Ugh Anchovies! BJ8 with convex mirrors above the wheel arches
Kind regards
Ed
www.vintage-sportscar-touring.ca
'65 BJ8
Awgertoo@aol.com wrote:
> On Monday, April 05, 2004 1:43 pm, Freese, Ken wrote:
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>>No way. At that fender position, a convex image will be so small you won't
>>be able to judge if the car is at your rear bumper or farther back.
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> On my 100 I have convex mirrors in the "forward" position above the wheel
> arch and they are great for ascertaining other vehicles' relative position
>once
> one gets used to them. On my wife's 3000 (Mk I) I used the Cape mirrors that
> mount into the windshield stantion screw hole. They're fine on the driver's
> side and partially blocked on the passenger's side by the stantion itself,
>but
> they do eliminate drilling holes. For my money (and car) I like forward.
>
> While discussions of "correct" location are about as conclusive as whether or
> not to put anchovies on pizza, I think that mirrors mounted in the "rear'
> position ruin the esthetics of a 100 when the windshield is down (which isn't
> very often...).
>
> Best--Michael Oritt, 100 Le Mans
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