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| | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | I am ready to install wipers now an need to know where the best place to make that buy.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 400 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 400 | Jim Carters,LMC,Bowtiebits,Obschevy dot-com.Any of these and then some should have what you're looking for.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Yeah I've seen them several places. What I needed was a recommendation by some that have bought and installed. How well or hard the installation went; would they make the purchase from a different vendor if they were to need another set.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 | I bought the Newport electric motor.I installed it in my 1951 Chevy 3100,it fit well and works great.I purchased mine from Jim Carters,I think all the vendors handle them.
1951 3100 Chevrolet1951 Chevrolet Suburban CarryallImage"A house is built with boards and beams. A home is built with love and dreams." "Look deep before you leap !!!" / "Everything is Everything" "If I say a mouse can pull a house, hitch him up"
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15 | As far as installation, I hope you have small hands. I was rewiring my entire truck and replacing the guages at the same time. Take everything out that you can. The radio and speaker grill definitely are in the way.It is a great upgrade though. I used the newport motor and it fit right in. The clips were a bugger though.
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| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 | Neverdun,will the factory gm radio in an AD fit with the Newport wiper motor in place ?
1951 3100 Chevrolet1951 Chevrolet Suburban CarryallImage"A house is built with boards and beams. A home is built with love and dreams." "Look deep before you leap !!!" / "Everything is Everything" "If I say a mouse can pull a house, hitch him up"
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 576 | havent installed it yet ,but i went with Newport as well,saw an article in Classic Trucks yrs. ago on the install.It looked so simple............dave
1949 Chevrolet 3100 "When this thing hits 88 miles an hour, you're going to see some serious sh%t." -Doc Brown
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 5,152 | I've got the Newport in mine. I installed it through the glove box opening with the box itself removed.
1955 1st GMC Suburban | 1954 GMC 250 trailer puller project | 1954 GMC 250 Hydra-Matic | 1954 Chevy 3100 . 1947 Chevy COE | and more...
It's true. I really don't do anything but browse the Internet looking for trouble... | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | I just bought a radio that fits in the original location. Both the speaker opening and the glovebox are open for work area. I don't have tiny hands but it do have a tiny brain.  | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
Tim,
People have posted that 47-53 A-D trucks have no problems with after-market electric wiper motors.
However, I think that there is no after-market electric wiper motor that will fit with an original 1954/55 A-D (Chevrolet) radio/speaker. The original GM accessory 2-speed 54/55 6v electric wiper motor works fine with the standard radio. GMC ND 54/55 trucks do not have the same problem with after-market electric wiper motors.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,557 | Thanks Tim,I knew that one of them had problems with the original radio fitting.I have an ad radio,but never installed it in my pickup.I figured if i asked the question,it would help big chevy 3600.
I recommend the Newport electric wiper motor.
Thanks,Tim
1951 3100 Chevrolet1951 Chevrolet Suburban CarryallImage"A house is built with boards and beams. A home is built with love and dreams." "Look deep before you leap !!!" / "Everything is Everything" "If I say a mouse can pull a house, hitch him up"
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Thanks Tim, my new radio isn't as big and take up as much space at the original and hopefully will fit ok.
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15 | I put an aftermarket radio in min that fits in the factory opening.
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| | | | | Joined: May 2002 Posts: 144 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2002 Posts: 144 | There is a company that I think is called Specialty Power Windows and it also makes power wiper kits. They are a cable operated system and the wiper motor is "remote" located.
If anyone has experience with these I would be interested to hear from you as I am considering them for my truck, a 1951 GMC
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