History Factory Tools

Saw these two pieces of Ford factory diagnostic equipment yesterday at the local 2nd hand store. Pretty cool, guy said they came from a collector down south of us. Looked thru the manuals, seems to be late 40’s, flathead specialty equipment. Anybody else seen stuff like this or have pictures?

 

Pretty cool but probably more of a decorative item than a functional test machine now. I think that least up into the early 70's Ford was a lot bigger about having their own branded test equipment in dealer shops than GM and maybe some others were.

 

The 8 sockets on the left of the first picture look like for testing old radio valves.

 

Tubes v valves, maybe same as bonnet v?( sorry, still don’t know what a bonnet is)

 

British to US dictionary
Bonnet = hood
Valve = radio tube
Wing = fender
Boot = trunk
Caravan = camper