Oh- that is cool
The first car I had was a 1931 Ford Model A Coupe.
The windshield wipers were suspended from the top of the wind screen and vacuum powered. But, they would only do one sweep in the driver's direction and would not return for the next one. Rigged a string around and into the window so that the passenger could pull the blades for the back-cycle.
Fortunately, I lived in a semi-arid climate.

