Door mirrors

[TransAmDan]

Nice work. Are you pleased with it?
Is the wiring work all done and motor working as you wanted?

 

[renchero]

pleased with it so far. drivers side works. passenger side not started yet, was going to start today but went to work instead

 

[renchero]

got the passenger side off. oddly ford made the mechanism behind the mirror differently. so i can't just copy the bracket on the drivers side

 

[renchero]

passenger side is a bit trickier. only one bolt fixing which had to be moved back 1/2 inch and i made a bracket to fix the motor to
its now finished and working.

 

[chris68coupe]

Good work! Nice problem solving.

 

[TransAmDan]

That's great you fixed it.
Perhaps an ideal part to 3D print?

 

[chris68coupe]

That's great you fixed it.
Perhaps an ideal part to 3D print?

Yes, an easy part to print but a skilled man with a Milling Machine can keep the old trades alive. I'm all for new tech but we shouldn't loose our creative skills with tools either mechanical or by hand.

 

[renchero]

thanks for the kind comments
i did not keep track of the many hours it took to machine , there is no drawing of the thing i made it up as i went along. it could be scanned now if anybody needed one. other fords of the period used the same mirror/housing [ with a different mounting post]