new mirror mounts for old mirrors

Another angle

The top support post gets bonded separately and is not finished in this picture. I will have some finished shots with them painted and mounted next week.

The passenger side mount looks much larger and spaced out more but it's only to change the angle so the mirror can be adjusted. The mirror edges are both the same distance from the door glass.

Do you have a before and after picture of them mounted?

Original mounting position.

New mounting position. It changes the angle and moves the mirror out so the wing rib is not interfering with the mirror. I will get some better shots this week.

Great work as always Kirk. Your skills always impress me.

Never thought about this, but what a great mod.

I started to build a new mirror housing that would used the guts from the original mirror housing but they are no longer in production. It was going to have a bit of the hard line shape to follow the Pantera's look---maybe a bit like the Colt mirror look but not a copy---just the flavor.

The picture below was the new outer shape of the housing---the mirror would be smaller to fit with similar clearances to the original mirror set in the housing.

IF I built the new design, we could supply the new housing, extended mount plate and the new mirror shape with original mirror dissect instructions and a how to build the new mirror design tutorial if there was enough interest.

Kirk, I PM'd you. Interested in the extention.

Kirk,
Good to hear you are hard at work!
Tom

Kirk,
Still interested in the original design. Will you be making another set?

I have an up-date on the mirror extensions. Here is a shot of the right one in epoxy ready to paint.

There has been many approaches to installing the glass mounted mirrors including scratching up or sandblasting the window so the glue will stick. This approach is not needed.

If you have glass mounted mirrors that are giving you problems, use the following mounting method like my mirror extensions.

Now in the picture you can see a sliver lip on the top and part of the bottom. That is 24 gauge galvanized sheet metal with a slight bevel on the edge. The reason is the tin slides under the rubber locking each mirror on the front and bottom which holds quite well. You can see in the picture the top rib is now mounted and radiuses in the mounting surface matching the lower main rib.

Here is a shot of the tin just being pushed under the rubber to start the process.

A shot of it pushed in place.

A shot with the prepped mirror housing just stuck on the mount.

Here is a back side shot of the extension that shows the mounting tin attached to the extension. It is not riveted on but use rivets that are flush mounted as extra "glue grabbers" as I call them. It helps with the attaching material's sheer strength immensely. The back surface is filled to match the window curve and a piece of double sided tape gets installed with a long backing tail that will get pulled once the mirror is finished and properly positioned on the window. The tape holds the mirror from slipping back and out of the rubber and does add to the holding power.

Here is a shot of the drivers side mount installed with the mirror housing installed but un-sanded like the passenger pic.

As far as building more, I will make the mounts in pieces and can supply the assembly procedures but do not plan on offering them finished do to the required finish time. If you're interested, please shoot me a note direct at amerisport@gmail.com

Just finished the first set of mirror mounts.

Incase someone is interested, the base is mounted to the mirror body with springs. To disassemble the unit, you must remove the mirror it self from the swivel mount by popping the 4 clips so the glass plate will come out.

There are some mirror plate close-ups in this series of pictures. This shot shows the base springs mounted inside the mirror housing.

This set of mirror are electric so you have to fish a pull wire through the assembly to pull the wires.

With the wires pulled, you attach the mount surface plate to the mirror body.

Then attach the electric adjuster to the mount plate. There are 2 screws that hold it to the plate.

The shot shows the two sided tape installed on the end with the long flap to pull when the mirror is pushed into place under the glass rubber seal.

Wires plugged in.

Mirror in place and the tape tab is ready to be pulled.

Mirror body installed and ready to have lenses re-installed.

With the mirror in hand, you can see the 4 clips that lock onto the adjuster tabs identified by the loops with holes on the drive plate. You just snap the mirror on the tabs.

All finished---just need to give the mirror housing paint a fresh polish and a good cleaning.

New mount close-up in paint.

Last shot of the new mount from the front. I will get some better shots that show the angle of the mirrors on the door once the car is outside.

I am going to build up 2 more sets to see if the build time can be significantly reduced so a finished set could be made available at a price that is feasible. If you have a possible interest in a set, please let me know at amerisport@gmail.com