As my Dad has one bad eye, he has had it on his drivers license (since the
'60's) that any car he drives requires a rearview mirror on both sides of the
car. Okay, that being said - I have always taken that as just plain good sense
to have them mounted on both sides and well within reach to adjust them if the
need arose.
Whether a purist or not, I've done things on my cars that make good sense for
the sake of safety. I now have a rearview mirrors on both sides of all my cars
mounted where I can reach them. I'd rather have somebody always saying "that's
not original," as opposed to anyone once having to say "so, you just didn't see
him huh?"
Perry Smith
'68 2000
Oliver <sumton@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Gary -
having a car with no rear view mirror is a safety hazard - i know this from
experience!
i like bullet mirrors.
as to where to put them - decide how important it is to be able to adjust
them. do you want them within reach? think about it!!!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Tew"
To:
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: mirrors
> Looking over some of the responses for my paint question brought up a
> few other questions. Did any roadsters come from the factory with
> fender mirrors on both sides? Mine had the skinny neck style but did
> any come with the bullet style ones? Also, since there will be a new
> dash in this car, I'm trying to decide if I want to use the rear view
> mirror or not. It's been 10 yrs since I've driven a roadster and I
> don't remember if it was that useable with either a plastic rear window
> or a folded top restricting the view. I'm most interested in having
> the safest view behind me so I can see under any SUV that will be
> bearing down on me. Sorry, if this talk offends any of the purists out
> there! I understand and appreciate your viewpoint but this is going to
> be a very non-original version of the car. Thanks for your opinions.
>
> Gary Tew
> early 67 1600
> Peoria, AZ
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