They were a dealer installed accessory.
They are the same as a 64 chevrolet and chevelle one

the chevy ones are avail repro.  but they have a bowtie on them

Ecklers and maybe other places sell a "cheaper" one with NO bowtie
This would be the correct one for a canadian car.
Just do some internet shopping to find a good source.  Start with Ecklers

I believe the Canadian Pontiacs had them on the door. My Catalina 2+2 has them on the frt. fenders!!!  Have never seen a CDN. one with them on the fender??? Anybody else want to jump in!!!!!

When i bought my 63 Acadian SD from the original owner they were moiunted on the fenders
and i moved them to the doors when i first re-did the doors.
Im going to order the ones with out the bow-tie

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my 64 parisienne came with dual mirrors on the doors. it seems if they were ordered from factory they came with the gto mirrors. which look identical to chevy but no bowtie and the rear of the mount was squared off. strange note to add, my car was original paint but when we stripped it, it had 2 holes filled were mirrors would have been on the fenders.

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Pete, can you remember if the holes in fenders were just screw holes or was there a larger hole in the middle of screw holes for remote cable??  I'm wondering if they got some US fenders mixed in on the "line" or possibly a mechanic drilled the fender thinking that's where they go & customer didn't like that location!! Who knows,but I've never seen Cdn factory mirrors on fenders, just the US models 

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dualquadpete wrote:

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I believe the Canadian Pontiacs had them on the door. My Catalina 2+2 has them on the frt. fenders!!!  Have never seen a CDN. one with them on the fender??? Anybody else want to jump in!!!!!

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MY '64 LAURENTIAN HAS ONE ON EACH FENDER. MY GM PAPERWORK DOES NOT MAKE MENTION OF THEM AS AN OPTION ON MY CAR SO THEY MAY HAVE BEEN DEALER OR CUSTOMER INSTALLED.

 

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That doesn't look like a GM mirror??? Maybe wrong, but looks different!!!!!

 

Really interesting!! It seems that there is a consensus that mirrors were only installed by dealers as an option.   I've owned three 1964 Parisiennes.  (I bought them used)   Two were originally sold in Manitoba,.. and 1 was originally sold in Alberta.  All three had the same mirrors.   I guess the dealers installed whatever "GM" mirrors that they had in stock.

These are the mirrors that all three of my '64 Parisiennes had.  Which ,.. according to Imapala Bobs catalog ,... were only used by the "factory" in 1960 GM\Chevrolets. 




The factory '64 mirrors are different.  So ,.. it's possible that each dealer installed whatever they had.  I think all of them were made of white metal. All of which ,.. were notorious for pitting!!  You'd think that one of GMs improvements for the "Canadian Pontiac" would have been all stainless steel trim for the great salty white north.  No,..  instead we were given such revolutionary options as floor mats with a Canadian maple leaf and an air cleaner with a flat dish lid






-- Edited by 64 Hard Top on Sunday 25th of April 2010 11:42:44 PM

..this topic is interesting because I recently noticed (don't really know how I missed it before..) that our ds mirror (mounted on the door) actually has the 3 overlapping "shields" on the back so either the factory or a subsequent owner installed a Buick mirror on it. This mirror also has a different-shaped housing than the smooth-backed Pontiac unit but other than that it's identical, as is the mounting bracket. So unless somebody else has a good used Pontiac mirror I guess I'd better go visit Impala Bob's..!

The exact/correct '64 - '66 Parisienne mirrors are at Ames Performance on catalogue page 66. It has the exact pad and bracket also.
They do not have a bowtie on them.
The one pictured earier in the thread is not exact, but close for '59 - '62 GM (Pontiac).

My "virgin" driverside mirror located on the door is exactly like the Ames one.

-- Edited by Pontiacanada on Friday 30th of April 2010 09:15:53 AM

The number of the mirrors from Impala Bobs in my earlier post are DM5960 $49.88 ea (lelt or right)

As Darryl posted ,... they were actually "period correct"  till '62. And that's what Impala Bobs book indicated as well.  However, these are the ones that have been all three '64 Parisienne's I've owned.  I think that's what the dealer had in stock.  In any case,.. I prefer the look of this one to any other I've seen.,.. but really they are not the '64 mirrors.

It's interesting to see the post by "forespeed",.... that he's never seen a US car with fender mounted mirrors from the factory.  I'm beginning to glean a bit of insight from his comment,...
Mounting the mirrors on the fenders seems to have been a tenancy of car dealers (not the factory)  in the late 50s.  It seems this  was carried over into the early and mid 60s. 

Note the fender mirrors on this '59.  It makes sense to have the mirrors on the fenders because of the swept back windshield.  This would provide clear visibility on a car with this type of windshield.


Starting with '61,.. the windshield no longer swept back.  But I  guess there were still new customers of '61s and later that insisted on the fender location. Or at least ,.. the dealer still thought that was the "correct" location.



These are the ones that Darryl Mentioned which are actually the ones considered "factory correct" for '64.







-- Edited by 64 Hard Top on Friday 30th of April 2010 09:07:09 PM

Hi Neil  Thanks for the input.

I've attached a picture of the first '64 which I restored. ( Actually the photo was shot by a CP member at a car show about 2 years ago. ) I sold it in '03.  It's in the "exact condition" as when I sold it.  Mint!  The guy has really taken care of it.  And you won't believe it ,... I was at a car show last year,... and I met the new owner (It's changed hands twice)  And he says ,... ""would you like to take it for a spin?""!!  So ,. myself and my wife & 9 month old daughter hopped in ,... and took her for a ride!  Man ,... that 283 sang the same as the day I rebuilt it!   It was sweet!!  At the time ,.. I rebuilt the stock block, bored .060 over, double hump heads,.. a 600 cfm holley and a CS179R cam with a TH 350 transmission.   I wish I'd had deeper gears in the back though. (stock)  But,. if I was in first,... sitting at around 2500 rpm ,.. and stand on it ,... it would sing through the gears till the needle was buried!  It pulled amazing for a small 283!  I must say ,... the 283 can rev like no other small block!!





Anyways,...you can see the mirrors which I indicated.  They're actually correct '62 mirrors.  But that's the way I bought it.

BTW,...
I bought this car for $600.00 with major rust when it was parked next to a barn.  $6000.00 later ,.. this is what it looked like.  At least the present owner takes car of it and enjoys it.  So I have no regrets! 

Side note,.. those headlight bezels are NOT stock on the Custom Sport (as we all know) Every '64 Custom Sport owner thinks he's found "a new option"  when they see chrome bezels on a CS. But,.. a CS NEVER,..EVER.,,, came with chrome bezels,. stock or "option".  They were ALWAYS 2 piece painted from the factory.  I installed the chrome ones,... but I have the painted originals,. which now are the ones that are hard to find





-- Edited by 64 Hard Top on Tuesday 25th of May 2010 11:57:50 AM

US remote mirrors were mounted on lt. fender with cable control mounted on bottom of dash near emm. brk. release. They did have a matching rt. side manual mirror. These are the same as GTO of that yr. & are extremely expensive if you find one. E-rape had a right side that was bid to over $800 US & didn't meet reserve!!!!! OUCH

MY '64 HAVE THE BLACK PAINT ON THE BEZELS, WITH 28,*** MILES I WOULD THINK THET ARE ORIGINAL.