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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 03:23 PM
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Looks Good. I just fitted a LH stock mirror and that was a PITA so I can imagine what yours were like.
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 03:30 PM
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The mirror glass moves, not the head. It has some sort of gear setup and you can manually move it to adjust. It would be nicer to use the electronics but that is a whole bunch of work for an older guy with less patience than you younger guys. I will post a couple more pictures of the view from the inside of the car. As a side note, I first saw these Aurora mirrors at Roy Brizio's Open House about a year ago. Roy has his shop about two blocks from mine and is a fairly well known "hot rod builder". There were about two thousand hot rods at the show and the whole town was bumper to bumper with nice rides. A gentleman and his wife had their fifties cruiser in all turquoise on display in front of the shop and the mirrors grabbed my eye. They looked beautiful and after questioning the owner and his wife about them I learned they came from an Olds Aurora. When they arrived I was stunned at how big they were. In fact, I was a bit pissed because I didn't think they were useable. My wife said they would look great but I had my doubts. After about six weeks of staring at them in the box I decided one Saturday to give it a try. Once they were on the car, I loved them and they didn't look so big. The problem was my other mirrors were SO SMALL. If you look at today's cars, these mirrors are average size. The new C5s and C6s have about the same size mirror. It was just a question of being used to "the old stuff" and not having an open mind. As usual, I should have listened to my wife in the first place. Even if I didn't like them, and I really do, you can see so much better and what once was a car with a lot of blind spots is now a car I feel safer in than ever because I can see so much more of what is going on behind me and to the sides. Thanks....Oldsmobile....you helped make my "Old-mobile" a safer car.
and now they're making their way onto corvette's. Great idea.
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Old Feb 22, 2005 | 03:51 PM
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Different strokes 'n all that. I tore the "new" 6"x8" replacement mirrors from my '69 pickup and reinstalled the old-style 4" round pucks! I like the tiny chrome mirrors. To each his own.

Good work, BTW. Not my style, but you did a nice job.
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