This is true. My wipers are different on my friends early mk3, and my
late mk3. And they park in opposite directions. I believe his wipers
only have one speed, whereas mine have two.
Andy L.
'70 Spit
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Andrew Mace wrote:
> Further to that, there seems to have been a change in philosophy
> at or sometime during the run of the Spitfire Mk3 models. Two factors were
> involved: one was (I think) some Federal standards involving how much of
> the glass was cleared by the wipers; and/or the fact that sometime during
> the Mk3 production, the wiper mechanisms were commonised with that of the
> Triumph 1300 sedan. This can be spotted by the greater distance between
> wheel boxes and, therefore, greater distance between wiper arms.
>
> Funny thing is, from what I can tell of the earlier cars, the wiper park
> position was the opposite (RHD car wipers parked to the right, etc.) from
> the later cars (LHD car wipers parked to the right).
>
> Fun and confusing!
>
> --Andy
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