it's done all the time, bugs me as a purist when it comes to mirrors but I'm also stuck with the non matching mirrors due to having a 69 remote. I haven't been able to bring myself to do anything about it so no mirror on the right.
keep in mind that it seems everyone skips over the part during this conversion that they mount the 71/72 body mirrors into the hole on the 69 or 70 doors and it's too far forward on the doors. body mirrors mounted back further due to the shorter distance between the stalk and the mirror face. yes it fits on the door in that 69 hole but it looks weird and isn't very functional from the right side if you mount that right one to match the left as far as position. this picture shows that with this mirror too far forward for that style mirror because they matched the hole on the left door intended for chrome mirrors.
pic of the 72 shows correct placement on the door for the mirror. they moved it back for a reason.
I'm leaning towards just biting the bullet and putting the non remote on the right. I am a stickler for symmetry....but i had the same issue on my dad's 68 cutlass with him having a remote on the right side and no matching version of it for the right side. He insisted on having a mirror added to the right door so I put the non remote on it for him. yes they're different....and no I don't even notice it at the shows. you're always on one side of the car or the other and it doesn't stand out.
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