Wiper blade direction / orientation

[ACademic]

As they say, it's all in the details.

I've seen several photos and would like to know if anyone has knowledge on how the wiper blades came on the early cars? Since the original AC cars were right hand drive I see many wiper orientations favoring that side. When Carroll started importing cars for delivery, did those cars maintain that orientation despite being converted to left hand drive? And/or when did all the cars start sporting left hand drive wiper orientation? Last question: Were street cars different from the S/C versions, or was it a CSX2xxx vs. CSX3xxx changeover?

I searched several historical posts but could not find an answer on this topic.

Steve

[computerworks]

Blades park to the passenger side

[ACademic]

That's what I thought and thank you for confirming same.

Who is a good source for the "right-oriented" wiper arms? Seems like most vendors just sell what is usually on replicas (i.e. parked on the driver side).

[computerworks]

It's the motor and the park mechanism, not the arms that determine where they land

[Luce]

Actually, the arms are different as well. I'm a little nutty and not looking for original, so I have mine parking pointing at each other and moving in the opposite directions

[ACademic]

Originally Posted by Luce

Actually, the arms are different as well.

To my point, Luce. Thank you. They are different, as you can't simply flip them 180 degrees and have them resting at the base of the windscreen (if one was so inclined). Would it work? Probably (with the right motor/park mechanism). Would it look weird otherwise? Definitely.

[mickmate]

The arms are available in right and left hand bends. Holden | Hardware | Washers & Wipers | Wiper Arms for Splined Shafts products
The motor and cable drive effectively does the same thing it's a matter of where the park position is installed.

[ACademic]

Great source, Mickmate! Thank you very much.

Now when these suppliers state "cranked left" or "cranked right", how do I properly interpret that with what computerworks previously stated ("blades park to the passenger side")? Is the cranked left/right as viewed from the interior or as viewed from the front of the car? It would suck to order a pair from the UK, only to receive the wrong ones.

[mickmate]

Ron always speaks US, he's talking passenger side which requires cranked left arms.

[computerworks]

I have been accused of being 'cranked left' before.

[ACademic]

So "blades parked passenger side = cranked left." Said another way, cranked meaning as viewed from the front of the car.

Thank you.

[LMH]

It's as the driver views it. Wipers park right and as the driver views the wiper.
Larry

[ACademic]

Originally Posted by LMH

It's as the driver views it. Wipers park right and as the driver views the wiper.
Larry

Larry, your statement is correct. But I would recommend that you go to the link that mickmate posted and study the photographs of the wiper arms that particular supplier sells. "Cranked Left" to them would be the correct wiper arm if you wanted them to "park right", as you say. I'm not making this stuff up!

Cranked left will rest the wiper arms favoring the right side of the car, as viewed from the seats. Most Cobra replicas built for the U.S. market have the wiper arms resting on the driver's side (cranked right).

Boy did I open up a can of worms.

[LMH]

Yeah, you're correct and I should have worded it better. In general automotive terms, right and left are described in terms of how the driver sees it.
Me stil lerning to tipe!
Larry

[Gaz64]

Originally Posted by LMH

It's as the driver views it. Wipers park right and as the driver views the wiper.
Larry

Good to see some know the correct way to identify anything left and right on an automobile.