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rkas3882
randy kassed

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05/30/2010 09:14AM

Main British Car:
1973 mgb gt rover 3.5

mounting rear view mirror on a gt
Posted by: rkas3882
Date: April 05, 2012 09:58AM

Hey Curtis, I saw that you have a chevy s10 rear view mirror in your mg, just wondering how hard it was to mount? Did you have to make any modifications for it? thanks
Rand





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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Curtis Jacobson quick question
Posted by: Moderator
Date: April 05, 2012 10:44AM

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/CurtisJacobson/CurtisJacobson-BJ.jpg

Normally, you'd glue a steel mounting pad to the windshield. (You can buy the pads and the special glue from any auto parts store.) Easy enough, but sometimes you get a good glue joint and sometimes you don't. I did something a little different: I welded the steel mounting pad onto my roll cage.

http://www.britishv8.org/MG/CurtisJacobson/CurtisJacobson-EA.jpg


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: mounting rear view mirror on a gt
Posted by: Moderator
Date: April 05, 2012 10:59AM

p.s. it's funny you mentioned this today. Just yesterday I was talking to Kelvin Dodd at Moss Motors. He told me he has a fancy Ford Explorer mirror, and in addition to LED map reading lights his mirror also has a built-in electronic compass and inside/outside air temperature display. There are some really nifty mirrors on newer cars.
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rkas3882
randy kassed

(84 posts)

Registered:
05/30/2010 09:14AM

Main British Car:
1973 mgb gt rover 3.5

Re: mounting rear view mirror on a gt
Posted by: rkas3882
Date: April 05, 2012 11:52AM

Thanks Curtis, I had seen some of these mirrors in Chevy's before and always thought it would be great to have one with lights in a british car and I saw your build on here and looked on ebay and was just wondering about the mounting. Glad to know its just a universal mount.
Randy


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