Need help on 56 mirror mounting

[roger crabtree <rcrabshish@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How do you keep the 55 door mirrors tight.  This seem
to be an up hill battel.  RC


 --- Terry & Andree Hoeman <tehoema@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote: > 55 mirrors are door mounted and 56 are front
fender
> mounted.   Both mirrors
> are the same for each side and the backward sloping
> ones on the 55s are
> useless on the passenger door.  Forward sloping ones
> from 56 work nicely on
> the fender though.   Have a pair of them on our 55
> 300 which came with them.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Farrar" <tenpalms@xxxxxxx>
> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 11:35 PM
> Subject: IML: Need help on 56 mirror mounting
> 
> 
> > Could use some advice on mounting a right-side
> outside mirror on our 56
> > sedan.  The car didn't come with one but I picked
> up a nice correct stock
> > one on ebay.
> > I had intended to drill the holes in the door to
> exactly match the driver
> > door
> > mounting, but that would leave the mirror useless;
> even if adjusted all
> the
> > way inboard, you would see about
> > 3 lanes over to the right. Trouble is,
> > there doesn't seem to be any feasible
> > mounting postion which gives the correct field of
> vision in the mirror.
> > Now I'm wondering if the right hand mirror is
> different; maybe I have
> > two lefts??   So, any 55-56 experts
> > out there - where should the holes
> > be drilled for the RH mirror, and are the mirrors
> the same left and right?
> > Thanks for any help.
> > Cheers
> > Michael
> >
> > Roger and Michael in San Diego
> > 67 Crown Convertible  "Moby"
> > 73 LeBaron Coupe  "La Bomba"
> > 56 Sedan
> >
> >
> >