[T3] Mirrors

[Mike Fisher]

These mirrors are the only/best right side mirrors I've found.
http://s169.photobucket.com/user/mr_bojangles500/media/Photo12161138_zps00b8e76a.jpg.html


On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 6:10 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 16 Feb 2014 at 15:04, Max Welton wrote:
>
> > Out of curiosity, I'm wondering what is correct and not correct on my 68.
> >
> > This is the left-side mirror
> > http://www.maxwelton2k.net/squareback68/IMG_7994.jpg
>
> That's the better, later version that superceeded the OE version that
> would have come with your '68. It's the correct Type 3 replacement.
>
> > and this the right one:
> > http://www.maxwelton2k.net/squareback68/IMG_7995.jpg
>
> That's a somewhat unusual RHS mirror made for a Beetle. There are 2
> differences: The arm is shorter and it's got the wrong nut. Transfer
> your old Type 3 nut to it and it will work pretty well. That beetle
> nut will damage the paint. You need a plastic washer under each nut,
> to seal out water and to protect the paint. I have nice washers for
> this. The "knuckle" on this one is also a bit odd looking.
>
> I REALLY hate to see those Beetle nuts ground down into the Type 3
> door paint. For some reason, the Beetle doors had the mounting nut
> recessed, so that nut had to have a different shape, and it took a
> completely different black sealing gasket, which you don't have.
>
> > It looks different from the right side mirror I broke:
> > http://www.maxwelton2k.net/squareback68/IMG_7996.jpg
>
> That may have been an original '68 mirror, or it might have been one
> of the replacments. It has the correct long arm, but you don't show
> the other half. On the 68 mirrors, you had to loosen the locknut
> before you could adjust the up and down of the mirror. On the later
> versions, as in your first photo, you don't.
>
> The later version is much more desirable, and the early versions are
> probably all gone by now.
>
> I believe there were lots of different makers of these mirrors, both
> OG and aftermarket. Unless you have an original car that you KNOW is
> still original, it's impossible to know what YOUR car came with,
> because it's likely that not all new Type 3s of the same year came
> with the exact same make and design of mirror. There are lots of
> variations.
>
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