Collateral Damage- My 70 Chevelle site build

[waynieZ]

I had the same idea as Don, it works great for F body. If you have room.

[Che70velle]

Jody, I’ve been following the build almost daily, and after seeing the wiper delima, I had to run out to the shop tonight and take some pics of mine. These are non-hidden wipers, and hide pretty good with a standard 2” cowl. If your going the flat hood route, it might be a little different, but honestly it isn’t like the wipers rest half-way up the glass. My parts car had the hidden wiper setup on it, and honestly I like the standard setup better. Just looks more 70’s to me I guess.

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by Che70velle

Jody, I’ve been following the build almost daily, and after seeing the wiper delima, I had to run out to the shop tonight and take some pics of mine. These are non-hidden wipers, and hide pretty good with a standard 2” cowl. If your going the flat hood route, it might be a little different, but honestly it isn’t like the wipers rest half-way up the glass. My parts car had the hidden wiper setup on it, and honestly I like the standard setup better. Just looks more 70’s to me I guess.

I agree, looks great Scott.

[WSSix]

I think you'll be fine just leaving the wipers off until they're actually needed if you go that route. I'm sure you can find some sort of cap to cover the drive studs if necessary to make it cleaner when the arms are removed.

[Blown353]

I agree the non-recessed wipers hide much better on a 70-72 with a cowl hood as the hood and fenderline is taller than a 68-69. On a 68-69, non-recessed wipers stick way up there above the hoodline.

I'm also for the idea of putting on whatever wiper motors you want, but wrapping up the arms and blades and keeping them in the trunk until you need them.

Depending on what your car has now though you may need new wiper arms and linkage, the arms and linkage are different between recessed park and non-recessed park. Recessed park wipers will have a smaller secondary link on the driver's side wiper arm, non-recessed park wipers are single arms on both the driver and passenger side wipers. The linkage inside the cowl is a bit different too.

[clill]

Been over a month since last update !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[camcojb]

Originally Posted by clill

Been over a month since last update !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And it's been over a month since I've received a part... The intercooler is finally done and shipped. Plan is to fit that and mock up the lines and then pull the body off for Jim to knock the dents out (no paint). In the meantime I'll strip the chassis and get it powdercoated, re-assemble everything for a final time, get the metal lines welded and coated, and wait for the body to come back.

The plan is to put the car together sealed and primed and tear down later for paint. I'm still missing some key items though; waited a year on a Centerforce DYAD and gave up. Fortunately McLeod is bailing me out with one of their RXT twin disc clutch setups. Still waiting for the fuel tank (6 months) after waiting several months from a different supplier. There are several other things that are still months out at best. This is NOT the time to try to build a car, getting parts is very tough.

[camcojb]

and it fits...

[waynieZ]

Originally Posted by camcojb

and it fits...

Pretty

[214Chevy]

Originally Posted by camcojb

and it fits...

Niiiiiccee!!