Re: '55 Patrician Durability Test
Posted by Steve203 On 2014/12/23 16:28:08
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HH56 wrote:
Wipers have a variable speed control so it is possible the driver didn't have them at max speed
I went back and took another look. The wipers didn't look quite so bad when the car came in for the tire change around the 4:20 mark.
Found a video of a 56 Chevy with vac wipers running. Looks about the same as the Packard, except looks like the Chevy didn't have an auxiliary vac pump as the wipers stop completely whenever the driver gets on the gas at all.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqkEmldvtss Video of 64 Rambler vac wipers at idle. I spent several years behind these wipers and their performance was pretty solid. Don't know if they had a vac pump. The salesman at the dealership said they had a "lock" on the system so they would never completely stop, which they never did.
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