ERF-NGC-European:
ParkRoyal2100:
Readers will have noted that I dared not mention wipers that were mounted at the top of the windscreen (and all the incessant problems that leads to) lest I be assaulted by fans of the Ergomatic.Don’t worry: there’s a thread about that as well
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ERF-NGC-European:
Glad to see my original thread has spawned further exploration!I do remember that, like the early F88s, Ford Prefects / Populars also had vacuum wipers IIRC.
On a slightly different tack: I liked it when for a couple of bob or so you could buy new wiper blades and fit them yourself in minutes if they were worn. Now you have to spend an arm and a leg on a pair of new wiper arms. Mind you, I don’t miss leaning out of the driver’s window with a squeezy bottle to squirt the windscreen before the days of wash-wipers!
Ro
As did my Dads Ford Consul,horrible things.
David
Floor-mounted dipswitches were common enough in cars in the 50’s - My father had a Morris Minor with that arrangement. As for floor-mounted washer pumps - look no further than the Mk3 Cortina. Higher trim levels got an electric washer pump but base models had a rubber “squeezy bulb” contained within a metal frame (and actually quite effective - certainly better than the dash-mounted plunger style pumps commonly fitted to 70s BL rubbish.
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Roymondo:
Floor-mounted dipswitches were common enough in cars in the 50’s - My father had a Morris Minor with that arrangement. As for floor-mounted washer pumps - look no further than the Mk3 Cortina. Higher trim levels got an electric washer pump but base models had a rubber “squeezy bulb” contained within a metal frame (and actually quite effective - certainly better than the dash-mounted plunger style pumps commonly fitted to 70s BL rubbish.
The Triumph 2000/2.5 MK1 had floor mounted dip switch and electric washers from 1964-69.
Ford D series had a floor mounted rubber bulb for the washer and a metal ring for the wiper as did early Mercedes 1617
I never had any problem with the floor-mounted dip-switch. All my early cars and vans had 'em, starting with my '54 Moggie (I always ran old bangers). It was tempting , if you were tired, to use the dip-switch as a clutch 
. I have to say, when the dip-switch did eventually migrate to the column stalk I found it more convenient.
ERF-NGC-European:
I never had any problem with the floor-mounted dip-switch. All my early cars and vans had 'em, starting with my '54 Moggie (I always ran old bangers). It was tempting , if you were tired, to use the dip-switch as a clutch
I liked floor mounted dip switches although like putting left mounted indicator and dip switch control on rhd vehicles it could obviously conflict with gearshifts.
I seem to remember the Triumph 2.5 mk2 being set up correctly for rhd in that regard with dip and indicators on the right side of the column and wipers and washers on the left.
ERF-NGC-European:
I never had any problem with the floor-mounted dip-switch. All my early cars and vans had 'em, starting with my '54 Moggie (I always ran old bangers). It was tempting , if you were tired, to use the dip-switch as a clutch
I’ve often pondered the idea of a thread on appalling ergonomics of lorries of the '50s onward 
and I think someone should start it.
After you, of course 