This fuel hose, one of three, is completely hidden from sight behind a splash shield. And while “intense” may be a strong adjective to describe a nice year in the garage (a bad day in the garage, and so on and so forth…), I have found some of Ford’s engineering choices “very distressing.” My experiences with the Thunderbird, however, have been a little more frustrating, maybe a 5 or a 6. For example, my experience so far with General Motors products of the 1960s and ’70s that aren’t Corvairs has been on the green side of the scale, maybe a 2 or a 3. If we instead modify the pain scale to relate to antique car ownership, I can simply and directly relate my thoughts and emotions regarding the “ownability” of my fleet. If you’ve ever been to a doctor’s office, the pain scale will be familiar, although I’ll never understand how someone suffering from “discomforting pain” could be smiling. Therefore, I’ve certainly had a few late to the game questions for Ford’s engineers since I bought my ’63 T-Bird last year, questions that mostly start with “Why?”. Having maintained a growing fleet of mid-century Americana from Detroit’s Big Three longer than I’ve been driving, however, I am in a unique position to judge such sundry criteria as the ease of maintenance, parts availability, and general functionality of the cars that collectively form our automotive heritage and landscape. DSE told me they are engineering new version with different motor but dont know when it is availble.I am not a mechanical engineer, nor a professional mechanic. It seems at DSE kit with the wiper door motor is no longer availble due lack of motors. That being said, if the DSE kit was available when I was first thinking about this, I may have just used their kit instead.just not sure if delay control for my wipers is worth the extra ~$800 or so!! The DSE kit was used in the recent build of their C3 test car, as well as this '68 Corvette:īy comparison, my DIY conversion costs about ~ $200, mostly depending on the cost of the Miata headlight motor: The only downside to the DSE kit (other than the cost) is that I see no way to manually operate the wiper door in case of an emergency if there is an electrical or mechanical failure of the system. This kit is a much better deal than the first kit because for the same $1000 you also get a modern windshield wiper motor with delay control. The wiper door motor is hidden under the wiper door, with nothing showing in the engine compartment. The second kit is made by Detroit Speed and Engineering, and it is a VERY well engineered kit. Most of the Corvette parts supplies sell this kit, there is a video of it in operation on Zip's site: The ECPB kit also used to operate very slow, but they have since changed to a faster linear actuator, but it is still pretty slow. The first is made by a company called ECPB, and it is hideously huge and ugly!!! Since you’ve already got some good leads on the headlight conversions, I’ll add this about the wiper door conversions.Īs far as I know, there are 2 commercially available wiper door conversion kits available, and they both cost about $1000.
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