Hey all,
My '73 coupe is going into the body shop next month for a paint job. The shop is going to remove the sport mirrors and reinstall the correct stock mirrors. Can someone please provide me with measurements where the stock mirrors are supposed to be located? I found a outside mirror entry in the assembly manual, but it didn't show location dimensions.

Thanks,
John

 

I came across this at some point in time, maybe it's what you need. There was a plate inside the drivers door that the mirror bolted to, if it's not there or is screwed up you'll need to put something back in.
Passenger door was either well nuts or you had to make / install your own plate
M

 

Thanks! This looks great.
Are these templates for the early C3's without the sport mirrors?
Also, what does the 13-5/8" dimension represent?

John

 

I believe the 13-5/8 was just a reference so when you printed it out you knew it was the correct scale.
I think the 68 was different but the 69-7x used this when you bought a passenger mirror and someone just copied / mirrored it for both sides (print is backwards on one)
There was a post that showed a "reference" location at one time

M

 

Here it is

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...load-link.html

M

 

Have you ordered the stock mirrors(reproduction) yet? Mine came with a template that you use to determine location of mounting holes. I will check back this weekend to see if anyone has measurements and if not I will upload photo of template and write down measurements.
When you get to the point where you are verifying mirror location I would recommend making a bracket the you slide in behind the outer door panel because the rubber well nuts do not do a very good job of keeping the mirror stable and it is very annoying to have the mirror vibrate.
The brackets that I made up were actually from a piece of repurposed metal about 1" wide. I started with the mount bracket and marked the holes then drilled to match the diameter of screw's supplied with new mirrors. A quick trip to hardware store I was able to match hardware with the correct size nuts for the screws. The new step was to panel bond the nuts to the bracket I made. The panel bond was built up around the nuts outside edge and before the pb set up I screwed the mirror bracket and my home made bracket together and let them dry for a couple of days.
I was able to install the brackets (home made ones) by using an existing hole in inner upper door shell located about 3' from the front of the door, to installed my brackets I run a length of wire through outside door at mirror hole and pulled the wire trough the hole in the inner door shell and attached wire through one of the brackets holes, then pulled bracket up to the backside of outer panel then used mounting screw with washer to snug up to door, the next step was to drill two 1/8" holes equal length between the mirror bracket holes and attach home made bracket with aluminum rivets. Since the rivets stick up a little bit I modified mirror gasket and ground a couple relief indentations in the mirror bracket backside to allow mirror assembly to sit on the door properly. Now my mirrors are nice and firmly attached to the door without vibration. It a little bit of effort but well worth the time.

 

THANK YOU! This is an awesome set of instructions to do exactly what I need to do. I like the idea of a metal backing plate to better secure the mirror base to the door.
John

 

Hey John.
I don’t know if you’re going NCRS or just want the mirrors to be in the correct oem location, but when I put the new passenger side mirror on my 73 I had them install it where it is actually useable instead of the oem location.
It was pretty worthless and barely functional at the oem location, but the body shop moved it to where the 82 passenger side mirrors were located from the factory and now I’ll actually have a functional mirror.
They are slightly different from the drivers side to the passengers side, but it is slight and you’ll never know the difference.

 

Ok, I'm sold. My car is no where near NCRS specs. Can you please share the new location of the passenger side mirror?
Thanks,
John

 

Here is where the body/paint shop drilled the new holes.
I don’t have the mirrors on or the seats installed, but when I sat in the drivers seat of the 82 they had in their shop, I instantly said yes, thats what I want.

 

Great pics, thanks!
John

 

One thing I failed to mention is, the holes are for sport mirrors and not the oem mirror.
The location should be the same, but the distance between the holes could be different.
I would mark the holes, have someone hold the new mirror in place and view the mirror position from the drivers seat.

 

Searched my archive and this is the only picture I could find of the original factory holes on my 69. You can get some idea of the vertical drop from the outline of the base. Not sure if this will help but I do remember that the base of the sport mirrors properly placed from the AIM didn't cover the original holes and I had to fill them in. So since you are going the other way, if the hole for the sport mirror fits within the outline of the original mirror, you don't need to do any bodywork to fill it in!

 

I'll take your advice and have someone hold up the new mirror and mark the position on the door.
Thanks again,
John