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DougVieyra · 01-03-2015, 11:43 PM

What are drivers of 1928 & 1929 open cars using for windshield wipers? On my 1928 Phaeton, I use a mechanical hand wiper, a hold over from the 1926 - '27 Model T open cars. The MAFCA / MARC Restoration Guidelines says the Hand Wiper was used through October 1928. And ofcourse there is always a month or two of 'slop' over. The Owen-Dyneto electric wiper was used from December 1928 thru all of 1929.

However, I am not so much interested in the Restoration Guidelines. Nor am I interested in the continued use of my original Hand Wiper while driving in the rain. I would like to know what other "Drivers" of '28-'29 open cars are using, and more importantly, what other types of wipers are successfully being used in lieu of the "scarce as hens teeth", "expensive as hell", original factory Owen-Dyneto electric wiper.

Has anyone come up with an electric wiper that will work on a '28-'29 open car, like has recently been done for the Closed Cars ?

- Doug Vieyra, Eureka, Calif

01-03-2015, 11:43 PM	#1
DougVieyra Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Eureka, California Posts: 1,733	'28-'29 Open cars - Windshield Wipers ? What are drivers of 1928 & 1929 open cars using for windshield wipers? On my 1928 Phaeton, I use a mechanical hand wiper, a hold over from the 1926 - '27 Model T open cars. The MAFCA / MARC Restoration Guidelines says the Hand Wiper was used through October 1928. And ofcourse there is always a month or two of 'slop' over. The Owen-Dyneto electric wiper was used from December 1928 thru all of 1929. However, I am not so much interested in the Restoration Guidelines. Nor am I interested in the continued use of my original Hand Wiper while driving in the rain. I would like to know what other "Drivers" of '28-'29 open cars are using, and more importantly, what other types of wipers are successfully being used in lieu of the "scarce as hens teeth", "expensive as hell", original factory Owen-Dyneto electric wiper. Has anyone come up with an electric wiper that will work on a '28-'29 open car, like has recently been done for the Closed Cars ? - Doug Vieyra, Eureka, Calif