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Found a good Chev day/night mirror at Portland Swap Meet but the mirror needs re-silvering.Any one know who would still do this?Can't find anyone here in Victoria that can.....Thanks
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If you find a business that will re-silver, let me know. I have several day-night mirrors that need done also.
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If you find a business that will re-silver, let me know. I have several day-night mirrors that need done also.
dtm The local glass shop suggested that I find a larger day/night from a newer vehicle at an auto wrecker and they would cut it to size for me.If all else fails,I'll try this.
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There's an outfit in Wellington KS that does resilvering. They don't get in a hurry but the job they did on the mirror/clock I sent them was OK. The shop is called A Moment In Time. Their phone is 620-399-8765. They don't do the dark silvering that was common back then, they do the modern bright silvering.
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Thanks to everyone for your responses.I sent a note to 'mirror resilvering' and got an estimate for the job and shipping to Canada,about $40-50.They'll do a batch of mirrors every 3 weeks or so. I'll sit on mine for a while til my pension goes up.
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This might sound funny, but there is a place here in Portland.
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Bruce,
Just curious, why did you say "this might sound funny...." ????
Anyway, I had the day/night inside rear view mirror on my '54 hardtop re-silvered years ago. I suppose around 30 years ago. The place was in the area of the Memorial Coliseum, probably about 4th or 5th Avenue, just a bit north of Broadway. As I recall (back in 1980, or so) it cost less than $10.
I didn't mention any of this because I don't recall the name of the place. And, frankly, I have no idea if the place is even still around after all this time....
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I took the old mirror with me to a local wreckers and after a little searching, found a day/night mirror in a later model Acura that was almost the same size for $10.I used a Dremel tool to cut the plastic case off and took the two mirrors to a Speedy Auto Glass shop that trimmed the Acura one to size for $5.for the coffee fund.Put everything back together and it works perfectly.
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Hello Barney:
What year Chevrolet are you trying to find a day/night mirror for? I am interested in doing the same to my 1940 day/night mirror if your idea works for my car.
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