Wondering if anyone could take the time to measure the length and width of the base of the 68-69 Cutlass/442 chrome mirror where it mounts on the door and how far back from the leading edge of the door it is. Someone installed a pair of cheapie aftermarket mirrors and I'm afraid the holes are gonna be outside the parameters of the stock mirror

 

Here's some pictures of the 1968-69 mirror base and location mounted on a car.

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But when your looking for factory style mirror be careful you get the 68-69 and not the 70-72 mirrors. At a glance they look the same, but compared together the 68-69 are narrower due to the shape of the door. Here's some pictures of the two side by side. These are the non-remote clamshell mirrors, but the remote ones also have different width bases.



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Let me know if you have any additional questions or need to see any other views. John

 

Thanks so much, that affirms what I thought. The holes that were drilled for the aftermarket mirrors are about 5 inches apart, so I won't be able to use the factory stuff... GRRR!

The car doesn't need paint so I have to deal with what I have to work with.

Thanks again!

 

Are the mirrors shown in this post standard for a 68/69? I have one driver mirror on my 442 that is semi rectangular and not as nice as these oval ones. Are they a direct replacement or some type of after market mirror? Does anyone have a source for these? Thx.

 

The clamshell mirrors were the only factory non-remote mirrors in 68-69. The remote mirror is only for the drivers side and there is no pass. side that matches it. They make reproductions of the non-remote style, I think Fusick carries it but am not sure. John

 

Yep! Fusick catalog for the Cutlass/442 page 21, they have both sides, $64.50 each in the catalog I downloaded a year or two ago.



John