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| posted on February 28th, 2012 at 07:18 AM |
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RHD Mirror arms for left hand door
I have been searching for years to find a mirror for the passenger door of a RHD late model ghia without any luck. All the ones available are for LHD
cars and the arm doesn't raise high enough to see it properly over the top of the door when you are sitting on the right hand side of the car.
Anyway, I have decided to get one made instead and wanted to know if anyone else would be interested in buying one as well. This is the arm only I am
getting made and you would have to buy and fit the mirror body and the parts that attach it to the door elsewhere.
If you are interested, let me know as they will be made in the next month or so and the price would be about $150 posted.
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| posted on February 28th, 2012 at 06:56 PM |
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is this the one for later mods
that screw in the door?
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!
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| posted on February 28th, 2012 at 08:43 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by bushed
is this the one for later mods
that screw in the door?
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It is for the later 72 - 74 models that attach to the door.
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| posted on February 28th, 2012 at 10:11 PM |
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have you thought of t3 mirrors
mine is also lacking a pass side morror but is a 1960 stored
aint been on rd for 22 yrs!!
want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!
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| posted on February 29th, 2012 at 08:15 AM |
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I have been looking at all sorts of mirror arms in swap meets and have never found one that will work. If anyone has found something, that would be
great but my last resort is to get one made to order. I just thought there may be some other late ghia owners would like a proper mirror for the
passenger side as well.
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| posted on March 1st, 2012 at 11:31 PM |
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I have a number of left side mirrors.
Do you need the square or teardrop style?
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| posted on March 2nd, 2012 at 10:24 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Yogie
I have been searching for years to find a mirror for the passenger door of a RHD late model ghia without any luck. All the ones available are for LHD
cars and the arm doesn't raise high enough to see it properly over the top of the door when you are sitting on the right hand side of the car.
Anyway, I have decided to get one made instead and wanted to know if anyone else would be interested in buying one as well. This is the arm only I am
getting made and you would have to buy and fit the mirror body and the parts that attach it to the door elsewhere.
If you are interested, let me know as they will be made in the next month or so and the price would be about $150 posted.
Yogie
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Yes they have a long arm , and are very different to the RHS on the type 3s, so they are available...
I'm sure I've seen them about at swap meets etc...??
what about T3D in the UK?
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| posted on March 2nd, 2012 at 12:56 PM |
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Have a look at the old Datsun 120Y 1600 180B mirrors they had a left and right hand mirror mounted with 2 screws and rise high enough to be used on
both sides of the vehicle,I have had a R/H unit on my Ghia for almost 40 years but never bothered with the left side.
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| posted on March 2nd, 2012 at 02:55 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by cruiser
I have a number of left side mirrors.
Do you need the square or teardrop style?
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Cruiser. The mirror itself is a square shape but it is the arm that is the problem. It has to mount (sort of) sideways on to the door but raise it
up which takes out all of the mirror arms I have looked at (I have been looking in swap meets for years).
Grumble, I haven't looked at non VW arms so I might have a look and see if they can be adapted.
Thanks Guys
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| posted on March 2nd, 2012 at 04:47 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Yogie
I have been searching for years to find a mirror for the passenger door of a RHD late model ghia without any luck. All the ones available are for LHD
cars and the arm doesn't raise high enough to see it properly over the top of the door when you are sitting on the right hand side of the car.
Anyway, I have decided to get one made instead and wanted to know if anyone else would be interested in buying one as well. This is the arm only I am
getting made and you would have to buy and fit the mirror body and the parts that attach it to the door elsewhere.
If you are interested, let me know as they will be made in the next month or so and the price would be about $150 posted.
Yogie
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Yes they have a long arm , and are very different to the RHS on the type 3s, so they are available...
I'm sure I've seen them about at swap meets etc...??
what about T3D in the UK?
LEE
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Lee,
I have seen pictures of the type 3 mirrors and they look to be able to do the job but never seen one for sale anywhere.
Yogie
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| posted on March 2nd, 2012 at 05:12 PM |
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I looked on T3D in the UK site but only early type 3 mirrors..
Must be "rare as" ....
optional accessory Only on RHD cars...
and they are rare too...
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| posted on March 2nd, 2012 at 06:59 PM |
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You can buy new the late squarish ones with long arms but they have the slightly different back to stock. Assuming this is the one you are looking
for?
http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/exteriormirrors/side-view-mirror...
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| posted on March 2nd, 2012 at 07:45 PM |
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That is the wrong arm. It is not just a long arm but one that raises the mirror as well. It is the mirror image of this one http://www.airheadparts.com/vintage-vw-parts/exteriormirrors/side-view-mirror... that I am after.
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| posted on March 2nd, 2012 at 08:27 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 68AutoBug
I looked on T3D in the UK site but only early type 3 mirrors..
Must be "rare as" ....
optional accessory Only on RHD cars...
and they are rare too...
Lee
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yes rare indeed. I have been looking for correct RHD late type 3 mirrors forever, sill can not find even used ones.
contemplating making my owns ones using new and used parts and getting glass cut.
Will get to this latter on, expensive exercise that has little change of actually working.
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| posted on March 2nd, 2012 at 08:53 PM |
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I have been looking to make one out of different parts as well but just can't find the arms. That is why I am looking at getting some made, in case
others want some as well. I figured I can't be the only one looking for them but the price could well be an issue for a lot of people. For me, I
just want one and will pay whatever I need to get one.
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| posted on April 9th, 2012 at 08:02 AM |
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I tried to have glass cut for a Mirror not worth the trouble , have you tried parts supplier in the US most items are quite reasonable
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| posted on April 9th, 2012 at 08:54 AM |
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VW Heritage only seem to list the teardrop ones too
they look like they would have the same problem as the brazilian bug ones, too close to the body cos the arm is too short.
No wonder you see so many with Kmart and Datsun mirrors
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| posted on April 10th, 2012 at 09:35 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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VW Heritage only seem to list the teardrop ones too
they look like they would have the same problem as the brazilian bug ones, too close to the body cos the arm is too short.
No wonder you see so many with Kmart and Datsun mirrors
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dam! you beat me to it.
I was going to say vw heritage has a lot of RHD specific parts and they are honest to which they recommend as the quality OEM and which are not so
good.
but unfortunately they don't have our mirrors that we want 
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