[Tigers] Fwd: Short Windshield Wipers from 50s/60s (Jay Laifman)
Susan and Larry Wright
wrightsinseabrook at icloud.com
Mon Dec 30 13:23:53 MST 2019
Jay:
Sorry, I cannot get any attachments from the list, they are always “scrubbed”. But, just for fun, I did a search for “snowmobile wipers” and the results show some very short ones both arms and blades. No idea why I did that, no snowmobiles around here. Good luck!
Lawrence Wright
wrightsinseabrook at icloud.com
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> Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 11:51:59 -0800
> From: Jay Laifman <jay.laifman at gmail.com>
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> Hi guys,
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> If you are offended by reading an email about non-Tiger, please stop here
> and delete. I am just reaching out to the broader English car world to
> help us find a missing part.
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> We purchased a 1962 Elva Mk6 sportsracer, and we're in the process of
> restoring it. There were only 28 of these made. When new, the ones set up
> for FIA racing had a windshield wiper. None of the current cars still have
> the wiper. Our car was set up for FIA racing and in fact did FIA racing.
> So we want to get that wiper again. It is super short - not just the blade
> but the arm too.
>
> Attached is a picture of our car in period. It's about the best picture of
> any of the cars showing the wiper. Anyone have any thoughts? I've looked
> at every MG, Triumph, Morris, Jaguar, etc., that I can find. And gone to
> all the suppliers and looked at their catalogs. Nothing jumps out as small
> enough. It is possible that they got one of the stock ones, and just cut
> it down. Someone just said that ironically one of the smallest arms he'd
> seen was on a big Healey. Note too that ours was not the only one that was
> all black.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts. And apologies to anyone offended.
>
> Jay
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