Vintage Diagnostics Machines Highlight Your Garage

Hunting and collecting vintage garage gear can be nearly as fun as driving cars of the same era, and nothing complements a fine old driving machine like a few well-chosen vintage accessories—particularly a classic diagnostics machine.

Engine analyzers, distributor testers, oscilloscopes, and other diagnostic equipment of the time were fine pieces of engineering and craftsmanship in their own right, built on heavy, all-steel chassis and with glass-fronted gauges, etched lettering, and great graphics and colors galore. If you’ve got a few spare square feet and don’t have any philosophical qualms with harboring a tool that will most likely never earn its keep, there’s no cooler way of highlighting your parked classic.

See the eBay listings for the machines pictures below (clockwise from top left): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.