63 Acadian mirror location

Lefty · Uber Guru

63 Acadian mirror location

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

Do we have a brochure in our Library? confuse

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

That is FUNNY!!!

I looked and there are no mirrors...

SO you can't put one on... they were not original

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

what about TC's white car from last year? wasn't it a 63 or 64?

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/index.spark?aBID=118110&p=3&topicID=34039358&page=1 whoops got to go to IE6 to link this hang on

http://canadianponcho.activeboard.com/index.spark?aBID=118110&p=3&topicID=34039358&page=1 there It is a 63 and origonal your welcome

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4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

I am willing to bet they are accessory only, not assembly line.

Someone will likely prove me wrong!

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

beaumontguru · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Thats the spot!

forespeed · Poncho Master!

The sheet metal on my car is all original. All of the trim on the car is mounted in holes that were put there at the factory. That doesn't mean the door, ( side) mirror came from the factory. It was there when I bought the car and as you pointed out none of the factory literature shows the car with a mirror on the door.
The 62 parts car I have doesn't have a mirror or holes on the door. When I got it from Arizona, there were two mirror's mounted one on each front fender.

Lefty · Uber Guru

thanks, looks like yours is centered between the chrom and fender ridge
I bought my car from the original owner in 1978 they were mounted on the fenders as well !!
Im still having trouble adding pics, the loading icon just keeps spinning ..
Funny i can upload and change my Avator ..
I will try and add pics tommorow
Forespeed any chance you can take a closer pic of the mirror location ??
Just showing themirror and door .
Just curious, what are the Three holes in the bumper (licence place) for ??
Cooling for Tranny ??

Thanks again

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forespeed · Poncho Master!

This picture was one I had on file but the car is here at home in the garage so I can take a closeup tomorrow and post it. By the way my mirror is one just like the one that was on my original 62 conv. It turns off center and gives you a better look from the door. I have found those mirrors used mainly on the 62's, not sure of 64 & 65's.
I do not believe in running cool lines through the radiator. That only serves to heat up the engine coolant. My 700R4 trans has coolant lines running to a tranny cooler mounted behind the bumper and the holes allow air to cool the tranny fluid. I also do not believe in mounting a tranny cooler on the front of the rad core. My opinion, that also will result in restricting air flow to the rad. If I showed you how small my rad is you would not believe it keeps this car at 190-200 in all driving conditions except maybe 85-90 days crusing in slow traffic and then she has been known to go to 205.
I'm not concerned about this in the least. Run good clean mobil one and it doesn't hurt a thing.

forespeed · Poncho Master!

Here you go lefty.

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Lefty · Uber Guru

Thanks that give me a good idea of where to put them.

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

close up of my wagon. mirror is gone but the holes are still in the door

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Lefty · Uber Guru

Thanks, i am thinking tere is not "wrong" place to put it
Except on the fenders !!

4SPEED427 · A Poncho Legend!

I was visiting Beaumontguru today and we were discussing this. He and I are both agreeing that no Acadians left the factory with a mirror installed, at least in your year.

I bought my 65 from the original owner. She gave me all the purchase paperwork from 1965 and it shows she paid the dealer 6 bucks to install a mirror. It was still on when I bought the car and they had put it on the front fender.

Lefty · Uber Guru

these are my choices
I like the one that is centered between chrome and body line .

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mirror close to body line_(1024_x_768).jpg

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acadiansrus · Addicted!

does anyone have pics with the mirror on the the fenders ,and was it the same mirror .

this mirror was on the fender of my 63 wagon fender

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timbuk · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

that mirror is from a 75 convoy

forespeed · Poncho Master!

I do have a picture someplace but I cannot find it right now. I had two of those same fender mirrors mounted on two different cars I parted.
I just sold one of those mirrors to a member on here to be used on a 61 pontiac.

platinuml79 · Veteran Member

The best original looking mirror you can buy is the one for a 1963 tempest followed by 1964, 1965 and 1966 pontiac GTO door mirror.

same "forward look" mounting base as those installed by the dealer when they where new. No engraved bowtie.

62 chevy II mirror is close style wise but your stuck with the engraved bowtie
63-67 chevy II mirror has the engraved bowtie and the base is the wrong style for a 63 Acadian.

It makes alot of sense as they were what was already available back in the days on the shelves of every Acadian- PONTIAC dealers.

I've have been researching this subject for a couple of years as i was stuck with the same dilema.

Searched thru a couple a scrapyard and taking pictures of Acadian doors whenever i could.

Most of the times the mirrors were mounted on the door next to the vent windows ( between the leading edge and the stainless molding.

i never could figure out why they were mounted closer to the front of the door than as installed on a regular chevy II or chevelle ????

link for GTO mirror

http://www.early-birds.ca/part_1038-127081.html

Correct style and correct location seems to be like the one shown on this 1963 Pontiac tempest but i do not think they reproduce mirrors for those. That is why i think the one for the gto of the 3 following years are the one that are the closest in look.

Those pics are helpfull IMO for the correct location on a 1963 Acadian. ( closer to the fender-door gap than on a chevrolet ). That is what i ended up buying ( GTO ) but my mirror is not installed yet .

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Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

platinuml79 wrote:

Correct style and correct location seems to be like the one shown on this 1963 Pontiac tempest but i do not think they reproduce mirrors for those.

Try Ames Performance Parts. They are there. 1964 Pontiac mirror.

68 327 4spd · Poncho Master!

My 63 has no mirrors

Terry G · Veteran Member

I'm sure you are putting the mirrors on for more than just looks.
What spot are the mirrors actually useable at.
I know we had this concern when we put mirrors on our 63 Parisienne.
If we were going to drill holes I wanted something that was going to work!!!
Plus our vent window still opens, so we can use our 255 AC.

forespeed · Poncho Master!

I totally agree with the conclusion our Acadian's used the same mirror as the 63 Tempest. I have two of these mirror's that were removed from 62-63 Acadian's. They are no longer usable as the heads were broken off both other than that they are identical to the 63 tempest.