What mirrors will fit these guys?

I remember something about a Type 2 rear view mirror, but these are shorter than the Carrera housings.

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Anyone? Should I even try to use these, or will they be too short? Not like I can see much in my aero mirrors.

THSY LOOK WAY TO NARROW TO BE OF VALUE

Check with John steele @ JPS he can direct you

JPS has sold GT style mirrors, but these are for an RSK. Fibersteel sells a repro version of the Spyder mirror that might fit; but I'm going to try scrounging something up first.

I experimented a little with low wide mirrors on the fenders; I think they will function a lot better than what I have now.

Has anyone used Spyder mirrors on a Speedster?

I'm guessing you won the mirror housings. They'll fit, but be careful about the right-and-left trimming business. They'll be okay for use with oval mirrors, too, provided the inside diameter and the OD of the mirror are compatable.
Smaller, rectangular mirrors (Healey, maybe, or MG -- Brit stuff) will probably work, too. Check with TC on that.
I'll give you details on what I did if you want. I went with the FiberSteel ones from Russ Rodriguez, so if they're good repros like mine are, you're good to go.

On page 66 of the Brent johson (p) book

Early Ponto Stabil Which looks alot like the VS mirrors on my car.

The late versin is simular but has slicker lines.

2 versions of the Talbot mirror like the AC cobra used and on some Shelby mustangs.

The Durant mirror that i personaly don't like.

And the GT like Steve and Cory posted which looks best on the fenders.

Thanks Barry; by "these guys" I meant some RSK knockoff mirror housings I just picked up on fleabay.

Cory, I can tell that trimming them to fit my fender contour is going to be a bigger challenge than finding a reflective surface to cram in there.

It's hard to tell without seeing them side by side, but these look different from the Spyder mirror housings Fibersteel sells, but much shorter than the GT style.

I will also need something to use for a gasket; where does that leather stuff come from?

I used what came with, and a bit of time with the X-acto knife.
You can cut some hide leather a little wider than the pattern and drill corresponding holes in it, I suppose.
I tried not using them at first, but it looked like crap without the leather.
Stock VW Beetle fender beading might work well, too.

Try a cow! but most leather shops or uplhosters can get you some MOo Skin. or a old inner tube as a rubber sourse.

You realy need to see what all the car builders here offer in their mirror stocks. By All means shop around.

I just stumbled onto some buggy bullet mirrors at Latest Rage that look a lot like the Talbot mirrors. they could easily be passed off as the real thing.

I just received my RSK mirror housings, holy crap are they small--only about 4cm tall! The shape is completely different from a GT mirror; with a very definite left and right angle. I like 'em though, very Outlaw.

I'll have to cut custom mirrors to fit these, due to the weird shape. Does anyone have a photo of one from the driver's point of view? An oval mirror like a 550 used would be way too small. I took some blurry cameraphone shots for reference.

You might have to go to a custom shop for the glass; those are tiny, tiny mirrors.
If you try to flush-mount the glass (which I'm assuming will have to be custom-cut), you'll find that the adjustment will put one side or the other of the reflective plane outside the housing ... meaning that a smaller piece of glass, recessed a bit, will be the only way to keep the glass inside the housing.
That said, you might want to consider mounting posts for them, F-1 style. If it's at eye-level on a stalk, you'll have a bunch more vibration, but your viewing area will be better. With mine, I get a lot of fender in my field of view.
I thought -- like I'm sure you did -- that they'd be a little bigger than that!

The only photo I could find of this style did look a lot bigger, but that was on a 718 so I guess it's a scale thing. The curve on the bottom of these fits my fender perfectly though.

I wish I could find a photo of one of these from the driver's perspective; I suspect the edge was not rolled underneath like the GT style based on the way mine are shaped.

How about mirrored acrylic? If I could find such a thing maybe I could make it convex to increase the field of view. Plus it would be a lot easier to tweak it to fit; I've cut glass into curved shapes before and it is no fun.

It's a 6-inch ruler:

I just thought of this, so don't hold me to it working. If you could form a piece of metal to the inside available space, weld it to a stem you could pass through the body and put a capture nut on both sides of it, you could maybe put some mirrored window-tint on the metal.
I'd recommend polished stainless as a base material for the 'mirror', clipped with common mirror clips from a 60s Brit car, to a regular and weldable grade of steel for the post.
It might work.

Stephan -

To coat-tail Cory's idea, keep that idea in mind and go check that huge RV parts/supply place on the Murrietta Hot Springs exit off the I-15 (I think that's where it is). You know which one I mean. They might have something you could use in this fabrication.

I don't know of any truck-stops in your area that you might check for this item!