Hi Eric ,

I forget right now the website that lists a lot of the changes, gimme a while and I’ll send the link ,others may know.

The rear vents... I’ll almost bet the same time as the wiper location change . But don’t bet on it .

Ab

> On Feb 3, 2020, at 7:53 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
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> 
> Hi Alistair,
> 
>       Now I tend to pride myself on knowing little details like that and I never knew that was a change.
> 
> People are going to be wondering why I’m using my talking tape measure to measure the distance between wipers, but I’m going to find out what year that change happened! 
>  Now if I can just remember the year the rear window vents showed up I’ll have some little facts to show off with.
> 
> Eric Caron 
> 85 GL Auto 
> 
> 
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>> On Feb 3, 2020, at 9:48 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
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>> Hi Eric,
>> 
>> I think it was 88 model year, maybe 87, when the drivers side wiper was moved inboard a few inches.
>> 
>> I have no more information about my different length wiper arms, they both have same part number stamped on them. That’s 251955409.
>> 
>> The rear wiper arm on my van has same part number except for last three digits.. 707 instead of 409.
>> 
>> The front wiper arms can’t be swapped to the rear, well they can but they will look silly :-)
>> 
>> No idea why the fronts are different but share the same number. Only thing I can think of is they come as a pair. But that’s a very weak explanation.
>> 
>> Alistair 
>> 
>> On Feb 3, 2020, at 10:08 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
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>>> Interesting,
>>> 
>>> And I didn’t no placement changed, is there a model year that the placement changed so I can check it out?
>>> 
>>> And, did you solve the mystery of the different size wiper arms?
>>> 
>>> Eric Caron 
>>> 85 GL Auto 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 3, 2020, at 12:44 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
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>>>> I’ve updated the blog post showing comparison of wiper arms to the rear wiper arm. You’ll see the difference. Plus a pic of a South African van rear wiper... it’s the same as left hand drive.
>>>> 
>>>> https://shufti.blog/2020/02/02/vanagon-wiper-length-difference/
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Alistair 
>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 2, 2020, at 7:52 PM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> What I meant was…I’m not sure that right hand drive Vanagons with a rear wiper have a mirror imaged one. South African and Australian Vanagons (Kombis/Transporters) definitely had mirror imaged front wipers compared to the US. I would not be surprised if the SA/Australian rear wipers were mirrors of their fronts, I just haven’t been able to find any photos to demonstrate that. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 2, 2020, at 10:45 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Well, mine are. The front wiper does not sit on stud the same way as the rear wiper does. I’ll get pics and post tomorrow .
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 2, 2020, at 7:35 PM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Be aware that South African Vanagons have mirror imaged wiper arms on the front. I can’t speak to other right hand drive countries. Nor am I positive that the rear wiper is a mirrored image. 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Feb 2, 2020, at 8:53 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I’ll take more pics when the sun comes up again, showing the diff between the front wipers I have and the rear wiper arm.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> You’ll see :-)
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Alistair
>>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
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