Technical Mirror Muff

And this is one of them,like the inmates taking over the asylum. HRP

 

Wow. I'm impressed HRP

 

That's a real collectors item now!

 

The most interesting thing about this discussion is that it is actually under "technical".

 

Well, installing a mirror muff is "technical". You have to fit the elastic over one end of the mirror, streeeeetch it all the way over to the other side, taking care not the let the other end pop off, and carefully tuck it over the other end of the mirror. And what if, horror of horrors, after all that, you have it inside out!! Then what Mr. Smart guy? Hmmmm?

 

I need to dig through some of my old Hot Rod or Rod & Custom. I can see the ads in the back of the magazine as I type this.

 

Maybe there was a installation how-to??

 

Not near as cool or usable as the checkerboard pillows for the package tray in colors coordinated to match your car. HRP

 

I'm still trying to figure out how to mount a "Blinky the Cat" in the back window of my truck. No package shelf! Maybe I could string it up between the down tubes with some bungee cords? But I'm a little concerned one of my neighbours might report me to the SPCA...

 

Which reminds me....why can my wife have girlfriends but I can't? Not fair, I tell ya.

 

Because they can't take a joke!,wait...I didn't say that out loud. HRP

 

While I know what a muff is, never heard of a mirror muff. The H.A.M B. never fails to teach me something. Ranks right up there as much as chrome eyelids over the headlights as a accessory I won't be adding anytime soon. Too each their own. everyone likes muffs though.

 

And if it doesn't break, time to go to town

 

Guys used to chrome plate their glove box doors so they could see some "mirrored muff" !

 

I thought it was the muff seen in the mirror from the center rear seat passenger in a car with bucket seats.

 

It's all fun and games until you see a muffin with nuts Out the door she goes

 

Cripes, I miss Mark and Brian.
Remember the skit "girlfriends got a weiner".
Hilarious.

 

That happened to a friend of mine. But hey, he's Italian he was USED to women with a five o'clock shadow!

 

LOL!

 

Father in law cleaning out his basement. Now & then ''junks'' my son with a box of stuff. This came today. An actual vintage mirror muff. Not making this up!
In the spirit of this thread, I'm gonna offer it up as a trophy to the winner of the HAMB Fisted Fight!
Scratch & sniff for actual muff at your own risk.

 

Looks like something Hulk Hogan would like. ( a mini boa).
(Maybe "Fredrick's of Hollywood" still carries them?)

 

Hey! I resemble that remark! I was going to send you a gift certificate for Christmas from tackyshit.com but the deals off now.

 

Damn, I know it's been a while, but when did they start puttin' em on the side?

 

I had no idea on what they were until today so I did learn something today.

 

This is a proper rear view mirror piece. HRP

 

Man does that take me back.
In the late 60's a friends dad was a truck driver so he always had some funny saying or story to tell. These two teenagers would absolutely absorb anything he'd say.
One that really sticks is "its been so long since I got any that I'm not even sure they put it in the same place".

 

If you go to a local fabric store you can buy a half yard of phony fur and a yard of elastic and make maybe fifty of them. Next swap meet sell them for a few bucks and there you go.

 

Had to get that first on the way to the muff and then came those little baby shoes.

 

Had one of those things on the mirror of my 55 Metropolitan in 1965 until someone snagged it off the mirror at work one day when I parked the car with the top down. I think I had it on there because the edges of the mirror looked crappy, probably because as I now see a previous owner used Windex on the mirror on a regular basis.

 

the first guy: "hmmm, let's see.........this car needs something...........hmmm....... i got it! a fuzzy mirror wrap."
not criticizing, just curious, where did it start? sales gimmick? an upholsterer with some extra fabric?