John Bean Visualiner Alignment Cabinets

This photo of a unique styled Visualiner is from 1954 inside a GM dealership in New Zealand. A brand new Holden sits on the rack. This cabinet was most likely fabricated by another compnay than John Bean for this country. I love the styling of the top Visualiner sign.

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The company states that these beautiful Visualiner cabinets were released to market in 1947, however we found this ad below from their role out in August, 1946.

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Fun fact: There were two different color emblems for the John Bean alignment units over the years. We do not yet have a concrete answer on what years possessed which versions, but know that the red one was produced first.

Above is yet another strange styled cabinet. This one built in the Netherlands…

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and here is a Visualiner in use in Paris