Automatic wipers

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Txturbo
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Re: Automatic wipers

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Chris Haynes wrote:Getting back to my original question. Is their a automatic wiper that can be used on a '29 without butchery?
Why yes there is.....most commonly referred to as a passenger and they are mounted on the running board. But seriously....if I planned to drive mine in the rain I think I would have to upgrade also.
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Re: Automatic wipers

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Txturbo wrote:
Chris Haynes wrote:Getting back to my original question. Is their a automatic wiper that can be used on a '29 without butchery?
Why yes there is.....most commonly referred to as a passenger and they are mounted on the running board. But seriously....if I planned to drive mine in the rain I think I would have to upgrade also.
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Txturbo
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Re: Automatic wipers

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spectria wrote:
Txturbo wrote:
Chris Haynes wrote:Getting back to my original question. Is their a automatic wiper that can be used on a '29 without butchery?
Why yes there is.....most commonly referred to as a passenger and they are mounted on the running board. But seriously....if I planned to drive mine in the rain I think I would have to upgrade also.
LOL, welcome to the AA Forum...
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Brian T
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Re: Automatic wipers

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Chris Haynes wrote:Getting back to my original question. Is their a automatic wiper that can be used on a '29 without butchery?
Here is something useful that may answer your question, I thought of fitting a vacuum wiper to my 29, they go along with all the other must do work that makes driving a double A fun,?.
Here are some pics taken of a 29 at the Motor Transport Museum in Campo Ca, some cutting and carving as to be done to remove the manual shaft bracket, in addition to running the Vacuum line, Marco on Fordbarn has the diagram for drilling the mounting holes in the window frame.
I decided to stay original and use Rain X should we venture out on a wet day.
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Nothing can be made fool proof, fools are ingenious bastards.
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