Rotunda Test Equipment

The familiar Rotunda logo didn't merely grace the boxes of parts, accessories and car care products -- in the 1960's, when you took your Mustang to one of the fine technicians at your Friendly Neighborhood Ford Dealer for scheduled maintenance or repair, you would have seen a shop filled with only the finest Rotunda Automotive Test Equipment.

Rotunda Test Equipment came in two types -- portable lunchbox-sized models and larger floor/rack-mounted units.
This table lists some examples:
Rotunda Part NumberTest Set Use

Portable Sets

RE16-31Tach-Dwell Tester
RE20-22Alternator-Regulator Tester
Front
Back
RE27-44Tach-Dwell Tester
RE27-55Ignition Oscilloscope
RE29-05Automatic Transmission Tester
Front
Data Plate

Full-Size Shop Units

RE236Distributor Tester
RE881Ignition Oscilloscope
RE1416Distributor Tester

During the mid-1980's, after a near two-decade absence, Ford resurrected the "Rotunda" name for a new generation of test equipment. Though these newer models replace the classic logo with a more modern "Rotunda Ford" label modeled on the Autolite and Motorcraft designs, it's still somehow comforting to know Rotunda equipment is looking after modern Mustangs just as it did for our classics.


To read an August 1991 Mustang Illustrated article about the Rotunda and Autolite Test Equipment collection of Marti Auto Works' Kevin Marti, click here.

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