WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Huskerboy2 · 12-05-2005, 04:33 PM

Anybody got a nice set of correct stainless tripod mirrors for a 1 ton.

71chevytruckguy · 12-05-2005, 06:10 PM

i've i got a set from a 71 c-10 lwb. they're 7X11. look real good. ill take $25 plus shipping. pm me if ur interested.

*FormerMember* · 12-05-2005, 06:18 PM

How many sets do you want?
20 plus the ride for a good pair from a 68 Chevy K20, or a 71 Chevy C20.

Huskerboy2 · 12-05-2005, 06:35 PM

Thanks for the replies guys.

Grendel, is that mirror on the right missing the third arm?? Probably just the picture.

71chevytruckguy: P.M. sent.

*FormerMember* · 12-05-2005, 08:46 PM

It's pointing right at you... although I've been told in a PM that these are van mirrors? Strangely, they came off a 68 K20, used all the factory holes?

Huskerboy2 · 12-06-2005, 12:22 AM

Thanks for the pic Grendel. I've got a set. Those look correct to me. Anybody interested in Grendel's mirrors, they're up for grabs.

cheyenne10 · 12-06-2005, 12:47 AM

I brought up the van mirror comment. I beleive this style of mirror posted is off of newer vans or maybe even the 73+ trucks. I have seen a lot of these mirrors and trucks in NW and they had 3 types of the tripod mirrors. The small tripod ones, the medium tripod ones and the very large camper tripod ones. The small and medium have the 2 lower mounting arms closer together as well as a round tube piece that attaches at the top. The ones show have this small upper arm as a flat piece. The very large ones have longer lower arms with a flat horizontal piece between the 2 upper mounting holes.

Not great pics but should be all 3 I mentioned.

*FormerMember* · 12-06-2005, 08:41 AM

Both my sets are identical. They also match the bone stock C20 I had. As in right from the town of San Jose and they didn't change a thing.

da-burb · 12-06-2005, 08:52 AM

A 1 ton would typically have the large camper mirrors on it just like the rad and white cheyenne in the picture above. The mirrors with the 4 screws and the internal mount are not 67-72 no matter how many trucks they have been found on.

teeitup · 12-06-2005, 09:29 AM

DaBurb is right the ones with the 4 screws are not 67-72, they came out on 73-80's. I installed alot of them on new trucks in those years.

cheyenne10 · 12-06-2005, 11:07 AM

I like subjects like this, in addition to many other things I consider myself a mirror coniseurre (spelling??)!! Teeitup, so the mirrors on red/white cheyenne above are not stock to this year? (don't they use 2 screws one each on lower arms and 2 on the upper horizontal attachment bar?) I have seen a lot of these 3/4 ton trucks with the "camper mirrors" listed on glove box and these exact mirrors as on red/white truck on the doors. If these are not correct can anyone post a picture of the correct large camper mirrors? Not to detract from original post but a good original set for 1 ton in my opinion would be the large tripod mirrors that I contend are as shown on red/white truck.

teeitup · 12-06-2005, 01:39 PM

Bob, sorry I didn't explain myself better. The 4 screws I'm talking about are on the mirror head itself, like the ones Grendel has a pic of. Our years had a brace on mirror head with rivets and the arm attaches to the brace with a nut. Your pics are original mirrors. I think the camper style on your red and white one has 3 screws on the top bracket but not for sure. I got some mirrors out there I'll try to get some pics.

teeitup · 12-06-2005, 04:56 PM

Here is a pic of a original BIG mirror, I took it off a one ton. It attaches on top of door too. The other pic is one of the mirror head off our trucks.

da-burb · 12-06-2005, 05:33 PM

Teeitup's first mirror picture above is known as a WEST COAST MIRROR. then you have the JR West coast(no picture), "below eye-line" large tri-pod camper mirrors(red/white cheyenne), "below eye-line"medium tri-pod(blue C20 above), "below eye-line" small tri-pod (white painted mirrors pic #1 in Cheyenne10's post) and I might as well toss in the 70-72 sport mirror and the 67-70 side view mirror(what ever they are called). That should cover the list of factory mirrors from largest to smallest.

teeitup · 12-09-2005, 10:46 AM

Thanks Kevin for the info.

