Author Topic: Rare Option for W108/109/111  (Read 6860 times)

JPMOSE

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Re: Rare Option for W108/109/111
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2012, 08:16:33 »
That is indeed rare. In 30 years in the trade I've never seen one.

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Re: Rare Option for W108/109/111
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2012, 20:56:18 »
BMW offered these but not in the USA.

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Re: Rare Option for W108/109/111
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2012, 05:16:44 »
That is one strange device. Clever, but I am not sure I would want that complication. I had never heard of that either. They said they made them for export to Sweden. I guess they had a law requiring headlight wipers. My wife had a Saab 900 turbo many years ago and it had the wipers. So maybe so.


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Re: Rare Option for W108/109/111
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2012, 10:32:55 »
I first saw this device in Iran on my grandfather's 6.9 in late 70s (it was a beautiful dark chocolate brown) I think they were an option available for 107s and 116s back then.

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Re: Rare Option for W108/109/111
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2012, 11:01:41 »
Weren't  these wipers available on the dual headlight BMWs of the 70s and 80s?

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Re: Rare Option for W108/109/111
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2012, 11:58:43 »
 A lot of cars had them in Ireland in the 70's & early '80s, Volvo, Saab, Merc 107 & 116, BMW, Rolls,Opel. Alot of other simply had a jetwash system, Ford, Audi etc......

Never saw them on a W108/9/11 though.