Any Good Looking Wiper Motor Options W/out Spending Half a Grand?
 

Hello, I have a 69 Chevelle that I'm working on and I'm needing any options for a good looking wiper motor that's not $525+. The DSE units look amazing but I'm having a hard time justifying the cost for the motor that will rarely be used. That being said I want a clean looking engine bay and the giant old school units would look out of place in my engine bay. So if anybody knows any other companies or direct bolt in options that look as good as possible I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks

Newport Engineering as long as you do not have the hidden park.

https://newportwipers.com/product/19...k/#wiper-motor

I don't know if this work for you, but might be worth a shot - I was in the same situation as you with my 69 Camaro. Did a google search and found that Year One was selling the Detroit Speed wiper set up for $469. Not a huge discount but I went for it. I tried to see if this was available for your car and couldn't find it, but what's interesting is that I couldn't find it for the Camaro either. But if you put in the Year One part number DE69 it comes up.

Anyway, you might give them a call if that helps enough.

We sell raingear, but not sure they have chevelle. Nice stuff

Some chevelle guys are running fourth gen camaro motors , as for the switch ....either a new column with delay wipers or you have to figure it out yourself . I'll be running a camaro motor in my 70 ,just relocating it to under the fender to clean up the firewall

If you read thru old Stielow threads, somewhere he posts using I think a Cadillac wiper motor from a junkyard. I think it's the same motor Detroit Speed uses. These companies put together these setups with wiring, switches instructions etc to make it easy for you and they can also make money. You always have the option of doing what Stielow did and many others do by sourcing the bare parts yourself and putting in the work.

In the hot rod world where slick firewalls are the "norm" we hide this stuff under the dash -- so it doesn't have to be seen at all. It's pretty easy to do that.

I would suggest staying away from the 4th Gen camaro motor as they have a "park" position that sucks the wipers closer to the cowl. That leaves your wipers in an odd position on the windshield while they're in intermittent mode. I tried it on my '68 Camaro and scrapped the idea.

I'm using the 4th gen steering column who's stalk mounted wiper switch, interestingly enough, shares the intermittent resistor values with the '99 - '07 Silverado wiper motor. I picked the motor from a junk yard for $15. It looks very similar to the DSE unit and does not have the 4th gen's park feature. Wiring it is also a no brainer if using a more modern column.

If appearance is your thing: I'm also relocating the wiper motor to the extreme drivers side of the firewall, hidden under the fender. I'm not sure if it's something you could do an an A body, but something to consider.

Pat,

Like above said, get a motor from a Cadillac, and a wiper control switch from this guy.

http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/9...n-vintage-cars

Thank you all for all of the great advice!

Solid info but , I believe you are forgetting the chevelles have the wipers parked or at least was an option hence why I'm going to use that one. Great info about the switches

I don't remember them having a similar park feature, but it's quite possible. It would be good to know if that behavior was due to a specific option.

Cowl induction hood cars...aka SS's. The ole flat hood mailbu's didn't

Ryan, I had a Malibu that had the hidden wipers option. I've seen more flat hood cars have this option than SS cars. The cowl hood helps hide the wipers parked on the glass, instead of the stainless cowl plate.

I wonder if they were stock, I understood it as only SS'S could option hidden wipers and mailbu's couldn't option it . Then again I'm certain that I've been wrong once or twice before lol

I'm trying to find a better looking option for my car since I too have spent a lot of time cleaning up the underhood area. I do need the hidden park but I haven't seen anything I like other than the DSE with the hidden park and they have been out of those forever for my car. The late 70s F-bodys used hidden park as far as I know. Every TA I had used hidden park IIRC.

This the one of the last parts I have to buy to finish off my build. Any recommendations for a 78 TA?