86" Rear View Mirrors

[cjc_td5]

Next issue before rego...
I'm trying to sort out some rear view mirrors on Len the 86". When I acquired it, it had a central rear view mirror at the top of the windscreen, mounted through the roof of a custom truck-cab style hard top. I intend to run it as a soft top. I have seen photos of soft top 86"s that appear to have a mirror mounted on the top of the windscreen. Can anyone show me some pics of how they were mounted? Mine was originally a soft top and does not have any holes to show how a mirror might have been previously mounted there.

Also, I take it that the standad fitment for side mirrors was on the wing top. I also note from comments on here that they vibrate madly and are generally useless. I would like to try to mount a side mirror on the upper bulkhead or windscreen frame. My vehicle has two holes in the upper section of the windscreen frame and I have noted them on several pics on the web etc. Any idea what these holes were used for? I don't intend to run with door tops. If I do, then I can mount a mirror to the door top frame where there are holes from having one there previously. Anyone got any pics of how they mounted a mirror near the windscreen frame/upper bulkhead?

Cheers,

[series1buff]

Go to EPAY and look for kids push bike mirrors, the type that you see on the handlebars of kids bikes .

They are cheap and come in various styles , and you can mount them on the W/screen pillars

Mike

[mfc]

I beleave these were of a s 11 and theres copies from that Blackburn shop

I need a new one ,the wing top ones are near worthless not so much from vibration but cause every person who walks by seems to move them
regards mark{ps if theres 2 holes drilledon the side of the drivers side frame bout 2 inches below the top of the frame there mirror holes....
regards mark

[incisor]

my 55 107" has those holes on the drivers side of the windscreen, wondered what they were for?

[wrinklearthur]

if there's 2 holes drilled on the side of the drivers side frame bout 2 inches below the top of the frame there mirror holes....



https://www.aulro.com/afvb/


Those holes were for the trafficators mounting screws.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/

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[Avion8]

Hi Chris,

I had the same problem on my 80" & decided on a cheap stick on mirror in the end, which has been there nearly 2 years now & only dropped off once.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/1138.jpg

The 107" came with wing mirrors & a bolted on interior mirror:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/1139.jpg

This one fell through the wing just after I picked him up, hence the riveted plate underneath & extra support washers. Good for reversing but not much else.

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/1140.jpg

Interior mirror - no use for your soft top:(

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2013/04/1141.jpg

Another mirror I attached to the drivers door. Just secures with allen head grub screws. This and the interior mirror are the most useful.

Cheers

[101RRS]

Do you actually need an internal rear vision mirror on vehicles of this age??

[wrinklearthur]

Do you actually need an internal rear vision mirror on vehicles of this age??

The wife does. :p
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[Avion8]

Do you actually need an internal rear vision mirror on vehicles of this age??

You don't in WA, but sure helps when you have to go down major highways at 70 KPH when everyone else wants to go 110 KPH, at least if you can see them coming you can get out of their way.

[mfc]

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachments/series-i-land-rover-enthusiasts-section/58770d1365462133-86-rear-view-mirrors-mirrors-001.jpg


Those holes were for the trafficators mounting screws.


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-uEPi7bxTsQOGRiZmRiMzctYjVmMy00ZGQ5LTllZjctZGZhYjBi MTJjNDg5/image?pagenumber=5&w=800

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damd authur ,,,now I feel moraly compeled to find traficators {it should be a notifyable disease ...s 1 ownership that is}

ive also seen a mirror that uses 2 of the 3 bolt holes through the Blackburn landy guys

[123rover50]

Here are mine.

[123rover50]

Try these:o

12V BOSCH LAND ROVER SERIES 1 TRAFFICATOR PAIR trafficators semaphore SE100 one | eBay (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/12V-BOSCH-LAND-ROVER-SERIES-1-TRAFFICATOR-PAIR-trafficators-semaphore-SE100-one-/140946583330?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item20d1122f22)

Keith

[alhedward]

Sorry to disappoint those hole counters. They are there for mounting a sun visor externally.

[1950landy]

This is what I have with using guard mount mirrors , 159379159380 I can't win I rotated these so they were the correct way but still rotated onto side. These are the std Mirror arms that can be bought on Ebay but the plastic mirror heads are useless they shake & will not stay were adjusted , these are metal mirror heads I found on Ebay out of the US & they work well. The arms are only down so the trafficators will clear them.
Here is one up the correct way 159381 I also took this photo of someones when I was trying to work out which way to go.159382

[JDNSW]

Interestingly, the semaphore indicators have never been legal in Australia, and as far as I know have never been fitted to any Landrovers sold here (possibly on the Tickfords), although they were fitted to a large proportion of the English cars sold here from after the war up to the late fifties, as well as a lot of Continental cars, including VWs.

[1950landy]

Interestingly, the semaphore indicators have never been legal in Australia, and as far as I know have never been fitted to any Landrovers sold here (possibly on the Tickfords), although they were fitted to a large proportion of the English cars sold here from after the war up to the late fifties, as well as a lot of Continental cars, including VWs.

I don't use them when driving , they are too dangerous , nobody looks for them , I only use them at car shows if any one asks if they work or what they are. They were STD on the two P3 Rovers I owned also a couple of Morris Minor's I had.