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I have a 1952 3800 one ton truck with a box (wood) bed. I need to mount cowl mirrors on the truck to be able to view past the box on both sides. I had a 49 6400 and it had a long arm mirror on the drivers side and passenger side, both mounted on the cowl. The mirrors mount with small iron brackets of which I have two, I also have two extendable long arms for the mirrors. Can anyone with a 6400 in that vintage year range of 49-52 give me some measurements as to the location of the brackets on the cowl, such as inches from the edge of the cowl fresh air vent to the edge of the top mirror mounting bracket. A previous owner had installed some door mirrors which were not functional with the box bed. Thanks.
Jim

Jim -

Not sure about the Extended Mirrors on large trucks, but the factory installed reinforcing brackets inside the cowl are probably the best way to locate the location for standard mirror mounting bolts.
> Recent post on location of mirror bolts

The instructions for mounting extended mirrors are in the 1951 Accessories Installation Manual.
++ It has instructions and diagrams for Right-Hand (Passenger) Installation.
++ The instructions for Left-Hand (Passenger) installation are pretty simple ... "For Left-hand Installation: Remove existing mirror bracket and use existing holes in cowl."
> 986441 REAR VIEW MIRROR BRACKET - TRUCK

Brad Allen posted photos and templates for the mirrors a few years ago, but the photos were lost when WebShots changed their photo hosting site.

I have a .pdf of the GM mounting template. I probably downloaded it from Brad. I can email to you if you want. Send me a PM with your email address. Not sure if it is accurate.

- Lonnie

My email is [email protected]. I have looked for quite a few pics and found them not to be available in WebShots. I'll have to get inside the cowl area and look for mounting holes. I remounted the radio antenna in the hole provided on the drivers side so the mirror hold should be in that area I suppose.
Thanks for the info Lonnie

Here is a link to some pictures I will send you the instructional PDF and the template I have just in case.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/advance-design_parts_co/sets/72157631868452754/page5/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/advance-design_parts_co/9647482447/in/set-72157631868452754