Any Cars with these passing eye mirrors on them. And not new bomb low riders? was it just a kitch Jc Whitney item? Or maybe just a traveling add on and take off when home, perhaps.
I think they were just a cool add-on that seemed to confuse a lot of people. Hard to find though, especially in good shape. I'm sure they must have been tricky to get adjusted quite right and I don't know if I would risk my life passing someone by using one. Guess by the time more dual lane highways came to be, their popularity diminished.
I have a picture of one on a 39 Willys I saw at the NSRA nationals in Tulsa back on 76 I think. I'll have to try and find it. Pat
I'd be afraid that the opposing reflections in the mirrors would clash causing a time/space vortex in which all reality as we know it, would come to a screeching halt.
^^^did you say Flux Capacitor?? ^^^ I had a 64 Bonneville with the side mirrors mounted way out front on the fenders from the factory and at first I hated them, after a couple months I absolutely loved them. I think it's like anything, tight floor pedal space, no inside rear view mirror etc, you learn to adapt and it becomes second nature... But there is one exception.... who the Sam hell thought a dial was a good idea for a shifter on new cars !!#*#*#!!! ...
these are not rare at all, just expensive- type in passing mirror on ebay and your done looking., and kind of a snake oil item. BTW I was asking for pics of actual customs that might have one on?
My uncle Roy had on his 1954 Mercury back in the 50's, no idea why I can remember that and not what I had for breakfast yesterday
LOL. I hooked up a Flux Capacitor to my toaster...still waiting for my toast to return...had a bowl of cereal instead.
Fender mount mirrors were popular on English and other European cars back in the day. But since this photo is OT it might not last long.
To me nothing “looks” worse than side mirrors anywhere on fenders; it just takes the style of the car away. As a point no car came from the factory back then with side mirrors. Customers or dealers put them on….wisely they let the customer choose the spot..
Here's a pic of the mirrors on a 64 bonneville, not my car but same mirrors, same location and both were remote with a chrome teardrop shaped knob under each side of the dash. I owned 2 64 Pontiacs, both had the same mirrors and location...
I had a passing mirror on my 52 chev back in the eighties. they were cheap back then , you could buy em at swap meets for 10-20 bucks. nobody seemed to care about them. with all the talk on this thread about fender mounted rear view mirrors it makes me think that some people here do not know how passing mirrors worked. They were meant to look out in front of you around the car in front of you to see if there was room to pass. When I first drove my car with the newly installed passing mirror and looked in it going down the road it looked like a car was coming up behind me at 200 mph... kinda scared me, but I got used to it. I used to have a bunch of them (they were cheap) but I don't have any anymore. As far as a picture with a historic custom using one, I think these were more of a novelty item and not really a custom accessory
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