cars with triple windscreen wipers

[John F]

Albert Ross, on 01 Mar 2015 - 01:03 AM, said:

I was going to mention Series Land Rover with the centre bar removed. Simmonites did conversions to Lightweights (as above in the 1970s and 80s upon Demob)

 

I had one of those Lightweights with the triple wiper conversion. It was ace.

[Louise2cv]

Even sadder being a grown adult and being on a forum discussing windscreen wipers........

 

I don't deny it.

[dieselnutjob]

My 604 has one wiper that wipes 90 degrees and one that wipes 180 degrees.

The idea was that the driver gets two wipes (from both) whereas the passenger only gets the 180 one.

The thing is that my one being an early one they didn't change it from LHD so it's the passenger who gets to see and not the driver.

[Albert Ross]

This is the best REAR wiper in the World.

[John F]

Special prize to the Umm for having the wipers sweeping from the top...

 

[DSdriver]

So... the hackers got away with my pics of a Mercedes 540K. I wonder how they will use them in the world of international terrorism and child porn?

Here they are again cos I have back up plan.

1936 Mercedes 540K Cabriolet by DSdriver, on Flickr

 

And a view of them as you are run over and dragged under the front wheels whilst still taking that all important three wiper set up pic from the other side of the car:

 

Mercedes Benz 540K Cabriolet by DSdriver, on Flickr

[RichardMoss]

^ Pantograph wipers as well? That's some sort of wiper porn...

Yep - pantographs. Each was operated by a separate switch and driven by electric motors but parked by a hydraulic system, which was sligjtly bizarre. This particular aircraft, XV108, was the first one I ever flew.

[skattrd]

I'm busy working Mon-Fri, but I may make a little video of some hot 3-wiper action next weekend.

[Tartan58]

Slightly off topic I know but I didn't think it was worth starting a second 'wipers' topic...

 

Didn't the Pug 405 have windscreen washers that were actually on the blades or was that all a dream? Seems like a brilliantly pointless solution to a problem that doesn't exist. That's got to be worth an extra wiper's worth of shite points.

 

and back on topic do these wipers on the Umm actually clear any useful part of the screen?

[skattrd]

The "council estate" (SVM Volvo 740) had some custom washers on the wiper blades last time I saw it, but I think some Citroens did that as well.

 

In answer to the Umm question -  the swept area of the first blade is your line of sight, so yes they do clear a useful part of the screen. Well, the first blade at least does

[dollywobbler]

The Peugeot washers are (like the Citroen BX) actually on the arm rather than the blade. Merc Sprinters use the same technique. Here's a fact for you. The TVR Chimaera uses the same arm-mounted washer arm as a Citroen BX.

 

The BX ones clog up a lot, but the Sprinter ones seem really good. They put the screenwash exactly where you want it.

[Junkman]

They work a treat on 405s. No clog uppage experienced on four of them, despite I use water from the rain barrel for my screenwash.

[brownnova]

The eagle gt on top gear last night had three windscreen wipers!

[oldcars]

The eagle gt on top gear last night had three windscreen wipers!

Thought of this thread when i was watching it.

[willswitchengage]

Can't find a great pic... but the Vector W8 had a 'unique' arrangament

 

 

DAF XF

 

[Timewaster]

They work a treat on 405s. No clog uppage experienced on four of them, despite I use water from the rain barrel for my screenwash.

Until the temperature dips below zero.

[Asimo]

Backup, or a very complex linkage?

 

[Timewaster]

^^^

I sooooo want to see those wipers in action.

Will it be a precisely timed 1,2 sweep or will they fight in the middle in a tangle of flying rubber and springs?

[Jon]

 

Here'e a tri-wiper Nissan Patrol from my spotting thread (see link below to ignore).

[Mr A Lawrence]

My 06 jaguar S type has the washer jets on the arms.

[DSdriver]

So did my Citroen CX on it's single huge wiper. On really cold mornings I had to disconnect the rubber tubing because the fluid used to freeze in the skinny tubes up the wiper arm. That was good because washer fluid coming out the supply tube was like hitting the windscreen with a burst water main. Huge windscreens were a new thing then and the rubbish heating/demisting system on the CX was probably cobbled together out of the DS parts bin.

[burraston2006]

Not a triple but 2 plus four on the headlights. Does that count?!

 

[mouseflakes]

[John F]

We've already had this on page 1, but here's another MG:

 

 

 

[holbeck]

There's a bit about the development of the Lucas 3 wiper setup as fitted to E-types & MG's in Roy Brocklehurst's book.

[Guest Hooli]

Want!

[warninglight]

Stolen from the facebook page we don't talk about...

 

This definitely counts. Nobody said it had to be one windscreen!

 

[UltraWomble]

Go on then, have a Mk2 Metro

[Tamworthbay]

is that the new Q7?

[Felly Magic]

How about this ugly bastard then? Complete with demonic reg number