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All of the ad’s for’61 full size cars show no outside mirrors. If the vehicle came from the dealer with mirrors, what kind are they? All of the 61’s I have seen, either in person or in pictures have the round mirror with the bow tie like my’67 had. Is that the correct mirror or a popular accessory? The’61 that I have now has a rectangular one.
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Interesting observation about no mirrors in the sales literature. I had never noticed that. One possible reason is that in the time period most of the pictures in sales literature were actually artist’s renderings. They were not printed copies of pictures.
You might want to do a search for a couple of different documents. They would be great references to own along with the car. One is a copy of the price book the sales person would have used in the showroom to price the car to the customer. It would include information about standard and optional equipment for the various models and trim levels. The other is the dealer accessory manual for that year.
Typically you can find these on eBay. Or place a “Wanted” ad in that forum of Chat.
Rusty
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An out side mirror was most often a dealer installed acccessory prior to 1967. In 1967 it became a government required ITEM along with back up lamps and a few other saftey items
Convertibles came with an out side mirror when they were equipped with the small back glass, prior to 1952.
In 1961 an out side mirror could have been factory installed as part of a package icluding several other up grades, A least 98% were dealer installed.
Exact correct 1961 mirrors are available from several Chevrolet parts vendors including the Fillling Station who advertises on this site.
Gene Schneider
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