Windshield Wiper assembly 68 GTX

[Woodydog]

I am working on my full restoration 1968 convertible GTX. I live in California so really no rain and I will not be driving in the rain.
I do not like the stock windshield wiper full assembly setup - the motor assembly is just too big in the engine compartment and the mechanism to connect the 2 wipers is also cumbersome.

I would like to set up just one wiper, to be legal, with a single speed I was thinking of trying to mount a "Mighty Wiper" motor directly through the drivers side wiper hole ?
Has anyone done this or something else like this to get rid of the stock wiper setup ?

another option, I may just install everything except the windshield washer motor - and bolt an aluminum plate over the hole in the firewall.

Thanks

 

[eldubb440]

 

[Woodydog]

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to eldubb440 ...
But with this option you will have to sit on my hood and to clean the windshield if it ever rains.... you might put a dent in the hood.

 

[eldubb440]

to eldubb440 ...
But with this option you will have to sit on my hood and to clean the windshield if it ever rains.... you might put a dent in the hood.

you should be able to work it from the driver's seat.......it has bendy joints and stuff

 

[haywire 440]

I think sticking with the stock set up would be better especially since it’s a complete restoration. Though I have to say the wiper motor you pictured is something I never thought of or seen before. Something new I learned.

Good luck with your project, it would be interesting to follow your progress if you choose to install just a single wiper.

 

[Charles Cook]

you should be able to work it from the driver's seat.......it has bendy joints and stuff

What the hillbilly hell is a bendy joint ?

 

[eldubb440]

What the hillbilly hell is a bendy joint ?

it's one that you pull out of your pants pocket, and it's all bendied up!

 

[Charles Cook]

it's one that you pull out of your pants pocket, and it's all bendied up!

I see we all stay up to late at night. Lol

 

[eldubb440]

I see we all stay up to late at night. Lol

I have no use for clocks