Jeff,
I don't know of a source for the mirror, but if you can find glass this
thin, check out the antique restorers in the yellow pages for some one who
resilvers antique mirrors. They should be able to make a mirror out of any
glass you come up with.
Or what about mylar? not optical enough?
Robert Houston
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Church <jchurch@exis.net>
To: Sprite List <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, August 25, 1998 4:07 PM
Subject: Thin mirror material
>Hi all,
>I received a very nice NOS gift recently for my '59 Bugeye - a rear view
>mirror. The mirror came in it's original box and packing and is perfect in
>every way but one - the mirror is broken right down the middle. I removed
>it last night and noted that the mirror was thin - only 1/16" thick. No
>one, I repeat, no one in town carries the stuff at this thickness.
Everyone
>has 1/8" stock. I've tried glass shops, hardware stores, craft shops, et
>al, to no avail. I even looked to the incorrect later model sprite mirror
>currently on the car. Close, but no cigar. It is the right thickness, but
>the wrong overall size. Bummer.
>
>With such a perfect overall specimen on my hands, I obviously don't want to
>buy a new mirror assembly. Can anyone out there suggest a source for this
>material?
>
>TIA
>Jeff Church
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