by plateaucal » Fri Nov 02, 2018 6:53 pm
Mirror Trivia, you guys got me thinking. I have three mirror stalks in my shop. One is definitely from my late 69 model, with a triangular mounting flange and the mirror mounting flange pointing towards the driver, made for the passenger side. Another looks similar but is definitely made for the drivers side fender. It has a smaller mounting flange, is shorter, and points towards the driver, but not as radically as the one from the passenger side fender (of course). The late 69 has a door mounted stalk with a curved mounting flange fitting to the door. So it seems that maybe in the early 69 (68 model) had a drivers side fender mounted mirror but no other Patrol did? Interestingly, both of the fenders from my late 69 have the mirror reinforcements underneath, but only the passenger side one was used. The fender caps from my 67 did not have this feature on either side. And the late 69 was the only one with a door mounted stalk.
Am I reiterating what has been said or what. Anyway, it appears that the early 69 had a drivers side stalk on the fender that was shorter, pointed towards the driver, and had a smaller mounting flange and was one model only (early 69). Yes, inanity is good..with old cars. Or insanity.