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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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when i bought my 1975 stingray it didnt have a passanger side mirror, nor does it look like it broke off, do this year have both side mirrors or is it no suppose to be one? and then when i look online, i cant find them to replace... can anyone help me out?
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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where are you looking for it, did you try the vendors on this site. It was an option installed by the dealer.
here is a link just add the year
http://willcoxcorvette.com/advanced_...sort=3a&page=2

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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 03:55 PM
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Mine has both
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 04:01 PM
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alright thanks, look at my pics of the car, u can see it doesnt look like its misisng... idk, guess ill have to replace it than
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 04:02 PM
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Passenger's mirror was a dealer option. You can add one.

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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 06:00 PM
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Dealer option, not factory. Should be able to get one from any of the Corvette vendors.

My '75 has never had one and never will.
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 09:13 PM
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I agree with Steve. Dealer option.

My '72 has never had one and never will.
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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If mine didn't have one already I wouldn't put one. I just had a heck of a time after I tightened the head getting the wobble out of the mount
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Old Oct 21, 2010 | 11:49 PM
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My 76 does not have one. I would like to have one, sure would help me see better changing lanes, but I just can not make myself drill the holes in the door.
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by SteveG75
Dealer option, not factory. Should be able to get one from any of the Corvette vendors.

My '75 has never had one and never will.

Same with my 75 like the original look.
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 09:06 AM
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I never realized that it was an option....learn something new everyday !
I sure wouldn't want to drill holes in my door to add one though...
(Mine has both)
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 09:10 AM
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My car was a custom when I bought it, and one of the things was those silly chrome mirrors were moved forward on the door, where they should be, and so I changed them to later shark mirrors, so they stay in adjustment when the silly parking lot brush-bys happen.....

for that matter, I use those stick on bubble mirrors too.....
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by MrJlr
...II sure wouldn't want to drill holes in my door to add one though...
A little scary, but do-able. I remounted the mirror on my '68. I used the mirror mount for marking the hole locations, took a deep breath, and drilled two holes.


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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 11:43 AM
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Having driven C3s with and without a passenger side mirror, I don't understand why someone would NOT want one.
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It's not that they don't want one, Mike...it's that they don't want to add one to the [presently] un-drilled door.
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 03:12 PM
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Ya, I get ya, but to me driving without one is just too chancy. Visibility in a C3 is crap as we all know. Better two little holes drilled in a door than wiping out the passenger side body work.
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Originally Posted by mrvette
I changed them to later shark mirrors
What are shark mirrors?
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveG75
Dealer option, not factory. Should be able to get one from any of the Corvette vendors.

My '75 has never had one and never will.
Same with my '75 .. but ..I find if I move the rear view mirror to the right enough, I can see approaching cars on passenger side better thru my back window ...
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Old Oct 22, 2010 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
Having driven C3s with and without a passenger side mirror, I don't understand why someone would NOT want one.
I agree. If you have the drill template it is difficult to make a mistake. Huge safety bonus with that mirror.

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Originally Posted by Mike Ward
Having driven C3s with and without a passenger side mirror, I don't understand why someone would NOT want one.
I just turn my head and look. 90% of the time I have the top down so no blind spot in a convertible.
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