Thread: Wipers for a '30 Model A?

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Pacific Raingear makes this one.

Nice and small.

It ends up, upside down from the upper mounting position so you have to open it up and reverse the gears . . . otherwise it parks the blade in the wrong place.

Easily done and shown in the instructions.


On my 32 - and your A should be similar:

Drill the left side finger pull hole out to 3/8" - if I remember right, measure first.
Do the drilling in a drill press.
Block and clamp the windshield frame horizontally and protect the finish from scratches.
A piece of plywood on the drill press table does the trick.

You'll probably find you have to cut a notch in the windshield glass.
Scary, but not a problem.
Use a new 5% Cobalt twist drill and feel slowly.
The drill will cut a notch in the installed glass with no problems.
Just don't get carried away with the pressure and don't go so light the drill rubs on the glass and goes dull.
No cutting fluids required.
Use a medium speed on the drill press.


Cut the supplied aluminum bezel to length.
You may want to file an arc in the bezel due to the A's windshield frame is round tubing instead of rectangular tubing like in the 32's.

Shorten the top of the blade so it clears a chopped windshield.

Install and wire.

Works well, but the swept area is so small that Rain-X is what really does the job for me.

Makes the Gendarmes happy and sometimes that's all you need....