Re: Rearward vision (mirrors)
Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2008/12/4 16:39:12
You're right of course, the distance between the viewer and the mirror is the main reason sidemount and fender mounted mirrors have limited utility. You perhaps know that the factory template for outside mirror installation on the V8 models gave two locations, on the door and forward on the fender; mine originally had the latter (fender) which I removed when it was painted and I moved the mirror to the door, huge improvement.
As to the hingepin mirror, I like it very much. I believe the the shaft is stainless steel and shell is chrome-plated. The hinge pin on these cars has the cap or head on the bottom with the threaded (and screw-slotted) retainer cap on top; reason was that the cap was to be removed occasionally to oil the pin and hinge bushings. The Fisher hingepin mirror came with a lousy piece of threaded redi-bolt for a hinge pin so I had a correct one machined and now use the original upper threaded decorative cap on the bottom. It differs a bit in the shape of the shaft from the original Packard item, lousy picture from the accessory catalog below.
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As to the hingepin mirror, I like it very much. I believe the the shaft is stainless steel and shell is chrome-plated. The hinge pin on these cars has the cap or head on the bottom with the threaded (and screw-slotted) retainer cap on top; reason was that the cap was to be removed occasionally to oil the pin and hinge bushings. The Fisher hingepin mirror came with a lousy piece of threaded redi-bolt for a hinge pin so I had a correct one machined and now use the original upper threaded decorative cap on the bottom. It differs a bit in the shape of the shaft from the original Packard item, lousy picture from the accessory catalog below.
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