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| Feb 14, 2015 08:59PM | DS1980 | |
| Feb 14, 2015 07:00PM | minibitz | |
| Feb 14, 2015 06:49PM | malsal | |
| Feb 14, 2015 05:36PM | Rosebud | Edited: Feb 14, 2015 05:41PM |
| Feb 14, 2015 04:54PM | Spitz | |
| Feb 14, 2015 04:05PM | Blackhawks | |
| Feb 14, 2015 02:23PM | kkaagg | |
| Feb 14, 2015 01:34PM | Blackhawks | |
| Feb 14, 2015 01:13PM | SXSMAN | |
| Feb 14, 2015 12:17PM | Blackhawks |
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I have a 1972 with the original service invoice. It was a separate charge to "supply and fit wing mirrors", so at least in that year it was an option. I don't know why. They are completely useless.
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It's purely a styling thing. That's the way the Japanese like them. I've imported Jap cars with both convenationally mounted mirrors and the type on top of the wings. On cars with mirrors on the wings there were still holes on doors where standard mirrors had been removed.
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A lot of the Jap spec cars have them but not all, most if not all have been added afterwards and have small plastic covers over the door mirror holes.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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Feb 14, 2015
05:41PM
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I love the classic look of wing-mounted mirrors, but IMO they're miserably impractical. I had them on my '59 MGA. It's a 2-person job to adjust them; one behind the wheel and one to move the mirror. Not only that, because of the distance between the driver and the mirror, your field of vision is miniscule. Try this; take a smallish round mirror, have someone hold it 3 or 4 feet away and see how impossibly tiny the image in the mirror is. Of course, the MGA had l-o-n-g front fenders making the effect even worse. The Mini, not so much. But still...
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My Jap 1989 MINI has them. I do believe it's a legal thing over there. I've seen them on many other JDM cars. No idea why.....they definately are not as practical as the "tex" style door mirror.
"Everybody should own a MINI at some point, or you are incomplete as a human being" - James May
"WET COOPER", Partsguy1 (Terry Snell of Penticton BC ) - Could you send the money for the unpaid parts and court fees.
Ordered so by a Judge
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And I'm only interested in the Japanese 91 models forward (MKVI and MKVII).
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Yes, that's what I'm talking about. Why do some Minis gave them and others do not?
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Do you mean fender or wing mirrors when talking about "hood" mirrors ?
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Does anyone know why some Minis have side mirrors and others have hood mirrors?
Do the hood mirrors signify a certain model or build package? Were they factory installed or aftermarket installed?
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