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Old July 10th 2010, 19:27
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Mirror mounting for late style bugs

Hi

I posted this info in answer to question on Volkdents project build, he thought that it was a good idea to repost it here.

On my old 1302 I cut the stock mirrors down to just a stalk drilled and taped the stalk and bolted modified Ford mirrors to the stalk. The great thing about doing it this way is that you can change mirror styles without drilling more holes.

I've sold the car, but I kept the mirror stalks. I've attached a photo of my old yellow 1302 with the mirrors, they were used on local Ford Falcons (same model Falcon that Mel Gibson drove in Mad Max/Road Warrior) down here in the 70s, they had section on them that I cut off and glassed over where they bolted to the door.

The orange mirror is random mirror I found on eBay to show how they look with Ford attaching section still attached.

The two black mirrors are the sort I'm going to be using on my new car, again from an old local Ford Falcon.

Steve
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