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Just received the mirror I purchased on eBay. Bolted right up to the garnish molding so I assume it is the correct one.I have two questions:

It flops around. How do I tighten that swivel?

The back appears to be some sort of mottled brown finish. is it mottled from wear or was it even? Were they all like that or did they match something in the car?

PAT.........Well, I thought this was an easy one, must be a screw that tightens down on the pivot ball in the top area ???

Well I took my stock mirror as pictured off my 35 std coupe 10 years ago and replaced it with a stem wind clock mirror and correct bracketry. I remember how that tightens as was not that long ago I did it again, its different.

Went digging in my special cabinets , where I keep my extra parts looking for my original review mirror as pictured in your post. Finally found it, looked into the area where the screws go thru it into the window frame molding.

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEY , what the heck, there is no screw to tighten to take up slack on the ball. After scratching various parts of myself while concentrating on the mirror and how it works, it finally came to me as a flash of light. That piece of stamped metal that sits right above the ball floats, thats right floats. When you tighten the 2 screws to place it on the windshield frame there is maybe a 1/32 or 1/64 of that metal on each side that makes contact with the windshield frame, and squeezes against the ball, effectively tightening it. It might be possible to use a dental hook and pull the piece out.?

VOILA----HOW SIMPLE

Paint........ I just re-painted my mirror black lacquer, because that what it looked like when i bought the car in 1970. No idea if that is correct or not ?

Looking at your picture again........it would be that same mulketydun brown colour that was used on the dash panel and the window frames.


mike lynch

Hi Pat,

Like Mike I had to find my mirrors. I did the same thing and mounted the mirror to the frame and noticed the same thing as Mike, that there are little tabs that stick up on each end of the mounting housing that compress as you tighten the screws and adjust the movement of the mirror. Very simple, as long as there isn't any rust hidden on the ball inside the housing.

What I did notice is that your mirror doesn't look anything like my inside mirror. Mine is more rectangluar shape and there aren't tabs that go around the windshield frame from front to back. I have a four door sedan. Also, I thought the inside mirror were woodgrained like the windshield frame. Both mirrors I have spent too many years in the great outdoors, so no idea on what was the original finish.

Einar

Checked it out, looks like it would work. I had it on with only one screw, with both it would certainly tighten up. Thanks guys.

there is a metal insert part, that fits inside the housing, so when you tighten it up with the screws, it puts pressure on the trim, thus tighting the mirror ball
i can show you a pic of the part your maybe missing if you like?
send me an email
the356king@aol.com if you like

Thanks for the response. I have it figured out.