[FC] Faux West Coast Mirrors?

[dennis dorogi]

I have the West Coast mirrors on my rampside.  The do block vision and take 
some time to adjust to them.  You have to be careful  and be conscious of 
them at all times.  Not the best solution - just my opinion.  Maybe if I 
were taller-----.

Dennis D.
Brocton, NY
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Sego" <andrew_sego at yahoo.com>
To: <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 12:23 PM
Subject: [FC] Faux West Coast Mirrors?


I'm trying to identify the source of the mirrors on my truck. They are "west 
coast style" but as far as I know they are not the factory "big" mirrors. 
They do not match the drawings in the assembly manual. I assume that they 
were some sort of JC Whitney part from way back when. However the lower 
mounting brackets looks like it is contoured specifically for an FC. I just 
noticed the other day that Paul Fox has the exact same mirrors on his 
Rampside.

Here are links to some pictures.

http://s446.photobucket.com/albums/qq190/whiskey_tango/?action=view&current=mirrors.jpg

http://s446.photobucket.com/albums/qq190/whiskey_tango/?action=view&current=mirrors1.jpg

The mirrors actually work great, but I think they look kind of funny sitting 
so far forward. They function very well though, I think because they are so 
far forward that the field of vison is improved over where the factory 
mirrors were. I've been thinking of trying to find genuine west coat FC 
mirrors, but I'm afraid they'll be hard to see out of in my windowless 
Corvan.

How well do the factory mirrors work? Any suggestions on an appropriate 
replacement?

Thanks!

Andrew Sego
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