I'm sure this logo is to be found too on the lower front panel under the brush coat of red paint. This test stand is really large, imposing and heavy. It's on sturdy casters with large rubber tires- still rolling well. The bench top is laminated maple. The retracting reel power cord still intact, plugs into the wall. The easy rolling feature enabled the analyzer bench to be rolled right over to the customer's car. I bet it looked good next to a Packard! That's a lot of details to reel off. As nice as it sounds, the analyzer is tired looking and totally unrestored. I don't want to sell it, but ask if anyone here knows the Weidenhoff name, or has seen any literature pertaining to this analyzer? Are there other 1926 era test stands around like this one? Thanks, Reid
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