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Hey,
Does anyone know the correct mounting hardware for a passenger side mirror?
Not the ralley type but the one that matches the standard remote mirror.
I think the one inside the mirror housing must be a phillips head with bolt threads to accept the nut from inside the door and then the back one is the same screw as the drivers side. I want to do it right the first time.

Thanks

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I don't have an answer for you, but welcome to the site. I sure you will get some info shortly.
 
Welcome to this great site :blob: What are you putting a mirror on,
 
Welcome aboard. Outside screw is phillips and there is a nut that goes on the stud or bolt on the inside. I don't remember the head on that though but I will try to find mine to let you know. Enjoy the site!
 
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Welcome aboard. Outside screw is phillips and there is a nut that goes on the stud or bolt on the inside. I don't remember the head on that though but I will try to find mine to let you know. Enjoy the site!
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Yup, thats right and a 1/4 inch nut, with a 7/16 socket, holds it on from inside the door.

And welcome to the site, Twisted!
 
Thanks all for the info! I'm finding the odds and ends for the '71 Twister/340 clone I bought last year. She's originally a 318 3 speed (on the floor) car that was converted to auto on the tree. It has a fairly decent 360 out of a mid 70's Ramcharger, 8 3/4 rear, 10 inch drums up front... eventually will have disks.
I found a A833 out of a Volare station wagon if you can believe that, but I'm missing the ITM shifter and correct bell housing. I got the passenger side mirror from ebay (surprise) but it didn't come with the mounting hardware.
I see now it doesn't have the bolt stud attached to the bottom like the driver's side mirror.
Not only am I restoring the car, but the sound system itself has to be vintage, so I am going with an under dash 8 track. Which has led me into a whole other venue... restoring 8 track tapes! I am going so far as to record modern music onto blank 8 tracks I have come accoss and sending that music back into the past. No that's... Twisted!!!?!
Tee Hee :burnout:

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Like said above you should be able to put a 1/4 inch stud in the bottom of mirror and get a nut and lock waher , the screw is a #10 IIRC and you can get a stainless screw a Lowes eith taper seat. It only has to be like 1-1-1/2 inches long. Oh yeah welcome to site. Do you have the mirror base gasket also. Just measure the distance from front of door to mirror on drivers side then laout gasket b4 drilling your holes. Oh yeah welcome to the site.
 
Yes, the all thread or stud works for the drivers side, but the passanger side mirror has a hole that goes all the way through into the area where the mirror is and then the same hole at the back just like the driver side mirror. I did get a gasket off a junker and the holes in the passenger door are already there. She came off the assembly line with both mirrors. Thanks for the info! :)
 
That would be cool... and worth some bucks too I imagine! I'll research it more. The story continues...
 
Well here you go... I took the mirror to my local mopar mechanic and at first glance, he was baffled too! He said he had never seen a passanger side mirror that did not have a stud comming out of the bottom but instead, a screw hole that is "hidden" when the mirror is in it's normal position for driving.
His son was watching us and exclaimed, "we have one of those in back". He ran off while his dad had the look of disbelief. Sure enough, his son returned with the exact same mirror as mine, even the part number was the same! The two sister right hand mirrors were reunited! The one he had brought back had something rattling inside that turned out to be the original mounting screw. With a little manuvering, he got the screw to fall back in it's hole. I remembered that when I bought mine, it had the exact same screw. I thought that someone just rigged it with this since it was too small to fit in the factory hole in my door. My mechanic said that Chrysler sometimes used multiple sources for parts and this may have been a company they used for a while and then went to the stud type exclusively. So, this unit was probably used in the 60's and was screwed into the body sheet metal instead of having a mounting nut underneath. My first instinct was correct. I'll use a 1/4" coarse thread machine screw head with a tapered phillips head and a nut on the other side. \\:D/
 
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