To throw a little more light on the topic, here is my original technical article from the VW Motoring magazine, published in December 1996, together
with a specimen leaflet, I prepared as part of a desktop publishing & graphic design course I attended, during 1997~98
Happy reading.
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posted on February 24th, 2006 at 09:22 AM
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posted on February 25th, 2006 at 12:21 AM
1964~79 VW Kombi rear-window wiper & washer system
I posted three JPEG format, scans, but for some reason, they do NOT seem to have attached. I do NOT know why!?!
I cannot give a link, because I do not have an Internet website!
Any thoughts or suggestions?
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posted on February 25th, 2006 at 10:29 AM
there is a size limit on images on this forum, i think it is 50k. if resizing it defeats the purpose of showing it, you could upload it to http://www.thesamba.com/vw/ and post the link here.
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posted on March 2nd, 2006 at 12:48 AM
1968~79 VW Kombi rear-wiper pictures
All being well, this attempt at adding some pictures of my 1968~79 VW Kombi, cross-over-arm, pantograph, rear-window wiper pictures, might actually
succeed!
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posted on March 2nd, 2006 at 12:07 PM
Hi Nigel,
I'm really interested in the information you have posted re wiper systems as are many others, but obviously you are having problems with posting the
images.
If you email the images to me I will resize tham and post them here.
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posted on March 24th, 2006 at 12:31 AM
AN ALMOST-OPTIMAL, REAR-WINDOW WIPER & WASHER SYSTEM, FOR THE 1964~67 AND 1968~79 VW KOMBIS – FURTHER INFORMATION
by Nigel A. Skeet
Now that more than 100 of you good volks Down Under, have had the opportunity to view, covet and drool over, my inimitable, 1973 VW Type 2 Kombi
rear-window wiper system, I would be interested to learn by way of feedback, whether anyone has confirmed the identity of any vehicles, currently in
Australia and/or New Zealand, which can act as donors of these unusual cross-over-arm, pantograph rear-window wiper systems, for 1964~79 VW Type 2
owners like yourselves, in that part of the World!?!
If not, it's conceivable, that the more common, conventional, parallel-arm, pantograph, front windscreen-wiper systems (found on trucks, buses,
tractors, railway engines, helicopters, hovercraft, etc), could be converted, to the cross-over-arm configuration, by rotating the pantograph link
(the part which attaches to the wiper blade), through an arc about 180º and creating an offset (i.e. two doglegs, in opposite directions) in the
secondary wiper arm. However, it would probably be necessary to modify the wiper-motor crank length, to obtain the desired wiper-sweep angle, to which
the Chevette & Astra Mk. 1 systems were ideally matched, by an accident of fate!
Although it would be possible to freight second-hand parts from Great Britain or Europe, it would be much better, if suitable wiper systems could be
sourced locally. With such information, I could then submit an updated, fully-illustrated, technical article, having greater local interest, to Craig
Hughes, the editor of VW Magazine Australia, to stimulate wider interest, in this unusual and extremely useful, factory-fitted appearance upgrade,
which I think many owners in the rainier territories, would find beneficial.
I had anticipated that someday, I might have the opportunity to modify and install my surplus Vauxhall Chevette Estate, cross-over-arm, pantograph
rear-window wiper system into someone's 1964~79 VW Type 2, fully documenting the implementation, which would enable me to prepare a similar manual,
but Australia or New Zealand, is a bit far for that! I already know in general terms, what would need to be done and the measurements which would need
to be taken, but I have not yet had the opportunity, to fully investigate these, owing to the lack of a spare rear hatch. However, I could certainly
give considerable guidance!
I've no objection, to selling or bartering (I much prefer bartering, for things that I seek, of which there are a few, likely to be more common in
Australia!) my surplus Chevette rear-window wiper system, plus the Astra Mk. 1 based modification & installation manual, to a fellow VW Type 2 owner,
either in the United Kingdom or overseas, but I should like to have some feedback (including text, measurements and photographs, similar to those in
my existing draft manual) from the recipient, about how the final details of the modification & installation procedures, differed from those using the
Astra Mk. 1 based system, so that I could append appropriate, detailed alternative sections to the manual, to cover both Astra Mk. 1 and Chevette
based systems.
If there were the demand, I could probably obtain a few more Vauxhall Chevette Estate and/or Astra Mk. 1 Estate, cross-over-arm, pantograph
rear-window wiper systems, through the various local car dismantlers, but the supply is likely to be very sporadic, especially considering that the
last donor cars, were manufactured circa 1984/85 and had a production run of only a few years.
In an earlier posting, dated Wednesday, 22nd February 2006, I mentioned as follows, that estate car (i.e. wagon or station wagon) or van versions of
the following vehicles, might be possible donors of cross-over-arm, pantograph rear-window wiper systems, for the 1964~79 VW Type 2 Kombis:
« The Chevette, was General Motors' first World car, being manufactured and/or marketed in various countries, as the Buick Opel (USA), Chevrolet
Chevette (Brazil & USA), Daewoo Maepsy (South Korea), Holden Gemini (Australia), Isuzu Bellett Gemini & Gemini (Japan), Isuzu IMark (USA), Opel
Gemini (Malaysia), Opel Isuzu (USA), Opel Kadett C (Germany), Opel K180 (Argentina), Pontiac Acadian (Canada), Pontiac T1000 & 1000 (USA) and
Saehan Bird (South Korea), which would have been sold locally and to neighbouring countries in the region. »
« It is conceivable that similar rebadged versions of the front-wheel drive Astra Mk. 1, might also have been made in these and other overseas
territories. Some examples are thought to be: the Chevrolet Gemini (Chile), Chevrolet Spectrum (USA), Geo Spectrum (USA), Holden Gemini Mk. 2
(Australia), Isuzu Gemini Mk. 2 (Japan), Isuzu IMark Mk. 2 (USA) and Pontiac Sunburst (Canada). Hence, it is possible that suitable donor estate
cars or car-derived vans, equivalent to either the Vauxhall Astra Mk. 1 or Chevette Estates (aka Station Wagon, Caravan, Kombi, etc), might exist in
most regions of the World, where VW Type 2s are found. »
What I forgot to include in this overall summary list, were the British built, van versions of these, known as the Bedford Chevanne and Bedford
Astravan Mk. 1, plus the van & wagon versions of the German built Opel Kadett D, which I know were equipped as standard, with the cross-over-arm,
pantograph rear-window wiper system.
The following, are various Internet websites, pertaining to the Chevette and local derivatives, including the Holden & Isuzu Geminis:
