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Originally Posted by BV GTO
Drove by a local junkyard today and took a peek over the wall. I saw a couple 2nd gen F bodies with the mirrors. There used to be an F body parts yard on San Jose, CA I'd frequent that had boxes full of those mirrors. I bet you could still find a good pair in a "Pick Ur Part".
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The Sport Mirrors on GM cars were offered on just about every model beginning in 1970. I have them on my 70 GTO. Though, originally offered in early 70 as a dealer installed option on the GTO, they became familiar with every line of cars GM made.
The mirrors themselves are essentially all the same. BUT, each car has a different mounting plate to match the contour of the door on each different model car they were installed on.
Just picking up a set at a junk yard does not garauntee that they will fit. The ones on my car came off a later 70s Cutlass, and as such, we had to grind the mounting base to recontour it so that the mirrors mounted at the correct angle.
The bases may still be available NOS through GM.
Russ
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