Way before. We were overseas by 64. I woke up to JFK on the Shortwave.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn
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Curt Welch wrote:
When was this? Before the 1964 patent or after?

"Martin H. Eastburn" wrote:
My dad put intermittent and variable speed wipers on our 57 wagon.
It was named "Herbert". It had a toggle switch (mil spec) and
Potentiometer

He had to take that off and the vacuum tube Dwell toy for better millage.
And the radar dish on the front grill. speed detector on the radar gun.

Martin

Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
http://lufkinced.com/

Tom Gardner wrote:
I'm seeing previews for the movie about the invention of intermittent
wipers in '63. Think how things have changed in 45 years. Today, a
manager at a design firm would tell a group of engineers to design such
a system and have several designs on his desk by the end of the day.
True, they didn't have 555s in '63. So, is it that a unique idea is a
lot more important than the actual design?

If you remember some of my previous posts about nurturing ideas that
lead to designs, this has been an area of extreme interest to me. In
the movie, it looks like Ford screws the idea/design guy, which makes
me sick. Designers and model builders need more respect but idea guys
need to be revered! (coming from a guy that has had very, very few, if
any, original ideas)



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