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Old 12-04-2021, 12:38 PM   #21
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I did what "38bill" did.
I'm glad I did.
Coupled with the curb feelers on that side, I can spare my whitewalls a good scrubbing if nothing else!
Also put a camera on the rear, WHAT an improvement.
It's hard to see out of a 3 window on a good day.
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Old 12-04-2021, 12:43 PM   #22
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Old 12-04-2021, 12:53 PM   #23
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Johndee138; If possible please post photos and info on how you installed your rear view camera and its related wiring. That sounds like a great solution.
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Old 12-04-2021, 01:25 PM   #24
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I have a passenger side mirror on my '37 Sedan. I put a dome mirror over the flat mirror, available anywhere. makes the passenger side very visible and very useful. Much safer.
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Old 12-04-2021, 04:34 PM   #25
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19Fordy here is what I used

https://www.amazon.com/LeeKooLuu-Mon...s%2C198&sr=8-3

I made a bracket out of 1" stock and it positions the camera right in the middle of the dip on the rear bumper. Fished the wiring up to the glove box and the screen and power cord live in there when not in use. The power plugs into the cig lighter (I'm 12v now) but you could rig up an aux battery to run this if you haven't upgraded. the screen sticks to the windshield via suction cup.
The thing works GREAT and cheap too! The hardest part was making the camera mount bracket that bolts to the inner bumper arms. Camera could mount anywhere though. I wanted it centered. It has a broad vision field and could be offset.
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Old 12-04-2021, 04:41 PM   #26
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Look close just below the bottom of the spare
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Old 12-04-2021, 10:26 PM   #27
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A couple of years ago, I was testing a fully isolated voltage (12 to 6) drop device that also gave out "clean" power we were developing. To test it, I installed a bunch of cheap 12 volt devices in my '51, including a GPS, a CD player, and a backup camera, The latter turned out to be addictive, so I made it a permanent fixture. I mounted the camera on the bottom of the license plate using the bracket supplied, but the hardest part was mounting the screen so you could see it without it sticking out like a sore thumb. I think I paid $30 on Amazon and it works great (too great, actually).
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Old 12-05-2021, 09:26 AM   #29
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Back up cameras are VERY addictive
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Old 12-05-2021, 10:18 AM   #30
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Glad your eyes are good enough to see the back up camera screen. I can't even focus on the one in my every day car.
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Old 04-10-2022, 11:17 AM   #31
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After much cursing and banging with a BMF hammer and drift, I finally got the pins out and the original mirror modified and the new mirror installed. I have to agree with those of you who said the passenger side mirror is worthless. A passenger would find it useful but a driver, not so much. Oh well, the car looks symmetrical with both mirrors!
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Old 04-10-2022, 11:46 AM   #32
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Hey Welcome, and here is another vote for your cool car.
Don't be tempted to hammer the end of the pin that prodtudes from the bottom of the hinge no matter how much Kroil or other penetrating oil you soaked it with. There are splines at the top 1/4" that holds the pin from turning. A "press" type device that pushes on the end of the pin is your best chance of moving it up. You have to overcome those splines that are stuck in the top portion of the hinge.
My method which has worked 75% of the time has been to first grind the part protruding out the bottom flush with the hinge. Then I mark the center of the pin with a center punch, drill it with my smallest drill bit for about 1/4 inch deep, then with 3/16" . Then I use a Hinge pin press (not a Drake one but one made in the 50s) that has different length fittings with 1/8" protrusions of varying lengths to force the pin upward. All the parts of this thing are similar to the pictured ones and all parts are hardened steel.
Really nasty ones like from hulks that have been in the rain for 40+ years may need to be drilled from the top too. Even if you have to drill it out you can find oversized pins or make them yourself if you or a buddy that has a lathe. Your car is so nice you need to be very careful and not try to use any heat like you could with a hulk.
Good luck and as others have said, if the door doesn't hang low, and your only reason for taking that pin out is to put a mirror on, Don't mess with it and put on a peep mirror on the passenger side. I use them as others do.
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Old 04-10-2022, 02:29 PM   #33
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Passenger mirrors on old cars are pretty much useless. I use peep mirrors on out 47 and have the passengers side set so the passenger can check for lane charges. Also if you don't need new pins I wouldn't get into replacing pins
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