wiper bottle mounted on core support?
 

i'm chopping up a front clip for a secret project i'm working on and I noticed the wiper bottle is mounted to the core support? I've never seen this before is it common? certain year only thing? the donor I believe is a 69 last registered in 81 my folks bought it for $50 in the 80's to turn into a trailer I rebuilt and grenaded the original 307 in my stepside 18 years ago. the pics are below

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That's where it is on my '69. I think they were moved to the fender later in '69 or '70. You'll also notice there's no provision for a high note horn under the headlight.

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my stepside is a 69 as well and it's mounted on the fender so it must have been built later then, very interesting all the car shows I go to and what not I've never noticed that before

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Last one I'll start a new thread when I'm finished

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From the assembly manual.

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Here is another one showing on the core support.

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I have seen that page in my the assembly manual. I have never seen one mounted on the firewall, but that appears to be for the trucks over 1 ton. My truck was made mid-Dec., 1968, in Fremont. I am 100% sure mine has been on the core support since day 1. The fender location probably depends on date of manufacture, and the production location may also be a factor. I wonder what the date is on that page. Unfortunately, the manual generally does not show the page/revision dates even though I think the pages were always originally dated. Makes research difficult.

Below are pictures of the 2 different bottle bracket designs. The core support version is the one that locates the bottle farther from the mounting surface.

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My '68 Chevy also has the wiper bottle mounted on the DS of the core support. Mine was never moved either and was built in March of 1968.

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next time i'm out at the ranch i'll have to check the build date on the blue 69, thanks for the info still can't believe with all the gawking I do at these truck's ive never noticed one mounted there before. i'm going to rob it for my truck and use it for rad overflow

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Both of my 69's have it on the fender as well.

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I have a 69 C20 and the radiator over flow bottle is mounted on the driver side fender and the washer bottle next to it but on the core support.