<div dir="ltr"><div> <br></div><div><div style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">Slide 15 of 77: The first cars to feature windshield washers as standard were the 1935 Triumph Gloria and Vitesse. It was a vacuum-operated system rather than electric, and only closed versions of the car got such technology – presumably those who bought an open-topped car were expected to just stick their head over the top of the screen to see the way ahead.GROUNDBREAKER SCORE: 8 – very handy.</div><button class="gmail-leftarrow" tabindex="0" title="Previous Slide" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:0px;line-height:0;font-family:a;background:rgba(204,204,204,0.8);border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-radius:0px;height:7.2rem;width:3.2rem">Previous Slide</button><button class="gmail-rightarrow" tabindex="0" title="Next Slide" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:0px;line-height:0;font-family:a;background:rgba(204,204,204,0.8);border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-radius:0px;height:7.2rem;width:3.2rem">Next Slide</button><button class="gmail-rightarrow gmail-fade" id="gmail-nextgallery" title="Next Gallery" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:0px;line-height:0;font-family:a;background:rgba(204,204,204,0.8);border-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;border-radius:0px;height:7.2rem;width:0px"></button><div class="gmail-thumbnail-container" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;height:3.5rem;overflow:hidden;width:799px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">I expected to see disc brakes and the "targa" top.  Did n't know about this...<div class="gmail-titleicon" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"></div></div><div class="gmail-gallerydata gmail-update" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px 0px 6rem;min-height:2rem;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:"Segoe UI","Segoe WP",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;opacity:1"><div class="gmail-show" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;width:799px"><div class="gmail-slidemetadata-container" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:1rem 0px 0px;padding:0px;display:inline-block;width:719.094px"><div class="gmail-slide-metadata" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 3.5rem;padding:0px;float:left;width:704.703px"><span class="gmail-count" style="box-sizing:border-box;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:"Segoe UI Bold","Segoe WP Bold","Segoe WP","Segoe UI",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.3rem;line-height:1.384;text-transform:uppercase;display:inline;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap">15/77 SLIDES</span> <span class="gmail-attribution" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1.5rem;padding:0px;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:1.3rem;line-height:1.384">© Autocar</span></div></div><div class="gmail-body-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><div class="expand" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><h2 class="gmail-gallery-title-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-weight:normal;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight","Segoe WP Semilight","Segoe WP","Segoe UI",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:2.4rem;line-height:3.2rem">WINDSHIELD WASHERS: Triumph (1935)</h2><div class="gmail-caption" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight","Segoe WP Semilight","Segoe WP","Segoe UI",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:1.8rem;line-height:3.2rem"><div class="gmail-gallery-caption-text" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0.5rem;padding:0px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 2rem;padding:0px">The first cars to feature windshield washers as standard were the 1935 Triumph Gloria and Vitesse. It was a <strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">vacuum-operated system</strong> rather than electric, and only closed versions of the car got such technology – presumably those who bought an open-topped car were expected to just stick their head over the top of the screen to see the way ahead.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px">GROUNDBREAKER SCORE: 8 </strong>– very handy.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Bob Kramer</div></div></div></div>