`61 Giulietta Spider, `65 Giulia Ti 1750, `69 GT junior 1600, `73 Spider 2000, `74 GTV 2000, `98 156
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Our 1961 build Spider Normale has no windscreen washer system fitted but there are clips for the bag on the firewall within the engine bay. I am puzzled however that there is no reference to any switch or plunger button within the ****pit in the owners (genuine not a reprint) handbook nor do I see any holes on the dash to accomodate a means of using windscreen washers.
Is anyone able to tell me whether washers were an option in `61 and if not what means of activation was used and where in the ****pit the control was located.
Just completed 1600kms of trouble free running, largely with the top down, as part of a magnificent event - The Classic Alpine Tour here in New Zealand but it would have been great to have working windscreen washers to wipe the dead insects from the windscreen while still mobile rather than waiting for a fuel stop.
The trip also reiterated the value of fitting the original sized tyres - Pirelli Cinturatos 155 x 15`s which transformed the car previously fitted with 185 x 65 x 15 Michelin MX4`s fitted by the previous US owner.
Is anyone able to tell me whether washers were an option in `61 and if not what means of activation was used and where in the ****pit the control was located.
Just completed 1600kms of trouble free running, largely with the top down, as part of a magnificent event - The Classic Alpine Tour here in New Zealand but it would have been great to have working windscreen washers to wipe the dead insects from the windscreen while still mobile rather than waiting for a fuel stop.
The trip also reiterated the value of fitting the original sized tyres - Pirelli Cinturatos 155 x 15`s which transformed the car previously fitted with 185 x 65 x 15 Michelin MX4`s fitted by the previous US owner.