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What was the color was painted on rear view mirror?
Was it black?

I t was wood grained in a pattern similar to the wood grain on the instrument panel.

was the grain vertical, same as dash. Possible any pictures?

My 33 Master is NOT Woodgrained.

The wood grain probably is baked off. One that old seldom survived, especially in sunny areas.

My 33 Master mirror is not woodgrained either. Neen stored inside at least from 1964 too.....canf say I ever saw a 33 with a woodgrained mirror. .....but it sounds like it would be nice

Jeff

My 33 has always been inside. My 34's and 35's weren't woodgrained either but my 35's are now.

Open cars would be different.
My '34 was wood grained.
The wood grain would be something like the garnish moulding but not exactly like it becasue a different wood graining was used. It was like a thin decal. That is why so few remain.

would anyone have a picture. You can send to rmelius@hotmail.com. Would like to see how it looks grained. Maybe just the bracket (box) which screws into window frame in middle.

A pic would be nice. I didn't know the mirrors were woodgrained either.

I have two '34 Masters, and neither of the mirrors is wood grained. The color on each is close to an olive drab.

That is exactly what the sun and old age did The finish turned to an olive drab.

Perhaps the 1933 T.A. should be consulted. Would be interesting to get his opinion.

My 1933 Master 4-door inside rear view mirror back is painted flat black. Looks to be original as the car has never undergone restoration, beyond a less than complete exterior paint job. The only wood-graining is on the 2 dash insets.

No, they were never wood-grained.

They weren't Flat Black either.

Gloss black would dull to flst in time and sun.

This is the mirror I have set aside for my 1933 coupe. It looks like a green gray but after careful examination, I believe it is brown & this could be original paint. I sanded off a small spot & the green gray was under the brown. Thoughts?...Joe

The green gray was a primer. See it a lot on era license plate backsides. Maybe leftover military product. When I restore early license plates I replicate it with camo Flat green

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If the OPEN CAR is a cabriolet made by FISHER BODY that would use a closed car mirror. I believe

A roadster or a phaeton/touring open car, has an entirely different mirror system that does not have a metal back on it. The back is the glass with the black mirror coating.

mike

But Mike, Is your 34 a Canadian car?

The answer is the base color of the wood grain. As what Joe pictured and how my 34 was before I restored the car. Also the 33 TA has confirmed this color since he is into 33's and 34's.

Also for Mike, the open cars used a chrome plated bracket with just a tapered piece of glass. The cabriolet used a cabriolet only bracket and it was also chrome plated. Cabriolet was not the same as any closed car.

Bruce

Jon.........I don't have a 34 anything, all my cars are 1935 ;
coupe is 35 std made in Oshawa Ontario canada
phaeton is 35 was made in tarrytown Ny
roadster is 35 was made in Tarrytown NY

The rear view mirror attaches to the windshield molding on coupe

the rear view mirror attaches with rivets to windshield frame on phaeton and the roadster. These two mirrors are completely different than a closed car.

A 34 Master cabriolet has a cast fixed windshield frame, cannot remember how it was attached. Would be diff than closed car as I stated earlier.


mike

Sorry Mike. It was Chev Nut who had the 34.

Hi Mike,

Let me help you here, or correct something you said for future reference. The rearview mirror bracket on Roadsters and Phaetons DOES NOT attach to the windshield frame with Rivets. This applies to all open cars from 32 to 35.

The CORRECT WAY for a rearview mirror bracket to attach to the windshield frame on a 32 to 35 Roadster and Phaeton is with a #10 slotted oval heal machine screws (Nickel plated). These screw into #10 tube nut (also called sex nuts, Chicago nuts) with a slotted oval head (Nickel plated). You can look this up in the parts book to confirm. Also, my low mileage 32 Roadster has the same parts to confirm.

The above method also applies to Cabriolet and Landau's, Bill Barker can confirm that also.

Please let me know if you have any more questions.