My rearview mirror has always been a problem. First, it would not stay adjusted and would pop out of the bracket if I moved it around too much. I fought this issue for ever, trying to tight everything to make it operate correct. Second, the mirrow was way to low and in my line of sight. I always wondered why no one had an issue with this, as it made it hard to drive/see.

So, I decided to spend the money on the complete assembly, aside from the mirror itself. This included the mount and shaft that connects the mount to the mirror. As soon as it arrived I saw a huge difference. The shaft is a third of the length of the one I had installed (see photo). This got me excited. Once I installed the new one I was pleased to see that the mirror is now out of my line of sight and it stays in place!!!!

The lesson I learned is to NEVER trust the previous owner (sad, but not the first thing I've found to not be right). He told me about all the things he did to return a previously hot rodded vette back into original condition. He supposably spend a lot of time finding original equipment to put this back to original, but this was obviously not the correct part.

Restoring and updating this car takes me twice as long as it should, as I can't trust that the PO put things together the correct way when he worked on it. For example, the seatbelt cover under the seat was under the carpet. I thought this was the correct way to do it when I was installing my new carpet recently. Luckily I did a little research and found that not to be true.

Anyway, long post to say never trust the part on your car to be the right one, unless you are the original owner.


Old on left, new on the right. Huge difference.

Mirror in my line of sight.

Corrected, out of my line of sight.

 

Good grief, I cant believe you drove it like that! Bet thats a hell of an improvement. Local guy I know tells me ‘always verify’ just like you suggest.

 

Maybe the PO was really short
M

 

The cars in Alabama are shorter?

Jebby

 

Well, mine is lower, but not shorter.

 

much better!