US DOT regulations.
Requires the wipers to cover a specific percentage of the windscreen (I
don't remember the exact percentage). The twin wipers on the MGB and
Midget didn't cover enough.
SO, in their infinite wisdom, the boys at the works added another arm
and blade.
Incidentily, the triple blades were on roadsters. The GT with it's
larger windscreen and slightly longer wiper blades made the cut.
Rick Morrison
72 MGBGT
74 Midget
On Wed, 21 Jan 98 23:53:00 EST Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu>
writes:
>Hey all,
>One more weird basic question:
>
>Why three windshield wipers?? :-)
>--
>Sean Bartnik
>Fredericksburg, Virginia
>'81 Vanagon Westfalia
>'74 Karmann Ghia convertible
>http://www.type2.com/bartnik/myvan.htm
>
|