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Re: the three wiper thing

To: Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>,
Subject: Re: the three wiper thing
From: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 13:11:20 -0700 (PDT)
--- Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven@planet.nl> wrote:

> This is curious for me.
> I own an ex-Caif '71 BGT.
> Why is this one equipped with 2 wipers?

BGT's only had 2 wipers, Hans... The triple wipers were needed due to
legislation that required a certain 'swept area' - a certain percentage of
the windscreen had to be cleared by the wipers. Because the GT windscreen
is taller, the two wipers apparently had enough coverage to do the job.


Dan 
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