1940 Coolant checker

[Frantz]

So this is pretty cool. As you can see the bulb is broken and I believe it is missing a few parts but it's a gauge to check the strength of your coolant. It lists several types of coolant (I thought that was just a modern problem) and on the other side of the sheet it lists the makes and models of the day and where their coolant should register. Copyright 1940 by the E Edelmann company of Chicago. When I was cleaning out our home for renovation I came across it (family farm home for several generations so all sorts of stuff). Frankly I forgot about it and was looking for something tonight and found it again.



 

[Rusty_OToole]

That is a hydrometer, you can still buy them in parts stores I think. If you did you could swap the old float into a new glass tube and call it restored.

[Frantz]

Yeah, but the new ones don't give specifications for Hudsons and Packards!