passengers side mirror
Racer
Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 403
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From: Space Coast Florida
I don't get that, was it just a thing for cars in that day to not have them or was it specific to corvettes? I can see that it wouldn't be that hard to get by without one in a C3 vette because of the smaller back end and you have a rear view mirror but why did they do it?
Burning Brakes
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,042
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From: Oswego New York
While I'm sure the right-hand door mirror is a dealer installed option on the Corvette, I was hoping to get a better indication for the Camaro from my brochure ... but it's not that clear.
Team Owner
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 37,637
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From: Crossville TN
The right-side mirror feature didn't really become popular until the mid-60's and later [except for the chrome-laden big cars of the mid/late 50's...the more chrome, the better...]. So, the factories didn't really think it necessary to add them. Also, with the flat mirrored surface, you couldn't really see that much, anyway. When the curved surface mirrors became available, everything came with one on the right side. I'm not sure, but right-side mirrors may be federally mandated now.
