Topic: Rear view mirror

[silverelvis69]

Hi Fellas,
Trying to distinguish if my rear view mirror is original.
Can anyone confirm this please?

Thanks

[J_Speegle]

Looking for possibly a picture of an original but believe the one you have is a replacement of some form. The twist arm on the bottom should be a toggle style instead from what I'm finding and recall from other 70's if I recall correctly

[J_Speegle]

Found a couple - sorry the pictures are better but clearly show the toggle (front to rear) dimmer

[silverelvis69]

It appears to be so.
Have discoverd this  also from research. square mount with toggle and lever silver of sorts.

However "made in USA" is interesting to me hence why I thought it was original.
Thank god I did not go through the troubles of restoring this!!

If anyone knows this "made in USA" came from - that would be appreciated.

[J_Speegle]

It appears to be so.
Have discoverd this  also from research. square mount with toggle and lever silver of sorts.

However "made in USA" is interesting to me hence why I thought it was original.
Thank god I did not go through the troubles of restoring this!!

If anyone knows this "made in USA" came from - that would be appreciated.

Can't think of many things that were made by Ford and assembly line that had Made in US or USA on them. A few parts supplied did but not Ford. At the moment only shocks made by Gabriel (and even then only half or so of what they produced) had similar wording

Thought I had posted, in another thread, a close up of the arm finish from mount to mirror but can't find it at the moment

[Anghelrestorations]

Posting some photos here so you can see the details of the day/night toggle and also the stem from mirror to base....

20230504_224830 by Marcus Anghel, on Flickr

20230504_224904 by Marcus Anghel, on Flickr

[silverelvis69]

Thanks Champion!!!
Is that hard plastic at the back or vinyl?



The "made in USA" mirror at the top - any idea? if its a ford item?

[J_Speegle]

Thanks Champion!!!
Is that hard plastic at the back or vinyl?

Hard textured plastic

[Anghelrestorations]

No idea what the mirror could be from.  Given enough time and effort you can probably search Ebay or the internet and eventually figure it out.  Its just not a 1970 Mustang mirror for sure.....

[silverelvis69]

Thanks Marcus and Jeff