It's pretty much official around my house: I'm addicted to buying vintage gauges-stock and aftermarket-as long as they are cheap! You may have seen the dash clock I blogged about a few months ago. I didn't even know what it was from, but for $5, I'd find out after the purchase. Thanks to you, it was identified in no time.

My most recent purchase is this vacuum gauge (aka Motor Minder, Motor Monitor, Economy Gauge). When it arrived last week, my son reminded me that the Buick doesn't have enough dash space to fit all the gauges I have purchased. "That's okay," I replied, "because this one mounts on the column."

That is of course, if it goes into the car at all. I may just keep it as a display item. It needs some help, and I have others in better condition for the Buick already. However, I do like the fact that the blue on the gauge face almost matches the new exterior color for the car.

A classic auto parts addict admits to a problem...