Thread: Another Pontiac for the firebird

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ACTUALLY, it came stock with a rear wiper.

I was thinking a rear wiper unit might be compact enough to work for replacing the front vacuum mechanism. And, a matching unit for the rear.

Originally Posted by firebird77clone

ACTUALLY, it came stock with a rear wiper.

I was thinking a rear wiper unit might be compact enough to work for replacing the front vacuum mechanism. And, a matching unit for the rear.

I hadn't realized that the Poncho was one of the earliest models with a rear wiper but I'll stay with my assessment that with the slant of the back glass a wiper is of little or no value. Probably why the rear wipers didn't really see much success until about 30 years later. Your car, and if it trips your trigger to "restore" the rear wiper by all means go for it!

As for adapting a rear wiper to the front vacuum unit, I'd say you'll be money ahead to buy a unit from the guys who've done the engineering and made it work, but again it's your car so knock yourself out.