mirrors?

[Otto]

Hi I am trying to find out what mirrors I should put on my +2 130s (1971)
I was browsing the galleries and on a picture from Stoneleigh there is a Green +2 (It says Niall's Zetec reg: kvh99k)
I really like the mirrors on this car. Do anyone know what they are, and where i can have a closer look at them.??
All the best
Otto

[Hamish Coutts]

Otto,

Have a look at http://www.s-v-c.co.uk/.

Click on the mirrors section. The ones I have in my 1973 +2 are the 6th ones down.
They look fine when fitted - and they are dead easy to fit.

Regards,

Hamish.

[Otto]

Thank you! nice ones. But they are not the same as Niall's?
I like the Bullits as well!
What are the originals like?
Regards
O2

[Hamish Coutts]

Otto,

I believe the rectangular ones were the type fitted to cars of the Elan/ +2 era.

The bullits were much more of an 'accessory'. In my car club days, in the late 60s, bullits were seen as boy recerish.

Hamish.

[Jonty5speed]

Hamish,


"They look fine when fitted - and they are dead easy to fit. "


Does that apply to someone who can just about fill a washer bottle?


Jon

[Jason1]

Hi

I have the torpedo mirrors on mine, I think they look the business, much more of a sporty look than the square ones.

Jason

[Hamish Coutts]

Jon,

Each morror requires a couple of small holes for self tappers - honest!

Hamish.

[Jonty5speed]

Thanks Hamish, I'm sure my friend can manage that!

Jon

[niallf]

Hi Otto,

Mirrors were fitted by a previous owner, but I've had a look through my pile of receipts and they were bought from Demon Tweaks in 1993 and are described as Californian Mirrors on the receipt. I typed 'Californian Mirrors' into google and found this...

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/products/ ... =R/GVIT104

I would prefer to fit the square types referred to above, partly as they look better, and partly as the mirrors ideally need to be offset on each side of the car, to allow an easy view of the passenger mirror.

Cheers,

Niall

[Otto]

Thanks a lot!

Great forum!!!

[Otto]

Hi

I have the torpedo mirrors on mine, I think they look the business, much more of a sporty look than the square ones.

Jason

The torpedo mirrors on your car, is it Torpedo/bullits like the ones fittet on Morris Mini's ?
Like these ones from ebay..

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pair-of-bullet-to ... dZViewItem

Regards
O2

[Jason1]

Hi

Yes, that's them.

I love the look of them, but I must say that the glass is quite small so they are not as easy to use as the big square ones

But for me the car is about fun, it does not run that great, it uses a lot of fuel and bits of it do not work properly, I have a new Ford for boring reliability.

You have to weigh up looks and function; I think the small glass is just about adequate on the bullet mirrors. I have the square mirrors on my Mini Cooper and they are bigger and easier to use and they look OK, but I still think the bullet ones look the business and would not change them:D

Jason

[Si_130/5]

Hi everyone,

I've been wrestling with this very dilemma and ultimately Jason is right - the decision depends on how much you will use the car.
The original mirrors, certainly on later cars, are the square ones on Hamish's link - the ?17,000 bronze Peter Day restoration at Paul Matty's has these. My yellow car had them too and they made it an everyday useable car - invaluable on motorways.
I'm about to start restoring a car I've had for many years. It has the bullet mirrors which give more restricted vision but look quite nice although not original.
And now to confuse the issue still further by introducing another option...... I've just bought a red five-speed which was restored some years ago and it has...no mirrors at all and that looks nicer everytime I see it!

I'll probably go for the correct square ones in my restoration because the fun of a Plus Two is driving it as much as possible and the squares look quite good too.

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,

Si

[Otto]

My red 130 is like yours with no mirrors... and you are quite right, it looks great.. but i will tell you this, with (for me) the steering wheel in the wrong place, it is very difficult to drive safe without mirrors! but ok i have only had the car for two months, but still it feels like writing with the pen in the wrong hand...
Thanks for advice
Otto

[Si_130/5]

Hi Otto,

In that case you definitely ought to go for the original square mirrors; there's no point risking a crash in pursuit of keeping the car looking good. The greater the area of glass for rear vision the better.

By the way I've just been looking at my photos and can reveal that the square mirrors fitted to the bronze Daytune car at Paul Matty's were fitted by Mr Matty himself. The car had no mirrors when seen at Donington last year.

I'd love to see photos of your car,

Best of luck,

Si