anything special about these wiper blade holders?

[Armond]

I ask cause I dont see these that often.

[02for2]

There the same as on my '76.

Cheers!

[ought2]

Not sure if they're rare or not, but my car has those also.

[Scott Sislane]

those metal blade holders are very hard to find, especially in that condition. Not sure how easy it is to find rubber refills.

The arms are nice also, but no so hard to find.

[Mike Self]

they're silver (squarelights are black).

It's getting very difficult to get refills for the OEM wiper blades. All but the earliest cars (up until mid-69) use 15" blades; the early cars use 13".

Anyone have a source for refills?

mike

[bluedevils]

You can buy blades with black holders and soda blast them to bare metal and re-plate with bright zinc or chrome? Stainless steel arms are plenty but not the blade holders.

[Armond]

right on Mike..pulled them form a 73 roundie. How about the pop up aluminum wind deflectors? the springs seems to be in good shape and pop up with ease. who much do those go for these days?

[bourkeco]

autozone, kragen, most auto parts store.... there all over in CA.

[02for2]

I replaced mine with some Bosch off-the-shelf blades from one of the local parts stores, NAPA I think. Straight swap, no fitment issues at all.

Cheers!

[Mike Self]

days are black, not silver.

Our local auto parts places (O'Reillys, Auto Zone etc) don't seem to have just the refills, only blades.

mike

[Mike_R]

I like em!

[bluedevils]

You can trim the blade to fit, that is what I did.

[Emyers]

All the local auto parts places in Huntsville stopped stocking blade refills a couple of years ago. Used to be able to get Bosch refills just about anywhere, now I have to buy the whole blade assembly at refill time. I guess it was a money/profit thing.

Earl

74 02Lux

72 Volvo 1800ES

02 M Roadster

[Brandon]

You can find the silver wiper blades on ebay in the vintage parts section, most are new too...link below:

http://motors.shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=wiper+blades&_sacat=10073&_dmpt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&_odkw=&_osacat=10073&bkBtn=&_trksid=p4506.m270.l1313

[JohnS]

The NAPA metal wiper blades are still available in both 15" and 13".

The NAPA part numbers:

WIP 601537 for the 15" blades ($13.49 each)

WIP 601337 for the 13" blades ($13.49 each)

Not sure if this link to the 13" wipers will work. Search for Classic wiper blades on NAPA's online store. The picture of the blades on NAPA's website is misleading. They come like shown in my pics.

http://www.napaonline.com/Search/Detail.aspx?R=WIP601337_0157842734

I've attached a couple of pictures.

Cheers,

--John