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35 coupe · 10-02-2012, 02:05 PM

Has anyone had any luck changing the wiper arm to a new style to accept new refills instead of buying 10 inch thru a catalog. THANKS

Mountaindoc · 10-02-2012, 03:00 PM

I tried very hard to do the exact same thing. Looked everywhere. I even bought a universal short/adjustable wiper arm and one of those little adaptor kits that failed miserably. I finally just said to heck with it and ordered one of the ridiculously expensive ones from one of the catalog places. I would be very interested to see if you find a cheaper/modern alternative. Off the top of my head, the only guys that I know who have been successful with this are the ones who changed out the entire wiper mechanism with a modern electric-style one. I hope somebody comes along and proves me wrong here. In the meantime, good luck. Let us know what you find.

35 coupe · 10-02-2012, 03:37 PM

I changed to a 2 speed electric motor, but it takes the same 10 " blade. You can buy 10", 11" blade at auto parts but you need different arms.

Fibber Mcgee · 10-02-2012, 04:18 PM

Someone came up with an interesting idea on my 41 ,they cut the wiper arm towards the end and welded a newer style end on it. I'm not saying I'm happy with it because it ruined the original arms but I can use any of the new wipers now and the do work great.

41LjH · 10-02-2012, 07:19 PM

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I took my old blade to the local Advance auto parts. They had a classic wiper selection. We matched my blade no problem.

10-02-2012, 02:05 PM	#1
35 coupe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 373	1950 f1 wiper arm Has anyone had any luck changing the wiper arm to a new style to accept new refills instead of buying 10 inch thru a catalog. THANKS

10-02-2012, 03:00 PM	#2
Mountaindoc Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: East KY Posts: 42	Re: 1950 f1 wiper arm I tried very hard to do the exact same thing. Looked everywhere. I even bought a universal short/adjustable wiper arm and one of those little adaptor kits that failed miserably. I finally just said to heck with it and ordered one of the ridiculously expensive ones from one of the catalog places. I would be very interested to see if you find a cheaper/modern alternative. Off the top of my head, the only guys that I know who have been successful with this are the ones who changed out the entire wiper mechanism with a modern electric-style one. I hope somebody comes along and proves me wrong here. In the meantime, good luck. Let us know what you find.

10-02-2012, 03:37 PM	#3
35 coupe Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 373	Re: 1950 f1 wiper arm I changed to a 2 speed electric motor, but it takes the same 10 " blade. You can buy 10", 11" blade at auto parts but you need different arms.

10-02-2012, 04:18 PM	#4
Fibber Mcgee Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Callahan Fla Posts: 1,149	Re: 1950 f1 wiper arm Someone came up with an interesting idea on my 41 ,they cut the wiper arm towards the end and welded a newer style end on it. I'm not saying I'm happy with it because it ruined the original arms but I can use any of the new wipers now and the do work great. __________________ Wanted, a car with a " Dynaflex Superflowing Unijet Turbovasculator which is Syncromeshed to the Multicoil Hydrotensioned Dual vacuum Dynomometer. "

10-02-2012, 07:19 PM	#5
41LjH Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: NW North Carolina Posts: 461	Re: 1950 f1 wiper arm Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I took my old blade to the local Advance auto parts. They had a classic wiper selection. We matched my blade no problem. __________________ 3 pedals, 3 gears, no valve-covers.. *Now THAT* is a hot rod** !! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmwwB34vxJE