Thread: Wing Mirror Question

Get the drill out Mate, The wing mirrors are the bee's knee's and cheap as chips as well.

Wing mirrors would have been satisfactory when introduced by rover in the late 1940s rural UK, but having used them on landrovers in the late fifties and early sixties, I found they have a few drawbacks. The view in a small, curved mirror, two metres from the driver takes a bit of getting used to. But the major issue is that they are very vulnerable to damage from overhanging bushed, and usually, not only is the mirror broken, but the top of the mudguard is torn as well - not cheap or easy to repair.

Originally Posted by jedwards

Hi all. I have a question about wing mirrors, which appear rarely on S1's ( well in the image section of Google anyway) However, I like to drive my 1953 80" S1 with the windscreen folded down, which leave me without any decent rear vision mirrors. I do have the mirrors mounted anther sides of the windscreen, but they take a lot of fiddling to get right, and then the same amount of fiddling to reset them if Used with it with the screen up.I have a particular reason for having the onscreen folded down, as I keep in on a 4 post hoist at home, but due to the pitch of the garage roof, I have to fold down the windscreen in order to fully raise the hoist. As a result, I generally leave it that way, and I do enjoy the wind and bugs in your face driving as well. However with the windscreen folded down, I cannot easily rely on the windscreen mounted mirrors. So I thought I should install a pair of wing mirrors that would be unaffected whether I had the screen up or down. Any other practical alternates I should consider before drilling into my wings'thanks in advanceJeff (in not so sunny Perth)

If you have the proper 53 mudguards, the ones with the sidelights at the front, they should already have the hole for the mirror near the riveted joint of the outer and inner mudguard, about in line with the front panel. On earlier models, with the sidelight in the fire wall the mirrors should be on the upper windscreen. All you'd get is the reflection of the sidelights if they were mounted on the mudguard. .W.

The S1 in my sig,for many years had mirrors on the mud guards.

These were round,painted black,and would flick round if hit by anything.

But as others said,they didn't have much of a view.

They were replaced about 40yrs ago with larger convex mirrors,that had a much larger view,but didn't flick around.

As jdnsw said a good wack can crack you're guards, mine are.

Here is a pic of the S1 in my sig,top of guard.

As you can see the guard is strengthened,this vehicle had factory fitted wing mirrors.Under the guard there is also strengthening.

Presumably this modification was after the mirror had been torn out!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Presumably this modification was after the mirror had been torn out!

They were fitted at the LR factory,before delivery,we have the original invoice,also full vehicle log books.

As said,there is not only strengthening on the top of the guard,but also underneath,a sort of brace has been fitted.

Wing mirrors,15s.

As were a few other extras,wiper on left screen,capstan winch,etc.