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| | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 275 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 275 | Were peep mirrors an option from the factory or an aftermarket thing? Have they been around for many years or where did the originate?
38 original
48 panel
59 stepside
46 in the back forty
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 279 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 279 | Factory GM option for passenger cars,unsure about trucks.Look here: http://www.1948chevy.com/images-acc/peep.jpg
Gangster whites and straight pipes.....
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 275 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 275 | I have a pair on my truck I was just wondering if they came from the factory I've never seen a truck or car sitting in a pasture with them on.
38 original
48 panel
59 stepside
46 in the back forty
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | not "factory" - they were a dealer installed option like many of the small bits that were meant to suck a little more money out of the stylers, like the mirrors mounted on the passenger visor or the compass or the kleenex dispenser - prolly never seen'en in the pasture cuz it was the city folks that wanted'em, not the farmers!
Bill | | | | | Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1,271 | LOL! I saw an old "Andy Hardy" movie this week ... Andy had 2 peep mirrors fixed left & right at the top of the center-post of his jalopy's windshield ... as his rear-view setup. It cracked me up, man.
~~ Alan Horvath 1954 Chevy PickupSinging his praises in thePassing Lane | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,971 | In 1958, Chevy had a dual mirror option which included the standard door mirror and a peep mirror that bolted through the top of the drivers door with two bolts. Not many of them around, but I have one. | | |
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