Hello out there. I am now 60 years of age, have fixed up and sold at least 20 cars in the last 25 years when I've had time, but have never owned a Mustang. 8 miles away was a 1979 Pace Car Mustang. Not been driven since 1989. Not really rotted out, paint faded like crazy to where stripes barely noticeable. Interior complete but rough. Wiring a mess, but enough where the engine turned over. Vin checked out as it's real. 302 Automatic car. I knew what one was, but never researched a Pace Car.
Here's what's baffling me.
This is an original paint car, you tell by the doors to where the two toned black at the bottom was taped off and wrapped around inside the door edges, etc. etc. When removing the interior panels, in the hatch panel on the driver side, there is a washer bottle inside the rear quarter. The filler neck obviously attaches to a hole that's between the hatch weather-strip and rear quarter in the water drain channel. Well here's the ????,
My hatch does not have the wiper arm, nor the hole cut for one or wiring for one. Also on the dash there is no switch or knob to operate a rear wiper. I don't know jack about a Mustang so I wouldn't know what the switch or knob looks like on the dash.
It's a mystery with only 2 possibility. Hatch was at some time replaced OR on the assembly line they stuffed a washer bottle in the rear quarter and then said ooops this car doesn't have a rear wiper and then still sent it on it's way. I just wanted to tell my story as I'm gonna restore this car correctly so I might have to purchase a Marti report
Here's what's baffling me.
This is an original paint car, you tell by the doors to where the two toned black at the bottom was taped off and wrapped around inside the door edges, etc. etc. When removing the interior panels, in the hatch panel on the driver side, there is a washer bottle inside the rear quarter. The filler neck obviously attaches to a hole that's between the hatch weather-strip and rear quarter in the water drain channel. Well here's the ????,
My hatch does not have the wiper arm, nor the hole cut for one or wiring for one. Also on the dash there is no switch or knob to operate a rear wiper. I don't know jack about a Mustang so I wouldn't know what the switch or knob looks like on the dash.
It's a mystery with only 2 possibility. Hatch was at some time replaced OR on the assembly line they stuffed a washer bottle in the rear quarter and then said ooops this car doesn't have a rear wiper and then still sent it on it's way. I just wanted to tell my story as I'm gonna restore this car correctly so I might have to purchase a Marti report
