Yep, I concurr on the fender mirrors. They suck.
"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
John J. Peloquin, Assistant Research Entomologist
Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Chris Attias wrote:
> Fender mirrors are terrible! My car came with bullet mirrors on th
> fenders, and even if they had been in good shape, I would have removed
> them. Tiny field of view. Although I have an early car, I went for the
> late style door mirrors on both sides. Got the Idea from the '65 B Ron
> Gammons rally car, which is very "Works" looking, but has to be practical
> in terms of visibility. I put the mounting a little farther back than I
> should have, after studying a number of period photos. I was trying not to
> drill holes too close to the Cracks of Doom on both doors. Ideally they
> would be mounted so the window track / ventwing would not obscure the view,
> but they would be as far forward as possible.
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> I once considered the period dealer mirrors popular in the late Sixties.
> Tried the Tex repros out, and found that they were made for RHD cars! The
> driver's door (LH) mirror had a bend in the stalk to cheat it over, as if
> you needed to see it from the RH seat, which made proper adjustment a
> little wierd.
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> Chris Attias
> '64 MGB
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