Old Washer Bottle

[so called]

Hi all,
My Dad passed away in August and so we are having to clear his house.
He worked int the motor industry for the most part after WW2 at RR, Jag and many others and had a lot of old car 'stuff' that I dont know the origin of.
Does anyone recognise this washer bottle.
Its obviously old but I didnt think wipers were 'that' old let alone washer sytems but this looks ancient.





Thanks,
Tony.

Edited by so called on Tuesday 26th October 17:38

[crankedup]

Nice bit of ephemera which dates IIRC from the 1960's and fitted to an number of marques. Think the washer law came into being 1968.

[so called]

nks Crankedup.
I want to try to get these sort of components to the right car clubs etc as I assume they are hard to come by.

[alftupper]

The washer bottle appears to be a Trico vacuum operated device from the 1950s , fitted to Jaguar XKs . The screw lids often become quite corroded . They are being remanufactured however , see www.holden.co.uk , type Trico in to the search box . I have been trading in classic car spares for 15 years so if you need any help identifying anything else you might have give me a shout , or if you wish to sell the stuff on as a job lot I would be happy to help .

[lowdrag]

alftupper said:

The washer bottle appears to be a Trico vacuum operated device from the 1950s , fitted to Jaguar XKs . The screw lids often become quite corroded . They are being remanufactured however , see www.holden.co.uk , type Trico in to the search box . I have been trading in classic car spares for 15 years so if you need any help identifying anything else you might have give me a shout , or if you wish to sell the stuff on as a job lot I would be happy to help .

+1 (but only on the recognition side, not the buying!)

[so called]

alftupper said:

The washer bottle appears to be a Trico vacuum operated device from the 1950s , fitted to Jaguar XKs . The screw lids often become quite corroded . They are being remanufactured however , see www.holden.co.uk , type Trico in to the search box . I have been trading in classic car spares for 15 years so if you need any help identifying anything else you might have give me a shout , or if you wish to sell the stuff on as a job lot I would be happy to help .

Thanks for the info and yes I will be in touch.
I'll get an idea of what there is.
My Dad was a Design Engineer at RR, Jag and various others.

Thanks Lowdrag, again happy for your opinion on anythink that is uncovered.

How about Woodworker Magazines ?!?! Before WW2 he was a Joiner. He collected the Woodworker from 1952 to 1998.

Thanks,
Tony.