The bullet mirror that I have on my door has a bracket which can be
removed from the mirror body. There is small countersunk screw on the
mirror body. Remove the screw, and the bracket comes off. Then you
can mount the bracket to the door, and then mount the mirror body to
the bracket. But maybe the bullet mirror that you have is different
from mine. Check for the countersunk screw, maybe you didn't see it.
It is small and well hidden....
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
--- SamuelsMA@aol.com wrote:
> From: SamuelsMA@aol.com
> Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 21:43:50 EDT
> Subject: TR6 bullet mirrors
> To: 6pack@autox.team.net
>
> Listers:
>
> Please pardon a basic question from an owner new to TR6s.
>
> I bought my '70 TR6 PI (German model) a few weeks ago. The car is
> awesome!
> I am having so much more fun with it than I ever had with the Porsche
>
> convertible I sold prior to buying the TR6.
>
> The TR6 came with side-view mirrors which appear not to be original.
> They
> are spring loaded, with skinny vertical portions and squarish faces.
> The
> driver's side mirror has a beat-up silver backing and the passenger
> side
> mirror has rusted to the point where I can't adjust it, despite using
>
> penetrating oil, time, and a vise-grips.
>
> I bought a lovely pair of new, British-made, bullet mirrors on Ebay.
>
> However, the installation for these mirrors looks different from the
> mirrors
> currently mounted on the car. The current ones have screw heads that
> I can
> expose by twisting the vertical part of the mirror, which pulls it
> away from
> the mounted base. In other words, it looks like the base screws into
> the
> door. By contrast, the base of the bullet mirror seems to be
> permanently
> mounted to the mirror body, and it looks like it attaches with hex
> bolts
> which were supplied. It looks like the hex bolts need to be inserted
> upward
> through holes in the door to screw (upside down) into the mirror
> base.
>
> Does this make sense? If I remove the current mirrors and take off
> the door
> panels, will I be able to get to these holes from the inside despite
> the
> window glass and other door contents? I imagine that lots of you
> have
> swapped door mirrors in the past and have run into this before. And,
> if I
> have to take off the door panels, any special tips to help get the
> handles
> off and to prevent breaking the small clips? I do have a workshop
> manual to
> follow, but it doesn't cover mirror replacement.
>
> Thanks to everyone in advance.
>
> Michael Samuels
> SamuelsMA@aol.com
> Miami Beach, FL
> 1970 TR6 PI
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