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02-27-2004, 11:55 AM
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i thought i read somewhere that the rear view mirrors on 70 & 71's had a silver colored frame whereas later years had a black frame. can anyone confirm this ? i'm considering the following item as an upgrade to mine.
thanks - tim http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...EBWA%3AIT&rd=1 http://picturecenter.kodak.com/share...8Z5YkKukohha5a |
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02-27-2004, 11:55 AM
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i thought i read somewhere that the rear view mirrors on 70 & 71's had a silver colored frame whereas later years had a black frame. can anyone confirm this ? i'm considering the following item as an upgrade to mine.
thanks - tim http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...EBWA%3AIT&rd=1 http://picturecenter.kodak.com/share...8Z5YkKukohha5a |
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02-27-2004, 12:01 PM
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Correcto! '70-72 Firebirds had stainless backed rear view mirrors. A federal regulation started for the 1973 model year required rear view mirrors to not have a reflective surface towards on coming traffic. All '73-'81 have a satin black finish.
The early rear view mirrors are hard to find and worth some bucks. I'll be surprised if you get that one for $4.99 by the time the auction closes. 1971 Trans Am 455 HO - Cameo white 1973 Trans Am 455 - Buccaneer red 1984 Trans Am 305 - Royal blue
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02-27-2004, 01:44 PM
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thanks dennis...
you may be right on the auction, especially since i just advertised it  tim http://picturecenter.kodak.com/share...8Z5YkKukohha5a |
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#5
02-27-2004, 02:27 PM
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Another cool factoid!! I swear I'm going to document these!!
Jimmy www.firebirdgallery.com 2002 WS6 M6 Trans Am 1970 RAIII Trans Am 1969 GTO "If you own a Firebird, I'm interested in putting it on my site!!!"
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#6
02-27-2004, 10:13 PM
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Damn now i want a stainless steel one for my 73. How cool never new that.
Gordy
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02-29-2004, 03:17 PM
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Can anyone say how to dismantel the rearview mirror (the grey rubber around the frame) so that I can have the mirror re-silvered? Steve
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03-07-2004, 09:35 PM
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The 70 mirrors also had that awful split rod and ball mount design with a setscrew holding the rod halves against the ball. It always seem to vibrate loose at the worst moment, usually in heavy traffic when I needed to see what was behind me. Even though it meant going non-original, I was oh so happy to replace it with a later style GM mirror.
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