Customs Who sells nice oval dash mounted rear view mirrors??

I've looked everywhere i thought of and I'm not impressed!!
I don't have any mirrors right now and I should really get at least one. I'm only planning on running one mounted on the dash. Let me know if you have any suggestions!! THANK YOU !!!

BTW, I tried, SOCAL SPEEDSHOP, EARLY FORD, CHEVIES OF THE 40'S, EBAY, MOONEYES, ETC.........

 

Well, that covers just about everything...

 

HAHA!! Pretty much!!! There's gotta be a small company that makes something different and cl***y!

 

Ian I have a mirror for you! It goes on with a suction cup! I put in on when I am driving! take it off when I am not!!! you saw it at Primer Nats!!! Does not clutter the Dash or window!

 

Where do you buy that?? I like that idea, but i was also thinking i could maybe find something art deco-ish to mount permanently right behind the clock. Low profile. I have a vision and i actually made one today, but i dont feel it's clean enough to mount yet, so im looking for options!

 

Let's see some pics...

 

Alright then!!! Let me take a pic first!!!

 

Hi Ian. Have you looked at Bob Drake's mirrors yet? He always makes nice stuff.

 

I have no pics but i took a dash mounted mirror out of an old Stude. Late 40's or early 50's, not sure. Anyhow it was very trim, oval, art deco stem, and had the neatest rose colored gl*** in it. The reflections were rose color in the day and the headlights were never bright at night. Any time i get to a place with old iron I am on the lookout for another Stude mirror.

 

Obviously this is TOTAL ****, I'm just ****in around since I got nothing better to do.....There's nothing going on in my garage!!!

BTW, I hate the bottom piece....... Looks like a trigger!!!

 

Check out a 54 Chev dash mounted mirror. I run one in my Hudson, and it is the perfect mirror for a chopped car. Makes a HUGE difference.

The actual mirror part unbolts from the base, so you could certainly change it out for an oval shaped one...

 

Yah, I could see that............but maybe that's your inspiration?

 

Yep!!!! It's ****!!! I was trying to go for more of an art deco design but it came out more like Pirates of the Caribbean !!!!! HAHAHA!!! Boom , in the s**** metal bucket!!

 

54 Chevy huh?? That looks clean and simple. Thanx!!

 

I took 40 lincoln zephyr mirror and flipped over and mounted it to my dash. It has a very cool shape to it. I just trimed of the tabs for visors.

 

Got a pic??? That sounds real cool! Thanx for the tip!

 

Maybe modify one of these from Bob Drake.


http://www.bobdrake.com/bigcat/bigcatpdfs/Mirrors.pdf

 

Rick, i like a couple of these, i wish they made a swan type neck but from back to front, not only side to side!!! I would like to find something that mounts behind the clock and that would float right above it!! OVAL.

 

Well okay Capt. Berky, since you seem to be SUCH a handy guy, with this overly subtle yet highly customized Chevy................why not buy something that is:
1. Art Deco from the get go
2. Unusual and one of a kind
3. Subtle yet highly customized like the Chevy

I'd find one of these art deco hand mirrors in the shape of my choice, remove the gl*** and narrow it or search for something my size *they came in a VARIETY of sizes*, put gl*** back in and then bend that handle back and shape it and fit it to be the ideal stem.





I think that if you couldn't cut and weld, then you could probably have a jeweler do it cheap enough...........and **** the mirrors are everywhere including thrift stores.

Go ahead guys, laugh it up.

 

Go ahead guys, laugh it up. [/QUOTE]

I'm not laughing Brandy, Definitely an option to see what's out there!!! I go to thrift stores all the time!! Thanx Brandy!!

 

Brandy's thinking along the same lines as me. Maybe your car needs something really fancy. Etched...maybe no frame with a "diamond-cut" edge by a jeweler. Did a little search and found these guys. Maybe something like this big oval one, but on a smaller scale.


http://www.customgl***signs.com/

 

I'm not laughing Brandy, Definitely an option to see what's out there!!! I go to thrift stores all the time!! Thanx Brandy!![/QUOTE]

You know..........looking at that round mirror with brush, that smaller one is the brush, I bet you could remove the bristles, replace the space with mirror and have a smaller version that you didn't have to narrow or shorten.

And they come in all sizes as well..........and generally already missing most of their bristles.

Bet that would look killer on the dash of my Poncho roadster............hmmmmmmmmm.

 

That swan neck oval head job of BobDrake's could do with the right twist at the swivel mount and be, well, tall. nvrmnd.

 

The first pic of the hand mirror/brush combo is certainly Art Deco but I believe the others are Art Nouveau.

The Drake mirrors for 35-36 oval Closed Car, 37-40 oval Closed Car, and 41-48 rectangular Closed Car could be turned upside down down but would not stand very tall from the dash rail.

Modifying any of the diecast base mirrors would be a problem as the diecast zinc alloy doesn't take well to change.

 

You would be correct on the deco vs. nouveau..........and I knew that when I posted it, teach me to be lazy.

 

Ian
Check out Moon Equipment SoCal

 

Ian check with dmv you may need left hand mirror in ca., i got stoped once by hayway patrol in my 58 ranchero but may be he just wanted to look at my car,i alterd a clip on mirror to fit vent window and sliped it on gl*** and closed window, took it off when i got where i was going

 

Studebaker used dash mounted mirrors from 47-52. Try studebakerparts.com. They have lots of interior/exterior parts. My 52 has one and it is the PERFECT shape and size

 

Ill check Tom,Im definitely not drilling holes on my door!!


Thanx everyone for the suggestions.....im gonna look into it!! Im definitely mot gonna make one though.......probably gonna go with the drake oval and flip it!!