1948 Super Side View Mirrors
Posted by Walt Haskins On 2009/1/22 13:56:37
Okay guys, here's one you can solve. I have a '48 Super convertible. Restored before I bought it. Some bone head had installed the mirrors up on the window frame on both sides, couldn't see anything but the moon in them. We pulled the chrome trim on the doors, and you can see where this bone head actually welded up the holes from the original install, and had them rechromed. Don't ask me why.
We've pulled the mirrors, and now I'm going to have to have the window frames welded up and rechromed. Want to put the mirrors back where they belong.
The side view mirror base, however, is too wide to fit down in the channel of the chrome trim on the doors. The holes in the mirror base align up perfectly with the welded up holes in the trim, but the base won't fit down in the channel of the trim itself.
Now, it occurs to me that one of two things is happening. Either the mirrors I have are for a later year that had a wider channel in the chrome, or the mirrors I have are right for a '48 Super but there was some kind of spacer between the base and the channel in the chrome that would allow the use of this mirror. I guess there could have been a smaller base as well, but then the arm for my mirrors would over-hang the base on top and bottom.
Could someone look at their mirrors and tell me whether the chrome mirror base fits flush in the channel in the chrome trim (i.e. my mirrors are not for a '48 or I don't have the correct bases), or whether there was a spacer, and if so, what does the thing look like?
I guess there's another possibility, we have the wrong trim, but it sure looks right to me.
Photo of current install is attached.
THANKS!
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We've pulled the mirrors, and now I'm going to have to have the window frames welded up and rechromed. Want to put the mirrors back where they belong.
The side view mirror base, however, is too wide to fit down in the channel of the chrome trim on the doors. The holes in the mirror base align up perfectly with the welded up holes in the trim, but the base won't fit down in the channel of the trim itself.
Now, it occurs to me that one of two things is happening. Either the mirrors I have are for a later year that had a wider channel in the chrome, or the mirrors I have are right for a '48 Super but there was some kind of spacer between the base and the channel in the chrome that would allow the use of this mirror. I guess there could have been a smaller base as well, but then the arm for my mirrors would over-hang the base on top and bottom.
Could someone look at their mirrors and tell me whether the chrome mirror base fits flush in the channel in the chrome trim (i.e. my mirrors are not for a '48 or I don't have the correct bases), or whether there was a spacer, and if so, what does the thing look like?
I guess there's another possibility, we have the wrong trim, but it sure looks right to me.
Photo of current install is attached.
THANKS!
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(93.75 KB)
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