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Ruinnations

Ruinnations

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I have been searching for a replacement to the door mirror on my 65 Valiant convertible. I have seen one other like it on a 65 Barracuda but I am not sure if they are an original to any Mopar or if they were an aftermarket? I could order the dual post style but the base on those is much smaller. The paint under the base of this one has been damaged due to the hard plastic seal rubbing away at the paint for longer than I have owned the car. So to hide the damaged paint I would like to find an exact replacement.

Maybe even get a second one to put on the passenger’s side.

Thanks

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Ruinnations said:
I have been searching for a replacement to the door mirror on my 65 Valiant convertible. I have seen one other like it on a 65 Barracuda but I am not sure if they are an original to any Mopar or if they were an aftermarket? I could order the dual post style but the base on those is much smaller. The paint under the base of this one has been damaged due to the hard plastic seal rubbing away at the paint for longer than I have owned the car. So to hide the damaged paint I would like to find an exact replacement.

Maybe even get a second one to put on the passenger’s side.

Thanks

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Yup, aftermarket POS.
 
I don't think the remote mirrors were offered in '65, I think they started about '68.
 
If your car didn't come with a factory remote mirror, you don't care about originality, you can use the '67-up version and drill the appropriate holes. If your door already has the stock hole for the factory remote mirror, you need to find the '65-6 version. It's the remote control unit that is different. The '65-6 uses one that has a larger diameter. It's also one that is more easily removed from the cables, which was needed to be removed to thread the cables through the door skin hole. The '67-up version is smaller and can go through a factory door skin hole with the control still attached to the cables, in fact, if you try to remove the control from the cables, it's very easy to break the attachment point on the control. There are several cable lengths too, but, cars with a vent window use the shortest, so, that shouldn't be an issue with yours.
 
cudamark said:
If your car didn't come with a factory remote mirror, you don't care about originality, you can use the '67-up version and drill the appropriate holes. If your door already has the stock hole for the factory remote mirror, you need to find the '65-6 version. It's the remote control unit that is different. The '65-6 uses one that has a larger diameter. It's also one that is more easily removed from the cables, which was needed to be removed to thread the cables through the door skin hole. The '67-up version is smaller and can go through a factory door skin hole with the control still attached to the cables, in fact, if you try to remove the control from the cables, it's very easy to break the attachment point on the control. There are several cable lengths too, but, cars with a vent window use the shortest, so, that shouldn't be an issue with yours.
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No remote. Going to look into the size of the base on the 67 and up version to see if it will cover the area of damaged paint under the base of mine.
Thanks
 
Ruinnations said:
No remote. Going to look into the size of the base on the 67 and up version to see if it will cover the area of damaged paint under the base of mine.
Thanks
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With the remote mirrors, the base sizes are the same. The '67-up manual mirror bases are a little bigger than the '66 and older ones. Different shape too.
 
I may have one like that on my car. I'll check as I purchased 2 new repos. I'll go take a look.
 
LO23M8B said:
I may have one like that on my car. I'll check as I purchased 2 new repos. I'll go take a look.
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Thanks.
I still trying to work out if a 65 Barracuda had a specific style of mirror, or not. Just been reading a few much older posts..... Dan Stern had some good info.
 
Blue62Val said:
Thanks.
I still trying to work out if a 65 Barracuda had a specific style of mirror, or not. Just been reading a few much older posts..... Dan Stern had some good info.
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They have two versions. A twin post manual, and a cable remote type. Driver's side only.
 
I have a 65 Cuda in my barn I can look at tomorrow, I believe it non-remote and a twin post but I'll double check.
 
Finally found something on eBay that seemed to work out well. The base covers the damaged paint and the vent window just clears the mirror perfectly.

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