Hey don't you hate when someone comes up to you or on the net and says, "hey I would _______________ <-------(some dumb ugly random change) if that was my car. Man those guys get on my nerves and it seems there's many out there.
Thanks!! I didn't love it, let's just say that. Haha Oddly, the factory screws for the mount were on the passenger side. I ordered a pair from Todd Miller but ended up ahead of the game. Had someone not put one on the RH, I'd have saved myself a kidney and gone with just one.
Thank you! It's been cool "bringing it back" to how it would have looked around the time it was new. I have to admit - I had a pretty good canvas to begin with.
No - just the driver's side originally but someone put a pair of "bullet" mirrors on it back in the late 70's, which were subsequently swapped out for a pair of plastic "chrome" aftermarket ones. Had there only been one on it now, I wouldn't have bothered with the RH one but I couldn't see driving around with two holes in my door. 1980's: Recently:
Brett, is your car a factory dog dish car? I love that look. For as few options as mine has, it came with WGs. I have s nice set of the WD steel wheels and poverty caps going on it in the spring.
It is. I didn't realize it until I was at a show last summer and saw two other 70's with window stickers. One had the chrome rally wheels and the other sticker had 15 x 7 sport wheels, which were the steelies with trim rings. My deductive reasoning surmised that mine came with the hubcaps (and Wide Ovals), as my sticker reads: "Wide Oval White Billboard Lettered Tires G - 70 - 14" No mention of any wheel type meant the car came with hubcaps.
Since receiving the car last year, it has had following repairs and upgrades: Added factory rear sway bar Replaced air shocks TA modified timing cover (ouch) Timing chain and gear B4B RH header gasket Pertronix ignition Lectric Limited water temp sending unit Oil pressure sending unit (NAPA) Lectric Limited battery cables CARS battery cable retainers Reproduction heater hose bracket Repro clear overflow lid OEM overflow tank CARS repro radiator cap Harrison radiator cleaned and tested Correct OEM shifter ball Factory Tri Shield side view mirrors (ouch, again) Rebuilt Holley 650 Factory floor mats Steel wheels and dog dish caps All new hoses and belts New water pump OEM fan shroud hook New master cylinder Stage 1 fuel pump New coil Factory alternator bracket Numerous fasteners from @ToddsGS Next will be rear control arm bushings and front shocks & springs, as well as an old 750 Holley a friend rebuilt over 25 years ago that was the "community" Holley back in the day. It was legit on over a half dozen cars before ending up on my old 72 Stage 1 that I sold to a board member in 1999. That'll get a rebuild and should definitely give the car a little pep.
The mean, badass black look must have inspired the Grand National when Buick came up with that. That car was also nicknamed “Vader.” The mirrors are unique and hard to find, especially the passenger side. You made a nice car even nicer by adding them on. I assume they are not remote units although they look like them. The remote units are a pain if they need to be rechromed since the spring, wires and hardware have to be removed first. (Good luck reattaching them later!) Also I had to recondition the rubber gasket since I could not find repos for mine. Did your mirrors come with the gaskets? Those dog dish pans set your stand out from the rest of us with the rally rims. (Although the rally’s are gteat looking too.) They must be rare and expensive! Did the previous owner provide them with the car? Niceties like emblems on the mirrors and hubcaps or center caps show our cars are “fast with class!”
Thank you! I'm trying. Haha The mirrors are manual, which I'm happy about and made the install much easier. The gaskets and mounts both came with the mirrors and I had to hunt one down. I'm also happy the RH gasket covered the holes from the previous mirror. I bought the dog dish caps around the time I bought the car, as I knew I was going with that look. The steelies are junkyard finds that I had sandblasted and painted. Someone really needs to repro those gaskets, though.
