Side Mirrors Location?

[h20_mako]

Mine's a 57 minor 1000.

my side mirrors are fitted to the 1/4 glass area on the door. Any idea if that is original or should it be mounted on top of the front fender?

thanks.

[charlie_morris_minor]

I do not think wing mirrors were fitted orginally.

it is up to you where you mount them..

i like the ones on top of the wings /fender and has the added advantage of allowing my wife (shorter than me) to know where the wings are.

I do not like the ones mounted on the quarter lights as they seem to be in the exact spot i want to look at when coming on to a roundabout.

[h20_mako]

where would the quarter light location be? Is it on the door?

As for mine, I was thinking if its original, as its obstructing the quarter door glass from opening fully to allow air to flow into the cabin.

[alanworland]

I fixed my brackets to the stainless steel quarter light trim (silver soldered) and they seem ok to me, but they would be better with convex mirror glass in the assembly.

[charlie_morris_minor]

the one I had was attached to the long side of the quarter light not in the corner. It did not prevent the quarter light opening as it was attached to the frame not the glass

[Mog-nuts]

I found the ones fitted to the quater light uprights to be useless. Rear vision was very limited and it was necessary to move your head too far to see anything. I find without doubt that the MGB style mirror fitted to the doors and viewed through the quarter lights give excellent rear view,especially on motorways.

[h20_mako]

here is a couple of pictures of mine mirror location.

is this mounting location called the quarter light?

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[h20_mako]

Here is a picture of it open. Is this the maximum that it can open (90degrees)? judging from the rubberseal design, it seems to me it is, but i am still not very sure cos its suppose to guide wind into the cabin and the mirror is actually blocking me from moving it to more than 90degrees.

Thanks<br><br>

[andrew.searston]

hi everyone
this is where my mirror is located i think this is original and its located on the door<br><br>

[d_harris]

Thats not an original I'm afraid Andrew, although it is a very common kind of addition

[h20_mako]

Hi Dan, any examples of original fitting location? or originally, there is no side mirrors installed at all? like yours in the pictures? thanks.

[d_harris]

Wing mirror fitment was a dealer option. As a consequence there were many different styles of mirror that were used and the locations all subtlely differed.

My understanding is that dealer fit mirrors were always on the wing rather than the door/quarterlight

[Sidney'61]

I believe mine are an original dealer fit, they are on the end of the wings<br><br>

[alainmoran]

Yeah, but when you fit them on the ends of the wings like that, they are about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

[charlie_morris_minor]

sorry do not agree they are great on the end of the wings.. they overcome the problem of the blind spot. and when set correctly give good vision.

[alainmoran]

You must have go-go-gadget eyes since all I can see of them is a wing mirror with a tiny bit of reflection vibrating about in the wind so much as to make the reflection useless ... maybe I need to get my eyes tested though

[h20_mako]

it could be those convex curve mirror which will be able to give more side view angle?

[mike.perry]

Flat glass wing mirrors are next to useless. I have them on my Traveller but can't get them off without serious damage to the wing.
I have convex mirrors on the Series MM and they are far better.