REAR TAILGATE INSIDE WIPERS??! 1968 DODGE MONACO

[406 VINTAGE FARMS]

HI, WONDERING WHAT THE CHROME ROUND PART ON THE TAILGATE OF OUR 1968 DODGE MONACO WAS. ENDED UP BEING A FILLER HOLE FOR THE WASHER TANK FOR AN INSIDE WIPER ARMS WITH WASHER FOR THE REAR WINDOW?!? CAN ANYBODY TELL ME HOW RARE THIS IS? DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ONE? IM 56 AND NEVER SEE ONE. MIKE

 

[69monaco]

Never seen/knew......must be a rare item!!!

 

[Big_John]

The 1970 Hamtramck Registry - 1968 Dodge Dealership Data Book - Station Wagon

 

[Dan Scully]

I have one from a 68 T&C with that option with the taillights, taking to the fall fling to sell. Nice no rust will work on 67 if you change the taillights to match.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Quite rare. Wonder if it fits a 66 tailgate... if so, Dan, I might be interested in the system. Do you have the dash control for it etc.?

 

[FURYGT]

My ‘71 Fury Custom Suburban has this option.

 

[Dan Scully]

Quite rare. Wonder if it fits a 66 tailgate... if so, Dan, I might be interested in the system. Do you have the dash control for it etc.?

Do not have the button and want to sell the gate as a complete unit. Thanks

 

[Rubatoguy]

I want to know how they drained the wash water without causing major rust in the tailgate!

 

[GregG48203]

HOW RARE

A friend of the family had this option on a 1968 Sport Suburban. I suspect it was rarely used, and the system seemed rather clumsy. I think the fill cap seized after years of Michigan winters.

 

[3175375]

My parents had a 73 Mercury Colony Park station wagon with a rear window washer. The window would retract and would get sprayed and rise when completed. Tank inside the tailgate.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

Do not have the button and want to sell the gate as a complete unit. Thanks

OK, thanks.

 

[Wonderwagon]

I have a 69 parts car tailgate with the washer

 

[3C's & a D?]

I recently saw this option on a '69 Chrysler. That's quite a neat feature! This picture was taken when it first arrived at the junkyard, the cap was easily removed, but I couldn't figure out what it led to. Not much longer, some jagoffs smashed the window, and I was able to see it led to a tank, but couldn't see a spray nozzle, and still couldn't figure out how it worked. Thanks to a couple of the above responses, I now understand. Check out the wicked cool homemade fan it came in with, luckily it was still intact, so apparently never killed anyone.

 

[crazyboutwagons]

My 68 Sport Suburban has that option unforunately the bottom of the tailgate was rusted out from it. I replaced the tailgate still have most of the parts including NOS replacement wiper blades if anyone is interested.

 

[Ross Wooldridge]

I might be - PM me please!

 

[patrick66]

Wow, this is a new-to-me knowledge item! Very cool, but I can see where it would add to the rust problem a tailgate already has. Cool!

 

[FURYGT]

Wow, this is a new-to-me knowledge item! Very cool, but I can see where it would add to the rust problem a tailgate already has. Cool!

There would only be a rust issue if the reservoir or the hoses broke and the drains in the bottom of the tailgate were clogged with debris.

 

[patrick66]

There would only be a rust issue if the reservoir or the hoses broke and the drains in the bottom of the tailgate were clogged with debris.

How many owners actually unclogged those drains over the years?

 

[FURYGT]

Probably not very many. If the tailgate window weatherstrip was worn, a lot of rain would get into the tailgate.

 

[GOLDMYN]

My car also had the option