So my lil 210 never had a washer squirty system (I guess that's the technical term) since it was the step down from the deluxe model. So, my brain got to thinking, could I add one? I know EVERYTHING is possible with fabrication and time and $$ and what not. I'm just: A. trying to keep this low buck and B. make it look like it could've been done in the 50s. So, could I just get a modern day pump kit, easily had off the internet, and replace the plastic bottle with a mason jar and bracket? Maybe even finish it off with a pretty retro/vintage Trico or J. C. Whitney sticker to complete the look? The reason I was thinking electric pump is I know how well the vacuum ones worked and I'd like something I could buy replacement parts for. An original gl*** bottle and pump with bracket is stupid expensive, and I'm just afraid of the bottle breaking if I go with that instead of the jug. Any thoughts? Thanks, guys!
You can still find the ones with the plastic bags if you look around a bit. A lot of times they had dealer information on them but they also said AMCO as well as TRICO on them. After a while (several years) under the hood the bags got brittle but I have seen them NOS pretty cheap. That may be a way to go with one. it would definately look like someone up-graded their stock budget mobile.
Not cheap but I used the spray nozzle replacements ones for the early Corvettes as they are the "Trico" style the dealer offered in the day, look right and work well.
Just rob a Chevy van or late squarebody truck. Maybe the 88-up trucks have the same thing. But the others have a plastic tank with an electric pump in the bottom that's pretty reliable and self contained. The late squarebody should have squrters on the cowl. I've had some that the hose actually runs onto the wiper arm and sprays, but that would look like hell on your car. It could be hooked to a momentary ****on under the dash to run it (maybe via a relay, check the draw on it), no big deal.
I got a couple chrome surface mount nozzles from an old Ford van. Mounted them into the cowl of the '50 Burb, hoses run securely underdash, pump and res are on firewall. Just a small GM late model pump in an adele clamp. The reservoir is an old Cen-Pe-Co motor cleaner jar and bracket from the '40s or '50s
I'm not sure about the 54, but a stock 1950 Chevy is prepared for accessory washer at the factory as follows: it has small screws at the wiper bases that can be swapped for nozzles, and there are small pipes at the bases under the dash to connect hoses to. This probably applies to '49-'54, or at least to '52, but I'm not sure. Can someone confirm? Here the law says a windshield washer is madatory, but original accessory washers are pretty rare and expensive. So I just bought a small, cheap aftermarket washer kit and ***embled it behind dash, where the original speaker was (my radio didn't work). I connected the hoses that came with the kit to the original pipes at the wiper bases and drilled the small screws to use them as nozzles. It's precise work and I think I broke a drill bit or two, but they actually kind of work, and you can't tell anything by looking at it.
Thanks for the help, everyone! Sorry for replying so late to this! Apparently, Kaptain Kustom is correct! At least from what I've seen online. I haven't checked to see what actually works on my car, I'll probably pick up an old bottle, label and bracket at my next swap meet visit. They're usually fairly plentiful, and I can fill it full of blue stuff and mount it under the hood for shows until I pick up some nozzles and a new pump! Thanks, guys!
Places like NPD should have everything you need. I put a system in my truck with a repop Camaro plastic tank / bracket, some acorn shaped nozzles that bolt right on the cowl, and a $20 electric pump from the local parts store. I used a two position plus variable speed switch on my Newport wiper system that also included the push to pump feature for the washer pump. Gary
In those days windshield washers were an accessory that could be added by the dealer or local garage. Nothing wrong with adapting junkyard parts if you find something that looks half decent. Didn't know the old gl*** bottle systems are stupid expensive, I have a couple of them kicking around the garage. No reason you can't make a bracket for a pickle bottle and plumb it to an electric pump. Just take out the pickles first lol.
I have a Newport wiper motor on my car. Always thought about changing the knob to a kooler one. Where'd you get the one with the push to pump ****on??
^ I'm not sure where I got it (who knows where I put my receipt), but a search for "two-speed intermittent wiper switch with pump switch" will get you a ton of images / sources. I don't believe there is any thing complicated about them, but there could be some conflicts with wiper systems that have unique type motors or those that don't self park, etc.. Some have square cases, other round. Basically, it's two speed with a adjustable intermittent setting just like the new cars, plus the wash feature and self parking. Gary
So, it looks like a 2 speed switch like I have should work a pump, too! Guess I'll get a pump, nozzles and bottle and try it out! Thanks, guys!
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