Re: Anything for sale? Gremlin gotcha's...

[Jock J Jocewicz <namdra@xxxxxxxx>]

Tom and all,
  The 70 Hornet I bought new in November of 1969 also came with vacuum
wipers but I solved that problem by installing the electric wipers from
by wrecked 69 SC/Rambler with a little trickery.

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:54:31 -0800 Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> writes:
> On Nov 23, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Matt Haas wrote:
> >
> > Also, weren't electric wipers standard starting in 1970 or 1971? I 
>  
> > vaguely remember someone posting a long time ago that vacuum 
> wipers  
> > were available as a delete option (made the car cheaper) for a 
> year  
> > or two on some models after electrics were standard but I couldn't 
>  
> > imagine that it was a popular option.
> 
> I always imagine AMC as the last passenger car maker with a vacuum  
> 
> wiper option.
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> My 70 hornet SST came with them. It apparently had: 232, auto trans, 
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> radio, unknown seats, regular size tires. (I thought "SST" meant a  
> 
> bigger option package.) The 70 Hornet I had in the early 80's was  
> similarly equipped -- auto trans, vacuum wipers, bench seat, AM  
> radio, 232. (That 232 is now living in my 63 Classic!)
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