Another Hidden Wiper Approach

[Conrad283]

Plenty of room ... Thanks for the post ... Nice placement.

[lbdz28]

I did something similar using a wiper off an Astro minivan.

[esenior]

I did something similar using a wiper off an Astro minivan.

Is the Astro van wiper cable actuated? Might be a much cheaper alternative to the SPW kit.

[Jim Nilsen]

That is a nice unit and is a little more compact in some of the dimensions than the DSE kit I used. It would leave a bit more room for a glove box than mine did.

It is a common sense place to put it if you get past the need for the glove box.

Good job and it gives another alternative for parts that can be gotten for a good savings it sounds like.

If you look you will find mine in a thread with some pics.

[esenior]

It is a common sense place to put it if you get past the need for the glove box.

Actually it doesn't impact the glove box at all as it is mounted much higher than the glove box. The Vintage Air plastic glove box fits perfect, although I built my own AC bracket to move the condenser back and to the right. I'm pretty sure that I could even squeeze in an original glove box, but not sure I'd have enough room to route the vents!

[Jim Nilsen]

Actually it doesn't impact the glove box at all as it is mounted much higher than the glove box. The Vintage Air plastic glove box fits perfect, although I built my own AC bracket to move the condenser back and to the right. I'm pretty sure that I could even squeeze in an original glove box, but not sure I'd have enough room to route the vents!

The way mine is placed and the size of the DSE motor setup I lost some space, I could have made the glovebox smaller since it is just cardboard but it would only hold gloves and a map if I was lucky

Theone setup that was shown is a ctually more campact and goes up a bit higher and will allow for everything, it actually seems like the way to go for most if they want a heater and glovebox.

The whole modification keeps getting more refined all the time and it won't be long before it becomes a kit somewhere.

[esenior]

One cool thing about the SPW kit is that the motor can be clock in a different direction than the transmission box. This allows for a wide number of mounting options.

The only negative (so far)....noisy!