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Been looking at side view mirrors for the 1929, all kinds of clamp, hinge, etc out there. not sure what to do, so found some suction cup mirrors to try out. ordered one from Amazon: Side View Mirror Option 1

these have a 6" flex arm, with a suction cup and 3.35" diameter convex mirror. only issue is that it has to mount on a FLAT surface in order for the suction cup to work, and have a long enough arm to get the mirror where i need it so see. got the mirror in today and tinkered with locations where i can mount it and use it, tried the door, but have to look out and down to see it, no good, tried on hood, no good. then what about the visor ?? bam enough area to suction on and arm is just long enough to reach around so i can see. i can see behind and around me without moving my head from natural position while driving. 

also tried it on the passenger side and was able to mount it same location and get the mirror around so i could see down the side of the car and around me. so think these will work, and good value for the money. plus i can remove for shows if desired. if they fall off while driving then will find another route. did a short test drive for the engine with these on and it did not budge and was SO NICE to be able to see behind me !!

few pictures of the mirrors and mounting on the drivers side

as a side note anyone looking for a rearview mirror of the same level, this is the one i use in my 1930 Canopy Express, no rear view mirror. this works great and does not move, easy on easy off, and full adjustment. lightweight and has not fallen off in few hundred miles of driving.

Rear View Option

Thank you BearsFan315. I have been looking for a mirror that
does not need to be bolted to the side of my car.

played around to see IF i could use the same mirror on the passenger side, but realized the arm was too short. in order for me see out the mirror i have to lean back and over to see the mirror. figure the arm needs to be a few inches longer.  looking around realized that the arms used on the mirror are the same arms they use on the flexible cell phone mounts. so went online and bought a few options of various lengths to see what works best for passenger side.

The arm on the mirror is 8" overall from base to the ball. the ones i ordered ended up being 10", 12", and 14" so great assortment.

after tinkering around, figured out that the 10" was near perfect length. the 14" was way too long, and the 12" as well.

went back and froth and messed around, but very happy with the 10" arm. 

you could use the 12" or 14" and mount them on the door panel and position them in typical side view mirror on the bottom corner of window.

here is the setup i have, standard mirror with 8" arm on driver side, then the same mirror on the 10" arm on passenger side.

very happy with this, and can easily see both of them from neutral driving position, just like my daily driver. been raining all afternoon so no chance to take it out and do a real world test, but will do soon enough.

nice thing is they come off in a few seconds, are inexpensive, and work !!