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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 322 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 322 | I am looking to add matching mirrors to my truck.
Never really have liked the look of two different style of stock mirrors. Interested to hear what everyones using...pictures would be great!!
Chuck
Blue 50
1950 3100 w/57 235
Patrick’s Saginaw 4 speed and 3:55 rear end
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,109 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 4,109 | blue 50, i am using the peep style and i like them i like the uncluttered look. i did have to ad a glue on convex to the passengers side. look at my webshots, i don't know how to post pictures. ron
Ron, The Computer Greek I love therefore I am.1954 3100 Chevy truckIn the Gallery 2017 Buick Encore See more pix1960 MGA Roadster Sold 7/18/2017
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,952 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 2,952 | Two round black mirrors in the stock location using the two different arm designs. I like them but they do stick out and I am forever hooking on them as I walk by. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | I use chrome stock on mine,,you just have to look real good before you make a move,,,,,,Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 90 Member | | Member Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 90 | Small west coast mirrors w/ fisheye, blinker light (both) plus a round upper door mounted 'peep' on drivers side. My inside is a modern auto dim, compass, temp gauge mounted under an upper boxed in compartment, (radio in center, two pigeon holes on the sides) w/ courtesy lamps.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 445 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 445 | Peep mirrors,3".may want to use 4"
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | My '50 3100 came with a rectangular mirror on the driver side, mounted to what appears to be the original arm.
The mirror was cracked, and I replaced it with a 4" round mirror I scored in a box with a bunch of other junk from the auction for a buck.
I dont have a mirror on the passenger side. The rearview mirror.. don't know if it's stock, but it looks like it is.. it's kind of narrow, and hard to really get a full view out the back window, so i'll probably replace it with something a little wider.
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,877 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,877 | several of the vendors offer universal mirrors or mirrors that will mount up other than the stock style.
try a parts store and look at replacement mirrors... or check if they have a catalog, Then you can flip through it and check 'em out.
Try google.com image search for your model truck and see what comes up.
just a few ideas...
-W | | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 | I have 2-6" round painted stock mirrors on my '60 GMC.
Jake | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 531 | I have round mirrors on both sides. Got them from Chevy Duty I think. One problem is that the center bolt rusts easily.. ya think they'd use stainless!!
Also added a 3" peep to drivers side. Helps get over the side mount spare. Put in an interior day/night mirror from one of the catalogs... it pretty much sucks. It really doesn't do the "night" part of it's function. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | Originally posted by Larry Bear:
I have round mirrors on both sides. Got them from Chevy Duty I think. One problem is that the center bolt rusts easily.. ya think they'd use stainless!!
Same deal here on two diff trucks, guess there's no stainless in China,,Brian | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 571 | I had 4X6 mirrors on the 49. Looked kind of goofy. The PO put a driver side arm on the passenger side so the mirror was right behind the post. So, I ordered the correct arm for the pass side and some round mirrors. I tried to put on the pass side arm and the PO must have drilled the holes in the wrong place cause I still couldn't see it. I think I'm gonna weld up the holes on the pass side and just keep the driver side mirror. I have a 5 window cab, so I really don't need a pass side mirror. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,877 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,877 | Originally posted by Larry Bear:
I have round mirrors on both sides. Got them from Chevy Duty I think. One problem is that the center bolt rusts easily.. ya think they'd use stainless!!
Get it clean - paint it with clear fingernail polish... or use one of those model paint pens in clear... -W | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 24 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 24 | Any of you 60-66 owners have pics of the round mirrors? I'd like to see what they look like. Also, what's the diameter?
1966 SWB
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | Mine are 5 inch round, stock arms,,kinda small but I really don't care where I've been, just who's in front. Brian | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 24 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 24 | Well, i've been driving w/out one.. left lane changes suck 
1966 SWB
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 196 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 196 | Chuck, I plan on having the tall rectangle ones. My truck came with left bracket only and no mirror. Mine looks similar to this one or this one . Any one know what these are called? Originally posted by StukThrtl: Any of you 60-66 owners have pics of the round mirrors? Rance
66 C10 FS/LB 292/4-spd manual (I also enjoy Hang Gliding)
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| | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 109 Member | | Member Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 109 | Im going for different. Everyone uses peep mirrors, and they are small for a Burb. Im using 1961 Studebaker Avanti mirrors, $65 each reman.
John Kennedy
1950 Suburban street rod
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 10 | Running full size West Coast on both sides w/spot on bottom outside RH. When I first got the beast I was thinking "It's not a REAL truck, it's just a pick-em-up." After about a week of driving it I revised my opinion and decided that a 66 GMC 3/4 ton long-bed with a 292 most certainly IS a real truck-'cause it darn sure wasn't going to tolerate being driven any other way. So I replaced the half-assed WC's it had with proper full loops plus brace and separate mirrors all in stainless.
IF YOU DIDN'T TEST IT, IT DOESN'T WORK
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,158 | I've got a rectangular aftermarket mirror on the left and I think i've got the original round one from the left side on the right. Seeing as the round one is cracked, I'm going to have it replaced with an "Objects in Mirror are closer than they appear" mirror. That one is crappy for backing up.
I have no mirror on the inside, but I am going to see if I can score one from an AD... or maybe a later one. If not, I'll probably buy one from American Classic Truck Parts. They've got a nice metal one that looks like it could have been in my truck originally. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 322 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Dec 2004 Posts: 322 | What are west coast mirrors? are they the big ones that run vertical and attatch above and below window? I'm kinda thinking of those. I have a 3-window and need all the help seeing I can get.
Blue 50
1950 3100 w/57 235
Patrick’s Saginaw 4 speed and 3:55 rear end
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 622 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 622 | I bought one peep mirror for the drivers side and I attached a flat mirror to my sun visor that works surprisingly well.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 452 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 452 | And now for something completely different,... I am using mirrors from a Volvo 240 mounted on chrome stock arms. I had to grind off the original mounts, but since they are solid aluminium, plishing the the cut is no big deal. I used the tensioner screw to mount the mirror. The shape is similar to the original pre-54 tail lights, but 4 times the size. Look nice.
Current fleet (subject to change w/o notice) \'49 GMC 3/4-Ton , 60 Austin Healey Frog-eye Sprite (some assembly required), 2011 Dodge Avenger, 2015 Jeep Cherokee. No, they don't all run. My other ride is a (B737)no, (B767)no, A320.... Update... was Embraer E190, now Boeing B787. Knowledge is a wonderful thing, but ignorance means you don't know you can't do something.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 313 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 313 | I have a single 5" round mirror on the driver's side of my '66 C-10. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 11 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 11 | Peep mirrors on my 53. Think I got them from Jim Carter. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 285 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 285 | I use the stock round mirror on the drivers side only, but very seriously considering adding a peep mirror to get a better view around the side mount spare. Inside mirror stock. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 29 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 29 | One drivers side peep mirror on mine.
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