Opinions on mirrors

[vern hodgson]

Originally Posted by eagle

I had the clamp on, chipped the paint and vibrated too much. Now have the hinge pin style, work great.

Did the mirror fit or did it require some modification? Mine is not wide enough, do I need to file it to fit or can it be bent to fit over the hinge?

[michael a]

Thank you so much for the reply I really wondered what they were for

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[desotoguy]

Can someone tell me the diameter of the pins for the mirrors? My hinges have the oversized .25" pins.

[tiger.1000]

I never like the idea of the hinge-pin mirror so decided to make one.

1) Find a piece of 16 gauge mild steel and shape it to copy the contour of the door hinge

2) Drill 2 x 3/16 holds in the 16g steel and use this as a template to drill 2 x tapping drills in the door hinge !!!!!!
tap the holes 3/16 UNC....slow going as I believe the hinges are forgings.

3) Get a length of 5/16 diameter mild steel bar and weld it to the 16g plate at the appropriate angle.

4) Buy a 4/5 inch diameter mirror head (I used a 4 inch)
and machine a fitting to take the adjusting screw for the
mirror head.

5) For aesthetics file a taper on the end of the 5/16 steel
bar and weld this to the fitting in section 4.

6) Give it all a test run and paint the lot black and then
attach to the door hinge with 2 x 3/16 round head screws

I know some of you are going to scream at the thought of drilling the hinges but the holes can always be filled in again
if needs be.

When the mirror is on the car with all of the welds filed and
polished it looks like Henry Ford and not a piece of after
market add-on

[vern hodgson]

[QUOTE=tiger.1000;1531606]
I never like the idea of the hinge-pin mirror so decided to make one.

1) Find a piece of 16 gauge mild steel and shape it to copy the contour of the door hinge

2) Drill 2 x 3/16 holds in the 16g steel and use this as a template to drill 2 x tapping drills in the door hinge !!!!!!
tap the holes 3/16 UNC....slow going as I believe the hinges are forgings.

3) Get a length of 5/16 diameter mild steel bar and weld it to the 16g plate at the appropriate angle.

4) Buy a 4/5 inch diameter mirror head (I used a 4 inch)
and machine a fitting to take the adjusting screw for the
mirror head.
[SIZE.

That is a nice looking mirror, did you use a bottoming tap?

[tiger.1000]

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Vern,

The thread is only 1/4" deep. To answer your question, I used all three taps; a taper to get the thread started, then number 2 followed by the "plug" or bottoming tap.

Close up photos available if anyone fancies having a go ?

As I said, slow going for fear of breaking the tap.