I wasn't sure what they call the big west coast mirrors.

dwaite72lnghrn · 12-10-2005, 05:57 PM

The mirrors on the red and white are like mine, Option code DF2. The option code DF1 was the smaller ones like on the blue truck. These were codes for at least the '72 model year.
I am looking for a set of the large DF2 for my truck now locally. I tried the grote setup but the arms are light SS and the mirror bounces to bad when going down the road the factory arms are very heavy SS and the mirrors don't bounce at all. The heads and bottom arms are SS but the elbow is chrome plated steel, They also had plated steel acorn nuts on them.

12-05-2005, 06:10 PM	#2
71chevytruckguy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kernersville, NC Posts: 599	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors i've i got a set from a 71 c-10 lwb. they're 7X11. look real good. ill take $25 plus shipping. pm me if ur interested. __________________ its a work in progess. 71 c-10 lwb, in the middle of frame off restoration. 69 c-10 swb, drag truck, 406 sbc, balanced, comp 292 cam, ported, polished, gasket matched, and bowl blended pro comp 210cc heads, 2.02/1.60 ferrea valves,1.6 roller rockers, re curved hei with msd 6al box, 2-step rev limter, accel 300+ wires, ported victor jr intake, holley 750 double pumper carb, dynomax 1 5/8 headers, 4 spd munci m-20 with super case and iron midplate, mr. gasket vertigate shifter, 5.38 pro gears with full spool, 33 spline moser axles and c-clip elimators, line-loc, 5 gal fuel cell, holley blue pump. 7.807 @ 88.37mph 1.60 60FT 80 g-20 van, tow rig, cammed 305, th350, 10 bolt 88 jeep wrangler, dd, 258, ax-15 swap, 4.5" lift, 33x12.50's, lockers, 3.55's

12-05-2005, 06:18 PM	#3
FormerMember Account Suspended Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,051	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors How many sets do you want? 20 plus the ride for a good pair from a 68 Chevy K20, or a 71 Chevy C20.

12-05-2005, 06:35 PM	#4
Huskerboy2 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Austin, Texas, USA Posts: 1,628	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors Thanks for the replies guys. Grendel, is that mirror on the right missing the third arm?? Probably just the picture. 71chevytruckguy: P.M. sent. __________________ '72 Chevy Blazer

12-05-2005, 08:46 PM	#5
FormerMember Account Suspended Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,051	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors It's pointing right at you... although I've been told in a PM that these are van mirrors? Strangely, they came off a 68 K20, used all the factory holes?

12-06-2005, 12:22 AM	#6
Huskerboy2 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Austin, Texas, USA Posts: 1,628	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors Thanks for the pic Grendel. I've got a set. Those look correct to me. Anybody interested in Grendel's mirrors, they're up for grabs. __________________ '72 Chevy Blazer

12-05-2005, 04:33 PM	#1
Huskerboy2 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Austin, Texas, USA Posts: 1,628	WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors Anybody got a nice set of correct stainless tripod mirrors for a 1 ton. __________________ '72 Chevy Blazer

12-06-2005, 12:47 AM	#7
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors I brought up the van mirror comment. I beleive this style of mirror posted is off of newer vans or maybe even the 73+ trucks. I have seen a lot of these mirrors and trucks in NW and they had 3 types of the tripod mirrors. The small tripod ones, the medium tripod ones and the very large camper tripod ones. The small and medium have the 2 lower mounting arms closer together as well as a round tube piece that attaches at the top. The ones show have this small upper arm as a flat piece. The very large ones have longer lower arms with a flat horizontal piece between the 2 upper mounting holes. Not great pics but should be all 3 I mentioned. Attached Images __________________ Bob

12-06-2005, 08:41 AM	#8
FormerMember Account Suspended Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 3,051	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors Both my sets are identical. They also match the bone stock C20 I had. As in right from the town of San Jose and they didn't change a thing.

