Date:         Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:44:01 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         michael.heron@utoronto.ca (michael heron)
Subject:      Re: '66 bus mirrors

hi

maybe to shed some light on the mirror issue:

VW of America made "elephant ear" mirrors for vehicles shipped to the
states. The small round mirrors appeared on some busses over here, and I
*believe* that they came standard on European busses. I *believe* that the
genuine VW elephant ears have VWOA stamped on the back of them. Anybody
know better than I?

michael

p.s. i am waiting patiently lee griffiths ;)

>     ray,
>
>     hmm, sounds like you've got big mirror problems.
>
>     Well my '64 came with two small rounded rectangular mirrors which are
>     the same size at the top and bottom - they are the original ones. My
>     mates (Danny) came with two little round ones. Since I got mine I
>     fitted West-Coast-Metric 'Elephant ears', now I wasn't very happy with
>     them coz the arms were painted black, and the screws which hold the
>     mirror to the swivel clamp went rusty in a week! There's a place over
>     here called KDF Enterprises that do a either genuine EE's or very goos
>     fakes. I'll dig out there number - oops I think I was supposed to do
>     this for someone else as well (Michael.Heron?).
>
>     Anyway because my door hinges were worn out I made new arms for my EE
>     mirrors out of stainless steel - I also made them 1inch longer and
>     bent them further out so I could see more, I then replaced the clamp
>     screws with SS ones as well.
>
>     Lee.
>
>     ps, my SO parents are on holiday in Florida at this moment.

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