Is this the right mirrior?

speedbug78 · Post by **speedbug78** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:55 pm

My car is a '69 2000. This mirror was on it but I can't see a darn thing, except the road going by. Is there a way to adjust it to make it useful? Thanks!

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bakerjf · Post by **bakerjf** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:05 pm

Not the right mirror. The correct mirror is flat, frosted silver and mounted on an arm that extends from the body. It doesnâ€™t work all that great either though.

theunz · Post by **theunz** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:23 pm

You can sort of see out of mine if you turn the face to about 45* and twist your head just right

speedbug78 · Post by **speedbug78** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:27 pm

Lol, nice. You guys have a pic so I know what to look for?

theunz · Post by **theunz** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:34 pm

If you scroll down about 20 posts and click the last page of where did you drive, there is a pretty good shot of the factory mirror on my 69

Post by **Solex68** » Mon Jun 17, 2019 9:38 pm

This is what you need,,,,I do agree, it won't help much but there is more face one the correct one.

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redroadster · Post by **redroadster** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 8:36 am

I dont think that hood scoop is factory either. ...So does It matter

speedbug78 · Post by **speedbug78** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:47 am

lol, not really except that it has no adjustment that I can find and is pretty useless. The scoop works just fine.

Shaundeegan · Post by **Shaundeegan** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:30 pm

My car came with a similar mirror....does you're mirror have a screw opposite the mirror ( on the tip of the cone)? If so it allows for some adjustment of the mirror. I still have to contort my neck to see.
Shaun

mraitch · Post by **mraitch** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 12:47 pm

Back in the day, when I had my first roadster, it cam with NO mirrors. And having NO idea of correctness, I just put what I thought were cool mirrors, like yours. They worked fine, it's just the POSITION on the door/fender that makes the differrence. Yours appear to be too close to driving position.

Even with the 'correct' mirrors, position dictates field of view. NEVER understood the logic of having them so FAR forward. Had that on my Bentley, and mostly useless due to small field of view.

akaloosey · Post by **akaloosey** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:26 pm

From the best I can tell, my '69 has the same mirror that you have on yours. As previously mentioned, the front swivels if you loosen that screw on the back end a little. Mine is on the door as well but I have seen photos of them mounted further up on the fender. If you have spare time look through the old BaT completed roadsters. There must be 4 or 5 using this type of mirror. Must have been popular back in the day.

speedbug78 · Post by **speedbug78** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 1:57 pm

Thanks guys. I'll try to loosen the screw and adjust it.

bossbob · Post by **bossbob** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:17 pm

Those bullet mirrors should have a screw opposite the mirror as mentioned, you actually twist the mirror to get the right angle, then tighten the screw.

Post by **2mAn** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 4:31 pm

speedbug78 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 17, 2019 6:55 pm My car is a '69 2000. This mirror was on it but I can't see a darn thing, except the road going by. Is there a way to adjust it to make it useful? Thanks!

I always wanted a Talbot style mirror and mounted it where the OEM mirror was like how yours currently is. It was also 100% useless other than looking cool.

My car had no stereo and never will, so one day I had an idea... Pulled the Antenna and used that space

Now its in a perfect location as a blind spot mirror

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do it...

Post by **spl310** » Tue Jun 18, 2019 5:06 pm

If you get a big fish eye mirror it will work fine

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