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Re: T3 vs T34 dual side mirrors


On  2 Nov 97, T. A. Dapper wrote:

> OK, some background info is needed here to make things clearer.
> 
> The T34 has separate chrome vent window frames (frameless doors)
> that can be removed.  The side mirror is integrated into this chrome
> vent frame.  If an extra driver's vent frame & mirror is exchanged
> between LHD and RHD owners (like England & USA), then both will get
> the dual vent frame/mirror arrangement.  They simply replace the
> non-mirror vent frame (passenger side) with the new mirrored frame,
> and presto, they have dual mirrors that look absolutely stock!
> 
> The mirrors on T34s are not located in the door sheetmetal like the
> other T3 models.  Variants, Notchbacks, & Fastbacks all have framed
> door windows, and therefore they would have to swap entire doors
> with a RHD owner to get the stock dual mirror arrangement.  For
> once, the T34 owners have it easier than the other T3 owners!

Okay, I now understand that the mirrors mount to the vent assy rather 
than the door frame on a T34, but since you started out with two 
cars, each with single mirrors, doesn't that mean that you had a 
total of two mirror mounts (one R and one L), which are now both on a 
single car?  That gives us one car with dual mirrors and one with 
none, doesn't it?  Yet you say "both will get the dual vent 
frame/mirror arrangement."  What am I missing here?

OH!!!  I think I got it!  When you said "both" you must have meant 
"both sides of one car" whereas I read it as meaning "both cars."
Is that right now?

 Jim
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       Melissa Kepner                                    Jim Adney
                             Laura Kepner-Adney
                         jadney@vwtype3.org      
                             Madison, Wisconsin
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