Romney's Rambler legacy

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7. Which was the norm on ALL cars till 1960, when electric wipers came into use on cars.

Prior to about 1920, most windshield wipers were HAND operated.

1960 was the first year for Electric Windshield Wipers, most cars had them by the mid 1960s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windscreen_wiper

When I was in the National Guard (1981-1990) The 2 1/2 and Five Ton Trucks we used all had wipers driven by air pressure from the Air Tanks (with a back up hand driven mechanism the driver could use if needed). The M151 Jeeps we were using had vacuum driven wipers. We did have one Humvee, I drove it once, can not remember if what wipers it had, but I suspect electric (I only drive it on a nice sunny day, so no need to use the wipers).

Just pointing out that AMC was NOT the only car that used Vacuum powered wipers in the 1960s, it may be the last hold out when it came to Automobiles but Vacuum drive wipers took a while to be replaced.