your favourite windscreen wipers?

[Wolfie]

Most inspired poll idea ever?

candidate for thread of the year at the annual thread of the year awards?

 

[hammerntongues]

I owned a 1972 Alfa GTV Bertone 2000 , great car except when it rained , the wipers operated inwards , how to explain ? ,they were fixed to the outer edge of the windscreen and swept towards the middle , if it rained too heavily they would hit each other in the middle of the screen and jam together , Italian design beautiful but totally usless , it was still probably the best car I have ever owned

great thread BTW

 

[Poi E]

Beautiful car. Alfa have made some of the best looking. Make Ferrari look like weak pretenders IMO.

 

[nogoodboyo]

I love those cars very dearly and want one a lot.

I've never seen a "soupe" version though!

 

[Poi E]

I love those cars very dearly and want one a lot.

I've never seen a "soupe" version though!

It's the hot version.

 

[nogoodboyo]

Great minds Poi E. Clearly.

ETA - oof!

 

[ICB]

Beautiful car. Alfa have made some of the best looking. Make Ferrari look like weak pretenders IMO.

Agreed, gorgeous.

Are those the ones aka Junior?

 

[DaveCinzano]

i vote trad, because they make the nicest, most soothing squeak

candidate for thread of the year at the annual thread of the year awards?

i shall put a reminder on my phone to bump this thread at the end of december

 

[nogoodboyo]

The junior was a 1300/1600 version I think... much the same body, if not identical.

1750/2000 ones are choice imv. Lots of parts shared with the spider too, so you can get uprated ones with a few improvements to brakes etc.

Not cheap mind you - 5 to 10k.

 

[Poi E]

Now if Alfa could just get some ex-Nissan or Toyota guys to supervise the production line...

 

[Cotch]

Pah! Your car is not a real car if it needs windscreen wipers!

 

[hammerntongues]

I paid £ 2500 in the mid 80`s and looked after it like a baby , garaged everynight and didnt use it in the rain or Winter months for the 1st year , the noise it made was fantastic though it was never very quick ,second year I was less careful and used to drive it to the station everyday , it fell apart around me and I had to sell it for £ 500 .

 

[Poi E]

Rust? Or just not screwed together properly?

 

[hammerntongues]

Rust? Or just not screwed together properly?

Rust mainly , the headlights dropped out , the seals around the boot corroded and it started to leak into boot , wheel arches bubbled , it was a real mess .Very sad ,although an Alfa enthusiast bought it from me with the intention of restoring it , I guess in that era Alfas along with all Italian cars were renowned for rusting and were just not meant to go through an English Winter . It wouldnt stop me from getting another one though but it would be a Summer only car , Alfa then and still make cars which are exciting to drive , bollocks to driving in silence , what you want is to be able to hear the engine as you drive but not hear the sound of bits falling off

 

[Poi E]

Heard news that a new sugar-based compound is being tested as a substitute for salt. Fingers crossed...

 

[longdog]

My Mini's wiper blades fell off on a regular basis.

I think that was a problem common to all Austin / Morris / BL cars. The secret was to drill a small hole between the arm and the splined shaft (both of which were made out of stupidly soft metal) and screw a small self tapper in to the hole.

Worked on my 1300 anyway.