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bad6772 03-30-2008 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Frizzle Fry (Post 2651438)
Haha it's all good. The truck is sold. I prefer the factory "sport" mirrors on 67-72 myself. For a solid color custom (like my 61 will be) I like the C6 vette and S2000 mirrors.


hey frizzle when i use to work as a body tech for a GM dealership the C5 mirrors were exactly the same as most GEO s.lol it use to crack us up.....im not shrue about the C6 s but ....if we went to our parts dept and asked for a mirror for a vette it was always twice as much as for the ones for the metro.....same mirror different cars.....just thought i would mention that....maybe the C6 and other Gm vehicles use the same mirror..........and are also half the cost.........:metal:

Palf70Step 03-30-2008 06:13 PM

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I am planning the small tri-mount mirrors, but I am liking the idea of the F150 mirrors the more I see of it. Unfortunately I can't stand small mirrors, I like to see things when I am driving, so I prefer the larger head mirrors.

BigSky71 03-30-2008 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Zumo (Post 2649750)
I would go with 67-68 Camaro mirrors.

I have to agree with Zumo on those early Camaro mirrors, especially for a 2wd truck. For the K10 though I think something bigger would look right [taller truck/more mirror].

brad_man_72 03-30-2008 07:31 PM

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picture of camaro mirrors on a black 68 c-10 in the 2008 classic truck calendar. but a larger mirror may look better on a 4x4.

Frizzle Fry 03-30-2008 09:37 PM

Re: Custom mirror ideas
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by slanty12 (Post 2652116)
im kinda liking the look of the f150 mirrors on the trucks but how did you mount them? just drill holes and screw them on? or was there any thing special that you had to do? my truck has one mirror on it and im gettin tired of not having both and im thinkin that the f150 mirrors will most likley be cheeper than factory mirrors

Cut off the "arm" that sticks out the back side of the mirror arms and made some backing plates to go on the inside of the doors.

slanty12 03-31-2008 02:30 AM

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alright thanks i might just do that and paint them to match the yellow on the truck

Andy4639 03-31-2008 03:25 AM

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I did away with my vent window and added these. Street scene mirrors.

http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/...8/DSC00576.JPG

Shane 03-31-2008 03:33 AM

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oh my ...

wibilly 03-31-2008 05:15 AM

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that must create quite a blind spot

cameeks 03-31-2008 08:56 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy4639 (Post 2652973)
I did away with my vent window and added these. Street scene mirrors.

http://216.77.188.54/coDataImages/p/...8/DSC00576.JPG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shane (Post 2652978)
oh my ...

Quote:

Originally Posted by wibilly (Post 2653128)
that must create quite a blind spot

:eek::agree:

Andy4639 03-31-2008 10:50 AM

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Not in the least. I never leaned forward to look out the vent window. After you drive it a couple of times it's fine. No worse than any other truck. I had quite smoking at the time when I did it also.:smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::smoke::lol::lol::lol::lol:

cameeks 03-31-2008 08:34 PM

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I went out to see how it would look from his seat and this is what I got.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...k/100_1943.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...k/100_1942.jpg

Brad 03-31-2008 08:47 PM

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Is that a '67 Camaro mirror? I had thought about using the '68 Camaro style mirror for my truck and I now see that it won't work if so....

cameeks 03-31-2008 08:51 PM

Re: Custom mirror ideas
 
It is a mirror from pepboys. The mirror is 4.5" dia. And the view sux. I want to go with a bigger mirror.

Frizzle Fry 03-31-2008 08:53 PM

Re: Custom mirror ideas
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by cameeks (Post 2654158)
I went out to see how it would look from his seat and this is what I got.

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...k/100_1943.jpg
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c1...k/100_1942.jpg

hmmm... No thanks.

ibad57 03-31-2008 08:59 PM

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Im looking for sport mirrows my self but not big and gouty to take your eyes off the body lines
Thought of replceing wing glass with tinted plexaglass then mounting thru plexaglass as shown in blue pic
I did see these while surfing and they looked nice with out major changes but not sure wher to find them

Frizzle Fry 03-31-2008 10:36 PM

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The mirrors on the 55-56 are ford escort.


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