Mine is nasty plastic and is flaking.

Anyone know if these were originally plastic and if they are still available ? If searched "the usual" sources, but can't find anything

 

The one in my 83 was definitely chrome plated yellow plastic. It was peeling rather badly and detracted from the otherwise very decent Grosvenor Brown paint.


It is held in place only by two pins into a mastic and the nozzle!! It flexes, but is fragile. I found the areas nearest the pins and lifted from under there. Lo and behold, my screen never had one pin !!

I scraped the worst of the peel off. I thought I had some chrome paint. Nope, aluminum only. I gave it a coat of that. Well, not exactly what I wanted. More like sand cast aluminum. But yards better than the flaking chrome to show a bilious yellow!!

Were I to do it again, a matte black to match the wiper arms and avoid any glare would be my choice.

I found a small screw. I used my Dremel ro make a hole in the plastic and set the screw in. I nipped off the head and it now has a pin that secures that side better than ever.

Some times I win, and sometimes the bear wins. This was mine.

Off to make lunch!!! Chicken, my style, coming up!!

Carl