12-06-2005, 08:52 AM	#9
da-burb "Ochre Ogre" Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Springfield, MN Posts: 3,558	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors A 1 ton would typically have the large camper mirrors on it just like the rad and white cheyenne in the picture above. The mirrors with the 4 screws and the internal mount are not 67-72 no matter how many trucks they have been found on. __________________ Bowtie Truck Stop Inc. Mid-West GM Truck Restoration Parts Supplier Your Key Parts, Auto Metal Direct, Dynacorn, and Goodmark dealer. like us @ www.facebook.com/BowtieTruckStop 1971 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1971 K-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 K-20 Suburban (Yellow- that just aint right!) Springfield, Minnesota 56087

12-06-2005, 09:29 AM	#10
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors DaBurb is right the ones with the 4 screws are not 67-72, they came out on 73-80's. I installed alot of them on new trucks in those years. __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

12-06-2005, 11:07 AM	#11
cheyenne10 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Oregon Posts: 2,512	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors I like subjects like this, in addition to many other things I consider myself a mirror coniseurre (spelling??)!! Teeitup, so the mirrors on red/white cheyenne above are not stock to this year? (don't they use 2 screws one each on lower arms and 2 on the upper horizontal attachment bar?) I have seen a lot of these 3/4 ton trucks with the "camper mirrors" listed on glove box and these exact mirrors as on red/white truck on the doors. If these are not correct can anyone post a picture of the correct large camper mirrors? Not to detract from original post but a good original set for 1 ton in my opinion would be the large tripod mirrors that I contend are as shown on red/white truck. __________________ Bob

12-06-2005, 01:39 PM	#12
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors Bob, sorry I didn't explain myself better. The 4 screws I'm talking about are on the mirror head itself, like the ones Grendel has a pic of. Our years had a brace on mirror head with rivets and the arm attaches to the brace with a nut. Your pics are original mirrors. I think the camper style on your red and white one has 3 screws on the top bracket but not for sure. I got some mirrors out there I'll try to get some pics. __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure" Last edited by teeitup; 12-06-2005 at 04:53 PM.

12-06-2005, 04:56 PM	#13
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors Here is a pic of a original BIG mirror, I took it off a one ton. It attaches on top of door too. The other pic is one of the mirror head off our trucks. Attached Images __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"

12-06-2005, 05:33 PM	#14
da-burb "Ochre Ogre" Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Springfield, MN Posts: 3,558	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors Teeitup's first mirror picture above is known as a WEST COAST MIRROR. then you have the JR West coast(no picture), "below eye-line" large tri-pod camper mirrors(red/white cheyenne), "below eye-line"medium tri-pod(blue C20 above), "below eye-line" small tri-pod (white painted mirrors pic #1 in Cheyenne10's post) and I might as well toss in the 70-72 sport mirror and the 67-70 side view mirror(what ever they are called). That should cover the list of factory mirrors from largest to smallest. __________________ Bowtie Truck Stop Inc. Mid-West GM Truck Restoration Parts Supplier Your Key Parts, Auto Metal Direct, Dynacorn, and Goodmark dealer. like us @ www.facebook.com/BowtieTruckStop 1971 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1971 K-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 C-10 Suburban (Ochre) 1972 K-20 Suburban (Yellow- that just aint right!) Springfield, Minnesota 56087

12-09-2005, 10:46 AM	#15
teeitup Just like to part out trucks!! Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Meriden, Ks-North of Topeka 10 miles Posts: 27,395	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors Thanks Kevin for the info. I wasn't sure what they call the big west coast mirrors. __________________ 67 Chev swb stepside 4x4 283 4 speed SOLD 72 blazer 4x4 4 speed Cheyenne 72 GMC swb 4x4 fleet 4 speed, original paint 1958 Cameo (one of 1405 built, it was my dads) 2020 chevy Apex 4x4 crew cab 1969 Z28 with the 302 1980 chevy swb 4x4 1964 chevell Malibu SS 1976 K20, sold new originally out of my dads chevy dealership Members that I've met, over 200 probably closer to 300 in the 12 years I've been on this site, everyone I met "It was a pleasure"



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12-10-2005, 05:57 PM	#16
dwaite72lnghrn Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: central pa Posts: 1,525	Re: WTB: Stainless Tripod Mirrors The mirrors on the red and white are like mine, Option code DF2. The option code DF1 was the smaller ones like on the blue truck. These were codes for at least the '72 model year. I am looking for a set of the large DF2 for my truck now locally. I tried the grote setup but the arms are light SS and the mirror bounces to bad when going down the road the factory arms are very heavy SS and the mirrors don't bounce at all. The heads and bottom arms are SS but the elbow is chrome plated steel, They also had plated steel acorn nuts on them. __________________ 72 longhorn c30 502BB/th400/fact air/4.11rear/ custom camper 72 bug(the better half's) under reconstruction 2009 HHR aqua blue 71 GMC k20 350/sm465 2009 Chevy hd3500 6.6 Victory Red crew cab dually Dave & Jeanne

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