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JohnA

01-31-2017 @ 11:02 AM

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Has anyone attached side view mirrors mounted on door.There are so many blind spots on my 48 2 dr sedan.I realize these cars wern"t built for 4 lane highways.I do have ones mounted on cowl,passenger one pretty well useless.Tks JohnA

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01-31-2017 @ 1:11 PM

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Suggest you try 'peep' mirrors. They attach to the top edge of the doors and once you get use to them, they work pretty well. I accidentally found the factory optioned 'peep' mirror for my 1949 Ford and I just mounted it at the 9 am point on the drivers door instead of the 11 am spot they are suppose to be.
Yes -- meant to say o'clock....what was I thinking?

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len47merc

01-31-2017 @ 3:30 PM

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All that passenger side mirrors (all versions - cowl, door, etc.) are good for is for looks, if your eye prefers them (mine doesn't fwiw), and at best passenger navigator use. I gave up on a passenger side mirror on my '47 for these reasons and have found a strong lean forward reveals the passenger side blind spot fairly well in the '47's stock rear-view and a quick turn of the head seals the deal.

Agree completely with nelsb01 - driver's-side factory optioned or repop 'peep' mirrors at 9 o'clock position (Bruce - 'am' - ???) works best. Longer arms on mirrors are recipes for car show disasters so try to avoid them if you can. Keep a spare in the trunk as well - many of us have lost them due to inattentive passersby.

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01-31-2017 @ 5:46 PM

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Here is what is on the '47. You can see where the original owner's rear-view was located at about 10-11 o'clock above where my mirror is mounted. 9 o'clock, as nelsb01 notes, works best for me and does not block the view of other vehicles/motorcycles/bicycles/pedestrians coming from the left at intersections. Also it does not require looking 'up' to see what is behind. Mounting it any lower on the door - the bottom of the vent window trim, seal and top of the door all begin to block the view of the bottom of the mirror.

Btw - my driver's door mirror is adjusted by laying my head to the left against the window and adjusting the mirror so that, with my head tilted that far to the left, the left side of the car is barely within the view of the mirror on the right side. This way, when driving normally and sitting upright, when a passing car leaves the stock rear view mirror in the middle of the windshield it is fully visible in the driver's door rear view mirror. Once it begins to depart the view of the driver's door rear view mirror it is very clearly visible in my peripheral vision so basically no blind spot exists on the driver's side. Fwiw.

Steve

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01-31-2017 @ 5:49 PM

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Ooopps - sorry. Picture rotated off 90 degrees. Seem to miss that a lot. Here it is hopefully oriented correctly.

Meant to add that the nut on the back of the mirror matches the nuts on the windshield wipers if consistency is important to you.

Steve

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Old Henry

01-31-2017 @ 7:19 PM

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I like to keep the rectangular mirror as it came stock on my car. But I see a whole lot more with the convex (wide angle) peep mirror above it. See photo.

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01-31-2017 @ 7:20 PM

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I have both on the passenger side too, again, the rectangle one for looks and the convex peep mirror to see with.

Old Henry

01-31-2017 @ 7:21 PM

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I found the best blind spot mirror is the one on the back of the right sun visor. Compare with the view in the peep mirror to the right of it.

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01-31-2017 @ 7:33 PM

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Here's my view of the same blind spot if I just turned around to see. Sun visor mirror is much better. But, I can't turn my head that far with just my neck. I have to turn my whole body, which is huge and stiff. So, I don't do it. I pull down the visor to check, especially on the freeway when I don't want to take my eyes off the road to move to the right.

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01-31-2017 @ 7:49 PM

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Impressive Craig! For those of you who may not be aware Old Henry takes extensive multi-thousand mile tours with his EFV8. His experience and miles on the road show here. Thanks!

Steve

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