72 Below Eye Mirrors Mystery Solved 60 G Serious

[70cst]

More parts found - I just want to verify these are 72 mirrors before I put these up for sale.

Thanks

[72c20customcamper]

Arms aren’t right for 72. These are on my truck

[70cst]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Arms don’t look right . These are on my truck

Ok ... I thought these were 72 mirors but I am likely wrong.

I want to verify the correct year before I list them. Thanks

[sloGMC]

The upper arm looks like what is on 70s G-series vans. I used those brackets with a 1.5" stainless spacer on the upper arm to make it work with my truck, before I ended up getting some proper DG4s.

[Stocker]

Yeah, the upper arms should be straight like in Mark's pic. Yours have a twist that I'm not familiar with. And your elbows may be aftermarket, judging by the bolts (instead of studs with acorn nuts.
Looks like you might have a mix of assembled parts.

[special-K]

These are a bit later G-series mirrors. That Van body ran from '71 way past these trucks. At some point mirrors stopped using acorn nuts on studs and went to bolts into threaded hole, as shown on these

[70cst]

Originally Posted by special-K

These are a bit later G-series mirrors. That Van body ran from '71 way past these trucks. At some point mirrors stopped using acorn nuts on studs and went to bolts into threaded hole, as shown on these

You are correct special-K...

I found an installation paper that reads: G Truck 1969 General Motors

[mr.mud1]

my 72 C-20 DG-4 mirrors are just like Mark's.mine have Napa aftermarket elbows so they came with stainless bolts,not studs and acorn nuts.i was going to change them to 3/8's studs but the threads are metric.they'll do until i find another correct arm.i had 1 broken but there's a date on the glass might help you know at least what the mirrors themselves are?

[best view]

I’ve been looking for a set in white for my k20 and have come up empty who would have thought that these mirrors would be my nightmare lol

[70cst]

My question then - can G Series mirrors be mounted on C10 trucks?

Thanks

I want to verify before I list them.

[Ironhorse]

Seems at some point I read a thread that they can be used on the pickups and actually tuck the mirrors in a bit tighter to the body. Wish I had replied to the thread so I could find it again. It was an older thread, don't remember who the member was that supplied the info. I have a driver quality set of those same mirrors painted white. Bolts on the mirror arms, no studs or acorn nuts.

[70cst]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Seems at some point I read a thread that they can be used on the pickups and actually tuck the mirrors in a bit tighter to the body. Wish I had replied to the thread so I could find it again. It was an older thread, don't remember who the member was that supplied the info. I have a driver quality set of those same mirrors painted white. Bolts on the mirror arms, no studs or acorn nuts.

Thanks - I can then put up my for sale the two pairs of SS Van mirrors knowing they can be used on our trucks. If one isn't concerned about being 100% correct these will work fine.

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by 70cst

Thanks - I can then put up my for sale the two pairs of SS Van mirrors knowing they can be used on our trucks. If one isn't concerned about being 100% correct these will work fine.

Just want to mention that I can not personally verify that the G-series mirrors mount to the trucks. I do recall reading of such but do not have personal experience with using them on trucks.

[best view]

The mirror head looks the same just the arms ,someone will buy it for the head if priced right ,if it was white i would

[Ironhorse]

Originally Posted by best view

The mirror head looks the same just the arms ,someone will buy it for the head if priced right ,if it was white i would

best view, I have a pair of solid patina white painted mirrors with some minor cosmetic issues. Some scrapes and dings. Could be made really nice if wanted to spend the time to remove the glass, work the metal and then reassemble or use them as is. Will post them to the parts board and you can see if they interest you.

[72c20customcamper]

Depending on price if the heads are nice I’d be interested I have a set for a 72 arms are nice but the heads are lightly damaged .

[best view]

Sounds good i don’t want them to good ,keeping the truck patina I’ll keep my eye out for it

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 70cst

You are correct special-K...

I found an installation paper that reads: G Truck 1969 General Motors

Slo GMC got it right, first. I was just explaining the reason these didn't have acorn nuts but are still GM parts. I was thinking the '71-ups for the hardware but your instructions say '69. I wonder if the same mirror fits both van body designs. Probably so. Van doors are flat in both styles.

I wonder if everything is the same (heads definitely). I have '72 truck mirrors I can get measurements from to compare length of lower arms and how far spread.

I looked up '69 ChevyVan pictures and see two types of below eyeline mirrors that look original. Both have longer lower arms, same as pre-72 trucks. The longer arms reach almost to the bodyline and the shorter ones come to 3-4" above. I haven't seen any with the shorter '72 style arms

[70cst]

Originally Posted by sloGMC

The upper arm looks like what is on 70s G-series vans. I used those brackets with a 1.5" stainless spacer on the upper arm to make it work with my truck, before I ended up getting some proper DG4s.

You were spot on sloGMC