Hi Buzzer, The ERF Chinese 6 DTU 247, 1937 Reg, Has the wiper blade fitted to the bottom of the windscreen, Thats very unusual , they were normally at the top, Thanks for posting these very interesting photos, Larry.
Mmm : I see no windscreen wiper mounting either above or below the windscreen. Nor do I see any windsreen wiper. There is a black shadow where one might have been…
I agree with Larry,I can clearly see a wiper blade laying horizontally at the bottom of the screen,looks as though the wiper spindle comes through a hole in the glass.
David
Same wiper set up on this one from 1938 (not my pic) click to enlarge the photo.
Well chaps, the replies have certainly surprised me! Thank you. The winding motor may well have been electrical with manual over-ride. Early '30s cars had a little T-piece knob you could turn to move the blades.
Buzzer:
Pete (windrush) would that wiper have been electric ? or maybe even hand operated when in need back then, Buzzer
No idea Buzzer, it may even be mounted on the screen frame and I guess that the screen would be hinged.
Pic was taken on Dukes Drive, Buxton, and after loading those bags they would probably then have a long drag either over the Cat and Fiddle to Macclesfield, the A53 Axe Edge to Leek or The Potteries or Long Hill to Whaley Bridge and Stockport and beyond! Little did they know that within a couple of years they would also have a War to fight, maybe one of them had fought in WW1 as well…they call it the ‘good old days’ do they not?
Buzzer:
Pete (windrush) would that wiper have been electric ? or maybe even hand operated when in need back then, Buzzer
No idea Buzzer, it may even be mounted on the screen frame and I guess that the screen would be hinged.
Pic was taken on Dukes Drive, Buxton, and after loading those bags they would probably then have a long drag either over the Cat and Fiddle to Macclesfield, the A53 Axe Edge to Leek or The Potteries or Long Hill to Whaley Bridge and Stockport and beyond! Little did they know that within a couple of years they would also have a War to fight, maybe one of them had fought in WW1 as well…they call it the ‘good old days’ do they not?
Pete.
. The good old days were the best days in when I got into driving wagons in the 50s, Im very old man now enjoying a few or several single Malts The good old days are gone, And sadley will never return, Good Night Larry.
man
IMHO ( and I’m unashamedly biased) this was one of the finest ERF’s ever produced It wasn’t exactly overpowered at the time it was produced 180LXB but it was honest and reliable throughout it’s time on the Bewick fleet in fact when it was taken off double shift operation it still had to be called upon to fill in when the two poxy 8LXB Sed/Atks were in the shop having that poxy Seddon axle rebuilt after only 70/80,000 miles on the same double shift pattern that “Judy” had operated trouble free ! The “A” Series fleet name was “Judy” called after my whippet who had ridden shotgun with me for many thousands of miles up and down to London but who I had to put to sleep at the age of 14 in October '75 so the next new unit onto the fleet was the ERF in January '76 and guess what it’s fleet name was ? Bewick
Bewick:
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IMHO ( and I’m unashamedly biased) this was one of the finest ERF’s ever produced It wasn’t exactly overpowered at the time it was produced 180LXB but it was honest and reliable throughout it’s time on the Bewick fleet in fact when it was taken off double shift operation it still had to be called upon to fill in when the two poxy 8LXB Sed/Atks were in the shop having that poxy Seddon axle rebuilt after only 70/80,000 miles on the same double shift pattern that “Judy” had operated trouble free ! The “A” Series fleet name was “Judy” called after my whippet who had ridden shotgun with me for many thousands of miles up and down to London but who I had to put to sleep at the age of 14 in October '75 so the next new unit onto the fleet was the ERF in January '76 and guess what it’s fleet name was ? Bewick
Bewick:
IMHO ( and I’m unashamedly biased) this was one of the finest ERF’s ever produced It wasn’t exactly overpowered at the time it was produced 180LXB but it was honest and reliable throughout it’s time on the Bewick fleet in fact when it was taken off double shift operation it still had to be called upon to fill in when the two poxy 8LXB Sed/Atks were in the shop having that poxy Seddon axle rebuilt after only 70/80,000 miles on the same double shift pattern that “Judy” had operated trouble free ! The “A” Series fleet name was “Judy” called after my whippet who had ridden shotgun with me for many thousands of miles up and down to London but who I had to put to sleep at the age of 14 in October '75 so the next new unit onto the fleet was the ERF in January '76 and guess what it’s fleet name was ? Bewick
smart unit that, Dennis !
Thanks for the kind compliment Toddy ! This is a shot of an earlier new ERF I bought which had the 220 ■■■■■■■ engine and while it was a nice smooth runner it just didn’t perform as well as the Borderers .
Les Sylphides:
Well chaps, the replies have certainly surprised me! Thank you. The winding motor may well have been electrical with manual over-ride. Early '30s cars had a little T-piece knob you could turn to move the blades.
Didn’t the early Landrovers have that kind of set up.
Les Sylphides:
Well chaps, the replies have certainly surprised me! Thank you. The winding motor may well have been electrical with manual over-ride. Early '30s cars had a little T-piece knob you could turn to move the blades.
Didn’t the early Landrovers have that kind of set up.
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Now that rings a bell! I drove a 1949 Landy once and I’m sure that had 'em
Les Sylphides:
Well chaps, the replies have certainly surprised me! Thank you. The winding motor may well have been electrical with manual over-ride. Early '30s cars had a little T-piece knob you could turn to move the blades.
Didn’t the early Landrovers have that kind of set up.
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Now that rings a bell! I drove a 1949 Landy once and I’m sure that had 'em
Land Rovers had them up to the early 60s, each side of the screen had a separate motor and if you pulled a little lever back you could operate it manually. You also had to lean over to switch the passenger wiper on as they operated independently. Made your wrists ache after 10 minutes in heavy snow.
: I see no windscreen wiper mounting either above or below the windscreen. Nor do I see any windsreen wiper. There is a black shadow where one might have been…
It wasn’t exactly overpowered at the time it was produced 180LXB but it was honest and reliable throughout it’s time on the Bewick fleet in fact when it was taken off double shift operation it still had to be called upon to fill in when the two poxy 8LXB Sed/Atks were in the shop having that poxy Seddon axle rebuilt after only 70/80,000 miles on the same double shift pattern that “Judy” had operated trouble free ! The “A” Series fleet name was “Judy” called after my whippet who had ridden shotgun with me for many thousands of miles up and down to London but who I had to put to sleep at the age of 14 in October '75 so the next new unit onto the fleet was the ERF in January '76 and guess what it’s fleet name was ? 
