ardee_selby wrote:D.J.Pelly wrote:...could be operated by via a small chromed lever & thus provided an interval wiper. Although I suspect that the lever was there for when the motor refused to work
Cheers
John
My first car (a '53 Ford Anglia) had those vacuum driven wipers. Wished I'd had a manual over-ride on many an occasion, particularly going uphill, waiting for the reservois to empty.
Cheers - rd
Aha! my Dad's next car; yes a Ford had those vacuum operated wipers, the faster you drove the slower they went; what an incredible step forward
But the engine did have an oil pump & shell bearings so no need to take a spare set of con-rods & pistons with us on Holidays as spares.
That's not a joke, a trip from Bristol to Sheffield or Bristol to Poole in the Standard Little 9 usually involved a piston & con-rod swap.
Luckily with the car up on a pile of bricks the pistons & rods came out from under the engine & past the crank with no problems.
Oh & the 1932 Standard had a genuine black crackle finished electric motor provided by "the prince of darkness"
Cheers
John