I need to add a windshield washer to my '51 Ford truck . I drive it year around, the wipers work fine in rain but driving in those wet road/mist/mud/slop conditions sucks. Which hood squirters can I use that look decent? I seem to recall some chrome turret style ones, but not sure what/where they were from? The pump/wiring should be pretty easy... Thanks!
Maybe something like this? https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...=0&_odkw=indshield+washer+squirters&_osacat=0
English cars had good looking chrome ones. I used to scrounge them at the wreckers but since that was no longer an option, I ordered them online direct from England. Shipping isn't that bad for such a small item.
These would work...early T bird https://www.npdlink.com/product/nozzle-assy-windshield-washer/139615/220701 Still looking, thanks for all the suggestions!
I used a pair from an older Mercedes wreck, like '80's, early 90's, plus many other years I'm sure. Put 'em on my '54 Chevy pickup. I chose them as they had removable nozzles, as well as a swivel function to aim the stream exactly where you want...kind of like other "things".
57/58 Plymouths use a small chrome one that goes in the center of the hood. It squirts in both directions.
For a vintage vehicle, I prefer the nozzles that clip directly on the wiper arms so they are somewhat hidden and don't need holes to be placed in the hood or cowl. You have to run the little 1/8" black hose to the wiper instead of to the underside of the hood. Holes still may be required. But often the small hose can pass through a grommet or spacer with little or no hacking. Do a Google search for "wiper arm windshield nozzles" and you should find a variety of possibles. I'm not saying it's a 'better' way but it is 'another' way that might suit you better.
This.... Windshield Washer Nozzle Assembly for 1952-56 Ford Cars | Dennis Carpenter Ford Restorations (dennis-carpenter.com)
You'll find the ones you already have the day after you get new pieces! These are the ones Billy mentioned. Sometimes the factory style parts are better made than aftermarket.
Hello, Our mom was a “housewife.” As many have been described from the way back time machine. The job market outside of the homes were manly for men. So, the late 40s-early 50s were a single family earner, the dad, and a household/child caretaker, the mom. She had her own way to clean all of the shiny things in the kitchen and when it was time, all of the windows. We were too small to do any of the early cleaning help. But, we did help mix the ammonia into buckets for wiping down stuff all over the house. Then we got to help by doing the lower windows and then we got a snack for helping. Yes! One day, she had a bottle that our dad brought home from Los Angeles. It was a weird product and it wet directly on windows for wiping down and making them clean. It was a miracle product. By the time we started driving, that small glass bottle turned into larger glass bottles with a spray on the top. When we washed the cars, a chamois was used to clean the windows and whole car. If the old coupes/sedans came with a factory spray cleaner built in, that was sufficient. But some old cars did not have sprays for the windshield. It was also to difficult to build one or adapt one from another car. Jnaki There were times when after weather/misty salt spray and other stuff got on our windows during our surf explorations. The wipers worked, but we always carried one of our mom’s bottles of spray. As the spray got used up, then a mixture of her Windex spray bottom inch of the bottle and water combination was a way to make enough liquid to fill up our bottles for our long road trips. When access to our mom’s Windex supply was not there, Ammonia was substituted with lots of water for the mixture to spray on the windshield. We must have been the only ones carrying around a bottle wrapped in a small towel under the seat of the Flathead 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery. Note: The idea started back in the late 50s and into all of our daily drivers has still left an imprint on a couple of old folks. In the back of our station wagons, we still have a bottle of liquid spray and a pack of wiping towels in a Ziplock. When we were staying overnight at the harbors after a round of sailing days, our cars were getting dunked with salt water mist at night. So, the next day when we had to use the cars to run an errand for repairs or extended visits after a day’s sailing, the windows, definitely needed cleaning. We did not use the built in spray, but used the enclosed liquid spray without ammonia on our windows. When the window spray ran out or we forgot to re-supply, the moistened towels from the Glass Plus package did the job of cleaning the windshield and other windows. Today, both of our cars still have their own Ziplock sealed packages with cloths and window solution, even though it is easier to use the built in spray button for moisture on the windows. Unless of course, it is raining, misty and we are moving on a local highway with some odd spray covering our windshield… then the button tab spray lever is used to help out… Note 2: Sometimes, if the hot rod did not have built in sprayers, perhaps, it does not need one installed. But, that is the choice for driving styles and old cars... YRMV
Clip a set on wiper arm. All makes are available however i find 1984 FORD truck nozzle the best. Maximum coverage, i even swapped out the nozzles on a Freightliner i drive with the vintage ford nozzles…
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