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Hi Gang,
I found my rear-view mirror in a pile of junk, 40 years of weather made the steel rusty (cleaned by electrolyse and ready to be painted) but also the mirror part of the glass is mostly gone. I could cut a new one and polish/round off the sides, but mirrors nowadays aren’t as thick as the one I got and if I can keep it original for a bit more money I will.
Any hints? Do it myself?

Thanks
Richard

If you can safely get the glass loose, a good shop should be able to re-silver it.

Hi GMCpanel,
I have it all apart in the original pieces, that's not the problem, the language is re-silvering is the word I was after. What kind of shop would do that? Jewellery? I have no idea, not even in my former home country, Holland would I be able to tell you what shop would do something like that.
But I’ll shop around in town and see what I can come up with.At least I now know what to ask for

Thanks for your time
Richard

mirror is available in many thicknesses [2,3,4mm] - check at the biggest glass shop you have handy and they should be able to cut you some new - re-silvering isn't likely to be available locally, and would prolly cost double what a new piece would cost

Bill

I think almost any glass shop can cut you a new piece at a reasonable price. You won't know whether it is new or original when it is installed. Allen

Richard, I had an old Fjord mirror done at a shop that did custom glass and mirror work. Just call some local glass shops, they should be able to point you in the right direction. I have another mirror that needs to be done - it's a piece of tapered glass for an original day/night mirror. Not something that is exactly easy to replace.

Thanks GMCpanel,
But I'm 80 miles from local town, so I thought I might try a different approach. I'll be on the phone a lot I guess.

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