Talbot mirrors

Pegasus stocks 100% genuine ones, but you are looking at almost $500 ea.

Phil:

These are nice, sporty, and cheap.

https://www.pegasusautoracing....ails.asp?RecID=12801

Cheaper here, and you can get a convex one for the passenger side:

http://www.mossmotors.com/Shop...x?PlateIndexID=32107

Even the Talbot repos look pretty good.  $1000 for a set of mirrors is a big ouch.  Better off getting the $60 repos and changing them out if needed.

$1,000 for a set of original Talbots? There's a reason I live in replicaland...

That's the mirror I'm using, just make sure you order the one with convex glass. I used my original mount location and the flat glass didn't give enough filed of view.

http://www.texautomotive.com/c...xterior_mirrors.html

I've got a flawless set of Talbot replicas still in the shipping box. The more I look at them the less inclined I am to eventually mount them on the VS.  I'm more inclined to consider my inexpensive 'nameless' pair, that are duplicates of the ones mounted on Merklin's latest build, now that I've seen how well they compliment a semi-outlaw speedster....but what I'd really like to see are the nostalgic memories of the very simplistic, very elegant, very inexpensive mirrors that the pre-war hot rods of my youth sported: These were a short swans neck clamped to the top of the door, bending down with a 4" diameter mirror at eye level. My older cousin's '32 roadster had them clamped to the edge of a two piece Chris Craft speedboat windshield...very elegant....My cousin Don had a very cool set of wheels....it had all the emotional charisma that's now attributed to our replicas....The same buttons get pushed!!!    

I just went back to this old post because I'm buying the Talbot repos from Pegasus and powdercoating the front section black.  Kind of like Marty's real Talbots.  I'm also powdercoating the rear portion of my repo Marchal fog lights black.  Kind of like Marty's real Marchals.  Sorry Marty.  I'm a copy cat.  

The last post on this thread is from Carl Berry.  He speaks nostalgically about the pre-war mirrors of the 30s.  He states that he has a pair of real Talbots still in their original shipping box.  He's nervous about putting them on his VS.  He should have put them on that VS.  

Everyone has real Talbots in heaven.  RIP Carl.

Phil, everybody gets ideas from somewhere.  You are correct I'm running real Talbot mirrors but my Marchals are the good repos from Bill Tracy Jag in FL.  The half paint is a super cool look.  

Love your car Marty.  Prettiest 356 around.  My car color would be too hard to match so I'm just continuing my black accent theme.  Should look good with the black wheels and black hardtop.

BTW, I remember the mirrors being pricey, but man they really went up the last 5 years.