Hey, I found this picture in the 'post your car pic' thread, and he did exactyl what I want to do with the mirrors; bullet mirrors mounted way out on the front fenders. I can't find any mirrors like that on the internet anywhere. Anyone know who makes those? I would ask the guy who owns the car, but I looked at his profile and he hasn't been active in like a year and a half. thanks.
Mark D.
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Wub is in the air........ NVM
ummm... pics?? Linky?
Crap... can't figure out how to attach the pic...... Oh, there we go.
Mark D.
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Just curious...What is the appeal?
A: Good side visability without looking over the shoulder. B Cool vintage European roadracer look. The side visability is why they did it too.
Mark D.
I just meet the owner of this car, saw the car in person, he has the mirrors off the car, and is not sure if he will put them back on. He wants to buy a gas cap from me. His name is Larry. His car is a real 914-6, M471 car. His brother bought it in Germany, 1974, from a PORSCHE engineer.
Is there any way I can get ahold of him... or you could ask him where he got the mirrors.... they're not factory, are they?
Mark D.
those are TALBOT mirrors.
sell for around 300 each on ebay.... LOL
i think its www.talbotco.com
They were on the car when he got it after his brother leaving the car to him. I will give him a call. I agree that they are Talbots...here they are on one of the GT cars at the Nurburgring.
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Some people might say that I'm too young to remember that style. I first saw it on a factory right hand drive nissan 280 zx. It had factory custom bullet mirrors mounted way forward like that. I would've loved to buy that car when it was for sale, but I didn't have the money...... plus I was like 10 years old.
Mark D.
I had mirrors sorta like that on my Austin Healey, and they didn't work well.
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what was the problem with them?
M.D.
Yeah, I've thought of that, but I figure since I'm gonna custom mount them anyways, I'll be able to check that out before I put them on. If I find I don't like them way forward it's fine, because I think the bullets would look cool in the regular position too. In any case, I'm not really ready to do that yet anyways. Right now I have to worry about the engine that seized up yesterday. BTW, if that car I posted a pic of is all origional, it looks more like a 916 than a 914-6. I'm not an expert on the subject, but that car's got any interesting story either way.
Mark D.
Source for vintage mirrors:
http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecId=2227
Gavin
AWSOME!!! Thanks Givory
Mark D.
From all of us who like wierd stuff, THNX givery dude, Got that site in my favvs now.
If drunk, all seems much nicer, even bullet mirrors.
Those look like these...
http://www.cobraaccessories.com/catalog/default.php?cPath=42&osCsid=e532b0efaa17bef7504ad09f75d81306
Both are used often on cobra's and 60's period cars.
Same thing. Same model number. They're just a genaric mirror for no car in specific.
Mark D.
Man, I didn't think this thread would go on so long. Maybe I should stop asking questions..... Anyways, did your friend have the flat mirrors of the convex ones? Just asking because you said that they had bad L.O.S.
Mark D.
I work on a number of older sports cars, not just Porsches. Frankly, those mirrors might look cool, but they're effectively USELESS. The original mirror on my 911 is better than those things, what with being a little bigger and mounted on the door, but it's still not very good. In fact, the stock 914 mirror isn't all that great, either. I sure wouldn't want to drive in traffic with a 3 inch round mirror 4-5 feet out in front of me. Or even 3 feet. The Cap'n
They suck.....expensively....
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